Turns out that the River Line isn't the only part of Conrail territory currently under attack by CSX signaling crews as I just saw that CSX had replaced the 1990's Conrail vintage signals at CP-37 on the former Indianapolis Line in Wellington, Ohio. This portion of the line had been re-signaled late in the Conrail era and could otherwise be considered "modern" instead of a NY Central legacy holdover. The three track eastbound signal bridge could be considered a local railfan landmark.
The westbound cantilever was likewise replaced. The portion of the Indy Line between Berea and Greenwich is notable for carrying bulk of CSX traffic from the former Conrail territory in NY State before it switches onto the old B&O route to Chicago via Willard.
To be determined if this is a wide area project or more hen pecking. The signal aspects being Conrail or Seaboard will be a hint. Other signals south of Greenwitch, like these NYC-looking tri lights at CP-189 in Ansonia, OH, are also being replaced.
Unfortunately this is not a part of the country that I have good access to so hopefully some locals are getting all the necessary pictures.
This post saved us all from the Beast thread. That was embarrassing. Now some normalcy.
ReplyDeleteThe area around Ansonia, OH was funny. It was installed by Conrail just before the merger, but it didn't get activated until 2003, by CSX.. Conrail used a lot of weird stuff in the area. A lot of US&S CR-2 signals, and some sort of Trilight that had three separate housings on the back. Conrail was working east to west on the Indy line during the merger, and at the time of the merger the projects were canceled. Eventually CSX circled around and got some of the stuff activated or installed. The last being a set of crossovers at in Bellefountaine OH. Conrail installed the interlocking, but the actual crossovers weren't installed until about 18 years later.
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