After a long period of not much going on I recently uncovered a bunch of signaling new, little of it good. First off, the last pure ATSF signal bridge on the BNSF 3-track raceway out of LA is being replaced by a traffic light cantilever. The signal bridge, which supports 6, two head US&S H-2 searchlights, is located in Riverside and sees joint UP, BNSF operation. Although the ATSF bridge was modernized with new concrete footings and the signal location was equipped for PTC, something still managed to upset the powers that be. Other searchlit locations on the San Bernardino sub appear to be unaffected.
Moving over to the east, the ex.NKP KM interlocking in Vermillion, OH is in the midst of a slow motion re-signaling as its US&S elephant ears are being replaced a mix of current NS signals and an a non-Darth traffic light that appears to have been pulled from the parts bin. The replacement mast was dropped off on or before mid-2019 and has been recently installed so if you live in the area document the old mast while you can.
Finally, after many many years and false starts, new signals are going up on the BNSF/ATSF/Southwest Chief Rtaon pass route to replace the elderly semaphores. I guess this is good for the future of the Chief, but bad for the future of semaphores :-( The photo I have is from Colmor, but I have to assume this is part of a general re-signaling effort.
The only bit of good news I have today is that at this point in time, the main PLs at ARSENAL interlocking have survived the major SEPTA track project of May 2020 that installed a new interlocking south of University City station. So there's that. 🤷
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