Lynchburg Union platform stand signal, re: location

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Jim,

Catching up and speculating, dwarfs are used on "slow track" and the 
pole raises the signal above folks standing on the platform to preserve 
the sight line for enginemen.

Grant Carpenter

On 10/15/2023 6:28 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Can someone ID the location of the following slide currently on Ebay:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/364524461819?hash=item54df59defb:g:tM0AAOSwLMplJqRj&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwO3PchvDixesVb6sMTgwcu8pPbjS8r7HzgSIc0bCzGTI%2Fq1uXXlFGn3zyJ7Jd4Q%2BPJX2SoptzeYQKZhhKeU42CWSCpJTTLY2hQNWeQsoEXglDaaRgnILX8uhEfDLE2bnUGyN9nLFsERH9WBbL1VpZia4qbFACisdaX9gDnKwv45OrXVe8Dc8miwBBHAqleZmk2UhzhvQmnzJ%2BjtCKTK8qjmCuJM4vwOLIG2q9pLv%2Fbu%2BOkuplztkXFDT6axsiFvk3A%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_bts9nmYg 
> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/364524461819?hash=item54df59defb:g:tM0AAOSwLMplJqRj&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwO3PchvDixesVb6sMTgwcu8pPbjS8r7HzgSIc0bCzGTI%2Fq1uXXlFGn3zyJ7Jd4Q%2BPJX2SoptzeYQKZhhKeU42CWSCpJTTLY2hQNWeQsoEXglDaaRgnILX8uhEfDLE2bnUGyN9nLFsERH9WBbL1VpZia4qbFACisdaX9gDnKwv45OrXVe8Dc8miwBBHAqleZmk2UhzhvQmnzJ%2BjtCKTK8qjmCuJM4vwOLIG2q9pLv%2Fbu%2BOkuplztkXFDT6axsiFvk3A%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_bts9nmYg>
>
> And is that a dwarf PL mounted 6 feet up on the pole in the 
> midground?  Any idea why they would do that rather than use a regular PL?
> Thanks,
> Jim Cochran
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