Signal Sstem

The railroad is fully equipped with a CTC Signal System

In early 2023 design work began to install a fully-operational prototypical signal system to control train movements on all main tracks. The railroad had been built with remote control of turnouts and block detection with all cars equipped with resistor wheelsets. Construction continued through the middle of 2025 and included changing over block detection from the original Digitrax BDL-x detectors to RR-CirKits modules with remote sensing coils. A color-light style system was employed, with all logic performed on the either the signal driver boards or in JMRI. All signal control and track detection is carried over a new LCC network installed for this purpose while turnout control has stayed with the original Loconet/SSB-based system under supervision of the Train Dispatcher via JMRI Panel Pro.

Train operation is now by signal indication instead of "mother-may-I?"

More information will appear here as time permits authoring!

The chart on this page reflects the AL&E subset of aspects being used from the JMRI WM 1980 signal logic system.

If there is interest, the link to 2 clinics presented on general model railroading signaling can be provided.

Rick Lull has presented several clinics on using LCC for signaling on his Richmond Terminal Railroad.