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Diamond at Homestead, August 1993

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South of Klamath Falls we crossed the border to California:

Welcome to California, August 1993

A short distance beyond, the Modoc Subdivision of the Union Pacific crosses the Gateway Subdivision of the Burlington Northern at a typical American “diamond”. On the Burlington Northern, the crossing was still protected by two semaphores:

Diamond near Homestead, California, August 1993

For decades, such crossings have been controlled by automatic safety systems, which set the signal to clear for an approaching train—a train approaching at the same time on the other line has to wait until the crossing is cleared:

Diamond near Homestead, California, August 1993

Diamond near Homestead, California, August 1993

Diamond near Homestead, California, August 1993

Diamond near Homestead, California, August 1993

Translated partially with DeepL.com (free version)

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