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How could Strasburg’s wood coaches go out on Amtrak? I thought they weren’t mainline certified. I know a public excursion in Strasburg’s coaches on Amtrak or NS like to Rockville Bridge and return would be forbidden today. In 1985 and 1986 Strasburg had mainline excursions to Rockville bridge and Philly with 7002 and 1223, 7002 was equipped with cab signals for the excursions. They had a fleet of steel coaches that were DL&W commuter coaches bought around 1984 similar to RBMN’s fleet. So the whole ex-PRR from Philly to Pittsburgh requires cab signals in the lead locomotive? 765 needed them to run over the NS to Altoona, etc. Are cab signals a safety device?

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