RailPictures.Net Photo: AMTK 659 Amtrak Bombardier/Alstom HHP-8 at Elizabeth, New Jersey by Mitch Goldman

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» Amtrak (more..)
» Bombardier/Alstom HHP-8 (more..)

» Elizabeth Station
» Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA (more..)
» April 02, 2010

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» AMTK 659 (more..)
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» Mitch Goldman (more..)
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They say a photo is worth a thousand words but that's nothing compared to what 5 PRR position light signals could say. The positioning of the lights corresponded with upper-quadrant semaphore signal positions indicating anything from "stop", "proceed", "approach", and even "take a siding" or "lower pantograph".

Here we have an Amtrak HHP-8 running on the former PRR's famous Northeast Corridor at Elizabeth, NJ. The position lights will likely outlive the HHP-8's as they have the GG-1.

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