Project #0745 - Local Control Panel CP KD
How Local Control Panels worked-
The need for local control panels was for interlockings that were controlled by a tower that may have been miles away. In case that tower failed or the line was broke, someone could access the Local control panel near that interlocking and still operate. In the towers there would be a master panel that when the line worked they controlled it from there. Some interlockings did not have remote panels as others did.
History of CP KD
CP KD was operated by Conrail back in the 1980's and now the CSX I think. This interlocking was controlled from a tower in Indianapolis named IU Tower. In a photo from 1994 they had removed several tracks and signals. The yard track, B&O track, and Scale track had been removed and the panel only serviced 1 switch. The track that is serviced by signals 6N and 6S had another local control panel named CP 1 which was south of CP KD. CP 1 was also controlled from IU Tower and was directly below CP KD on the panel board. CP 1 local control panel also resides in a private collection.
The Project!
The project is to remove all the old wires and solder new wires to the push buttons. I also want to replace a few of the track lights with push buttons. Only the ones near the edges of the panel. I have an Allen Bradley SLC-500 with a few Relay Output cards and a few DC Sink cards installed that will run a program that simulates a train entering the interlocking. You have to direct it through the interlocking using the correct switch and signal buttons. The project also is the programming of the PLC.
Lamps Temporary
Wired Up |
Panel Before
Dismantled |
My Temporary
Wires |
Removing Lamps
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Track Lamps
Removed |
Cleaning the
Panel |
Soldering New
Wires |
Wires Soldered
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Connections
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Terminated
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Labeled
Wires |
Wires Soldered
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A Terminal
Finished |
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