NS and CSX Re-signaling News

I am on a trip to Texas and I'll have a more detailed trip report shortly, but I wanted to first report on some additional bits of signaling news.  First the giant CP-16 wye junction in Duquesne, PA that sat at the junction of the Port Perry Branch and the Mon Line and featured PRR position light signals and pneumatic point machines has been re-signaled with the typical combo.  I was hoping to get out there this summer, but just like the Conemaugh Line to the north it seems that NS attacked the branch lines before going after the Main Line :-(

Next up the popular railfanning location of Palmer, MA, where the New Englande Central crosses the former CSX Boston Line has lost it's Conrail era (~1992) signals.  The Boston Line re-signaling is still somewhat haphazard given that the signaling is so new and uses a Rule 562 setup with NORAC signal rules.  I am not sure what the ultimate plan is so get out there and get your photos ASAP. 

For example a year ago the searchlights at CP-187 showed no signals of replacement and CP-45 in Worcester has undergone some isolated signal replacements, but nothing wholesale.