RPTR DID NOT TAXI WHERE THE GND CTLR INTENDED.

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FROM GATE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 08R. TAXIED N ON TXWY F AND TURNED R ON TXWY E. I STOPPED PRIOR TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD. AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD I SHOULD NOT HAVE TURNED ONTO TXWY E. I WAS NOT TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY E NOR DID I SEE ANY SIGNS TO RESTRICT ME; NOR DID I SEE A HOLD SHORT LINE. BETTER SIGNAGE AND BETTER GND CTL CLRNCS ARE NEEDED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS TAXIING A B727-200. AFTER PUSHBACK THERE WAS A MD88 AT HIS 11 O'CLOCK POS THAT HAD PUSHED BACK AHEAD OF HIM. THE GND CTL TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO FOLLOW THE MD88 WHICH THE RPTR DID. PERHAPS THE MD88 SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED TO TWR BEFORE TAXIING ON TO TXWY E WHICH IS THE EXTENDED CTRLINE OF RWY 08R BUT BEING ON GND THE RPTR DID NOT HEAR ANY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE MD88. THE GND CTLR ASKED THE RPTR IF HE SAW A SIGN WHICH WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED THE RPTR FROM TAXIING ON TXWY E BUT THE RPTR SAID HE DID NOT. PERHAPS THE MD88 BLOCKED HIS VIEW. THE GND CTLR ADMITTED THAT THE AREA IS A PROB FOR THEM. THE RPTR SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE RWY 08R WAS USED NORMALLY FOR LNDGS DUE TO HIGH TERRAIN JUST W OF THE ARPT. TXWY E IS LIGHTED WITH BLUE LIGHTS OF A TXWY AND GIVES NO INDICATION THE RPTR COULD NOTICE OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE RWY 08R. THE RPTR FEELS THIS IS A PROB THAT SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO.