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Disclaimer: Never base important decisions on the information from this page.  For indication only.

Canadian National Peoria Subdivision.  Controls and   indications from N. Hervey City to Sybil only.  Updates normally every 5 minutes.

An explanation of this information follows:  Modern rail controls consist of a Base Control Point and a Mobile Control Point that communicate information using radio waves about a particular rail route.  A monitoring station has been set up to convert the data on the radio to data seen in the map above.  The map above shows track segments from north on the top left to south on the lower right. 

SM: Snow melter/heaters in use
PO: Power out
MC: Maintainer call
LC: Local Control
LO: Lamp Out
DO: Door Open
TE: CP running time/Time in Plant
GF: Ground Fault
GEN: Generator
EQFAIL: Equipment Fail
HITEMP: High Temp
FC: Field Control
Green arrow in front of signal head: Control call on/request bit for Green Signal

-------- Indicates length of track occupied by a train.
-------- Indicates length of track cleared for a train to proceed (accompanied by a green control light).
N Tuscola A green station name indicates a particular station is being monitored for data packets.
N Villa Grove A blue station name indicates a control has been sent from the base station to this station in the field but the station in the field is out of monitoring range or has not responded to the request from the base.

S Findlay

A red station name indicates a control has been sent from the base to this particular station in the field and the this station has sent back a packet indicating it has responded to the request from the base.