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LIRR: "We've got the gate. Restricted on the Hanger. OK to go"

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I've heard those words on the radio at Penn Station. I understand the "hanger" part. There's no signal at the end of both ends of the platform even though there's a switch. The signal is in the middle of the platform which the conductor can see. When the hanger is restricted (the other signal is stop), the conductor knows the switch is correctly aligned for the train and has permission to give the highball on the advertised.

 

I'm not sure about "we've got the gate." At Union Station, starting lights used to hang from the train shed. When both lights were lit, the conductor could give the highball.  At Union Station, the usher pushed a button for one light to illuminate. I don't see similar starting lights at Penn so I don't know when the conductor knows that all passengers have come down the escalator.


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