A westbound Norfolk Southern freight passes under the former Pennsylvania Railroad signals at Summerhill. The signals for eastbound trains are on tall masts so the signals can be seen over a road ... (more)

An Eastbound manifest grinds up the hill at Cresson with helpers on the rear. The train is seen passing the soon ti be removed intermediate signals at Milepost 252.6.

Lightning illuminates the sky reminding the photographer of the Netflix series "Stranger Things." Approaching the PRR position light signal bridge at Summerhill, PA from the east is a we... (more)

The end has come for the PRR Signals at CP Rochester. The signals have been lifted out of place and are being cut up on site.

An eastbound races across the cornfields of northern Ohio, taking a clear signal at the CD 309 as the sunrise progresses early on a summer morning.

Two clear signals shine down the rails of the former C&O with an orange glow on the horizon and a million stars in the sky above on a tranquil night along the Pemberville Subdivision. The classic ... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 40T's helper set works hard to push the massive loaded unit corn/feed train up the mountain on the Pittsburgh line. The train is seen here under the 'bridgnal' signals at mp... (more)

Into the sundown comes the 4326 West climbing the steep grade out of the Colorado River valley between Needles and Goffs. The classic Santa Fe signals that populated the Coast Lines since the 1920... (more)

A westbound Siskiyou Line train splits the semaphores near MP 600. When SP was remanufacturing its SD45T-2s, their final set up occurred in Eugene. They wouild make a trip or two down the Siskiyo... (more)

A Classic's Demise

It was a dreary morning, appropriate for this scene. The signal bridge at milepost 225 on the old PRR Middle Division hangs in the air as work crews guide it along... (more)

BN 3027 passes thru Galesburg, IL in October of 1985.

The crew takes an opportunity to confer as Penn Central train BL-1 waits for the signal to proceed onto the Midland line at Readville, MA. Train BL-1, running between Boston and Lowell, MA, via Wa... (more)

For decades, the position light signals of the Pennsylvania RR have stood the test of time. But all things must eventually come to an end. By the close of April 2019, these signals will fall victi... (more)

The iconic Pennsylvania Railroad color position light signals have stood on the Pittsburg Line since the days of steam and have seen four railroads. Sadly, they are all being replaced in favor of ... (more)

An eastbound approaches the automatic signals at PT 218 near Birmingham, PA along the Little Juniata Narrows of the "Broadway of Steel" east out of Altoona. These signals, like those eas... (more)