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THE TRACK ON THE LEFT IS COMING FROM FRUITVALE AND MILPITAS.
THE TRACK RUNNING UNDER THE WP TRACK IS THE SP TO SACRAMENTO.
THE DISPATCHERS OFFICE IS BELOW THIS AREA.
ALTAMONT HAS A PASSING SIDING, THE TRACK PLAN IS ACTUALLY A FIGURE 8
OFF TO THE LEFT IS NILES JUNCTION. THE NILES TOWER GUARDED THE CROSSING OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND WESTERN PACIFIC AT THE ENTRANCE TO NILES CANYON.
THE TOWER WAS SHUT DOWN IN 1986 , AND VANDALS BURNED IT A SHORT TIME LATER..
THE SHELF ABOVE IS THE HIGHLINE TRACK TO BIEBER.
THE CLOCK IS A FAST CLOCK USED ONLY FOR THE PASSENGER TRAINS.
NOTICE THE "SIGNALS " ON EACH SIDE OF THE CLOCK. THESE ARE THE SIGNALS THAT CONTROL THE SIDING. A PROBLEM THAT COMES UP WHEN SIGNALING A MODEL RAILROAD IS THAT SOMETIMES THE TRACKSIDE SIGNALS WILL BE HIDDEN BY A HILL OR SOMETHING. A CLASSIC SITUATION IS TRACK COMING OUT OF A TUNNEL INTO A SIDING. YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNAL GOING INTO THE TUNNEL BUT NOT THE ONES COMING TOWARDS YOU OUT OF THE TUNNEL. YOU WILL SEE IN SACRAMENTO HOW I HANDLED THAT SITUATION.
THE BACKDROPS ARE PAINTED BY MY WIFE NORMA , AN ON GOING PROJECT !
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