| Show new traffic control system In staled in green river by denver and rio grande railroad changes have recently been made in the railroad traffic control system of the denver and rio grande R R h directly affect the green river office in the past green river has been a control point for mies miles of track changes have now boon completed that make green R e a re reo eater station on a stretch cf of track miles long reaching f om H ador inor utah to dotsero dottero colo abo it 12 years ago it is understood th tb t the D R G R R pioneered here ere with a centralized traffic con i va J torn tom A large paneled control machine more than 15 feet long was installed in green river that pin pointed the positions of all trains trams between helper utah and cotton wood utah according to mr beebe this tern tem proved 0 zo o successful that the railroad has now expanded it to care for much longer distances than it was formerly designed to do last september the control machine which is the first picture with this article was moved to grand june tion colo A similar control machine at lendwood Gend wood springs colo was al 0 moved to grand grarld junction and hr hc t tj A i co t of 0 system were coed ud win I 1 h t ti I 1 one already operating at grand junction atnee three machine machined are I 1 ow rn n ly cont oiled from a master ariae 1111 olo located at t grand june 13 1 r a tie th ee machi machines ies it I 1 u from anis point vat tie t ie miles of track are controlled from helper tali to dottero dotsero colo when afie green river machine waa wa moved to grand junction it mc me necessary rec essary to operate it over carrier frequency canne channeled led be tween 3 urd ard S G ti a it i en handled over th railroad pole ime the railroad also has a standby e vice which winch is one operated rated over t tie ie leil te ephone line A successful tet was conducted tuesday sept 6 oer over the bell telephone line which das dasi i cs es uninterrupted service even if tic tie raal railroad road lines are down beebe and monroe nob att jr are the two signal depart ment maintainers mam tamers that are stationed in green river this is a seiw of the railway traffic control room al at green river before the recent change over in september of 1954 the denver ard rio grande railroad moved this machine to grand junction to make way for the new equipment shown in the next picture the white zig zag lines that appear running across the top of the picture represent a section of the R R system A series of lights of these lines indicate the exact bostion of all trains within the mile section which was controlled from green river the second panel from the right represents the track at green river rl 4 q 4 it 4 49 7 1 40 k green river journal photo this is the new centralized traffic control equipment that has been put in the traffic control room at the green river railway depot the maze of wires cables tubes switches etc is truly abaz ing and extremely intricate in the lower foreground are storage batteries with which the equipment is ordinarily operated the system may also be switched over to company made AC power or operated through the private line of the bell telephone system the two large boxes at the left center one above the other are converters the top box controls the R R traffic east of green river and the lower box takes care of R R west of green river |
