Signal Bridge Is Down
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cascaderailroad
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Jacks signal bridge was demolished:
Rockville (Bridge) Tower was demolished years ago.
Rose Interlocking in Juniata is slated for removal.
MO Tower, UN Tower were bulldozed long ago.
AR Tower is boarded up pending demolishion.
"C" Tower in Johnstown has been demolished.
MG Tower may be next.
Alto Tower is slated for demolition, if it is in such bad shape that it can not be relocated to the Altoona RR Memorial Museum.
Signal bridges all over the Pittsburgh-Harrisburg line are being demolished.
Soon Altoona will be a run through, two track, dying ghost town.
Juniata Shops future days looks numbered.
Rockville (Bridge) Tower was demolished years ago.
Rose Interlocking in Juniata is slated for removal.
MO Tower, UN Tower were bulldozed long ago.
AR Tower is boarded up pending demolishion.
"C" Tower in Johnstown has been demolished.
MG Tower may be next.
Alto Tower is slated for demolition, if it is in such bad shape that it can not be relocated to the Altoona RR Memorial Museum.
Signal bridges all over the Pittsburgh-Harrisburg line are being demolished.
Soon Altoona will be a run through, two track, dying ghost town.
Juniata Shops future days looks numbered.
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TrainTrackTravs
Jorranica Sub Builder
Com'on CSX, have some respect for railroad history!!!!!
cascaderailroad
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Get Em' While You Can
Most PRR position light signals are schedualed to totally removed in the next 2 years, or sooner, in lue of safetrain Darth Vaders. The ones on the Horseshoe are going, going, gone:mop: :'( :mop:
Most PRR position light signals are schedualed to totally removed in the next 2 years, or sooner, in lue of safetrain Darth Vaders. The ones on the Horseshoe are going, going, gone:mop: :'( :mop:
That is sad... I grew up in Akron and I remember standing next to that signal and watching up to 65 EL trains blast past it.....Not to mention the B&O and PRR/PC ones go by....
EDIT: I've been thinking of modeling the EL/B&O/PRR thru Akron/Babarton/Etc...... At least a modeled Signal bridge could live on....
EDIT: I've been thinking of modeling the EL/B&O/PRR thru Akron/Babarton/Etc...... At least a modeled Signal bridge could live on....
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It is sad to see the signal bridges and towers go to the scrapyard, but that's progress particularly when safety is concerned.
I felt pretty bad when the historic semaphore signals disappeared from South Station in Boston and were replaced by color-light signals. The signals are not the same, but this is for safety. The old semaphores, as neat as they are, were not in the best shape, and were electro-mechanical devices meaning there are more moving parts that can break more often than the new electronic signals we have today.
Up in Lawrence, MA, the MBTA removed some old searchlight-type signals from the old wye in South Lawrence. In their place, they put in a NYC-style tall signal tower with multiple tri-color signals on it. I felt bad at first seeing the old familiar searchlights go, but this tower with the tri-colors is awesome.
The South Station Semaphores.
http://www.nhrhta.org/htdocs/ssta.htm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/MBTALawrence3.jpg === you need to really zoom in to see the two new signal bridges. The orginal searchlights were located about a mile behind where the picture was taken. These protected the M&L branch at the mainline between Boston and Portland, ME near where the old Lawrence Station is still located. The original, well 2nd station was built in 1928/30 and is typically Art Deco. Unfortunately it's not in great shape and has housed numerous businesses since it no longer became an important train stop.
John
I felt pretty bad when the historic semaphore signals disappeared from South Station in Boston and were replaced by color-light signals. The signals are not the same, but this is for safety. The old semaphores, as neat as they are, were not in the best shape, and were electro-mechanical devices meaning there are more moving parts that can break more often than the new electronic signals we have today.
Up in Lawrence, MA, the MBTA removed some old searchlight-type signals from the old wye in South Lawrence. In their place, they put in a NYC-style tall signal tower with multiple tri-color signals on it. I felt bad at first seeing the old familiar searchlights go, but this tower with the tri-colors is awesome.
The South Station Semaphores.
http://www.nhrhta.org/htdocs/ssta.htm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/MBTALawrence3.jpg === you need to really zoom in to see the two new signal bridges. The orginal searchlights were located about a mile behind where the picture was taken. These protected the M&L branch at the mainline between Boston and Portland, ME near where the old Lawrence Station is still located. The original, well 2nd station was built in 1928/30 and is typically Art Deco. Unfortunately it's not in great shape and has housed numerous businesses since it no longer became an important train stop.
John
I have to agree with JCitron, it's progress unfortunatly and a lot to do with safety, looking at the old signal bridges, sad to say they look very rusted and unsafe, they look like if they were not pulled down, they would have collapsed in there own time. They were built to last, but unfortunatly nothing lasts forever.
I felt as upset as you guys when they replaced all the semaphore signalling on my local route with light signals, the signals did not have the same noise as a semaphore dropping after a train had passed, plus all the gantry signals and gantrys came down and was replaced by a 4 aspect signal with left direction marker lights, sad to say good things never last and never stay the same...
R.I.P Huyton Station Signals
Joe Airtime
I felt as upset as you guys when they replaced all the semaphore signalling on my local route with light signals, the signals did not have the same noise as a semaphore dropping after a train had passed, plus all the gantry signals and gantrys came down and was replaced by a 4 aspect signal with left direction marker lights, sad to say good things never last and never stay the same...
R.I.P Huyton Station Signals
Joe Airtime
TrainTrackTravs
Jorranica Sub Builder
The railroad.
cascaderailroad
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Comming soon ... to a PLS signal bridge location near you:
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