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Weather station NILES

Station status: OPERATIONAL   Description: Niles Engineering HQ. (Niles, MI)

SensorStatusDescription
Rail temperature 1NormalMain Track N rail                                 
Rail temperature 2NormalMain Track S rail                                 
Rail temperature 3NormalControlled Siding N rail                          
Rail temperature 4NormalControlled Siding S rail                          

Railroad: Amtrak  Line code: AM      Subdivision: NILES  Milepost: 192          Milepost offset (ft): 0              

Time zone: America/New_York  Use DST: Yes

Latitude (degrees, N is positive):41.83678             Longitude (degrees, E is positive): 86.25317            

Mailing list (short messages): DLRailtempMTCESMS@amtrak.com                      

Mailing list (long messages): DLRailtempMTCE@amtrak.com                         

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Alarm 1

Type of alarm: Respond if one of the measurements is above the set point

Active: Yes    Class: STD            

Monitored Values Rail Temperature
Set points		 Air Temperature
Set points
NoAlt. Temperature 2
NoAlt. Temperature 3
YesRail temperature 1
YesRail temperature 2
YesRail temperature 3
YesRail temperature 4
YesOutside air temperature
NoTime since successful processing
of archive file
                    Set point for notices
125.0                Set point for warnings
127.0                Set point for alarms
135.0                Set point for critical alarms
                    Set point for notices
93.0                 Set point for warnings
95.0                 Set point for alarms
102.0                Set point for critical alarms