As 2020 winds to a close I wanted to share a few PRR Position Light related news items. The first is that the Lebanon Mason Monroe tourist railroad in Lebanon, OH, had installed a semi-functional amber PL at the end of the platform at its Lebanon, OH depot.
Next, the LIRR has started to equip its legacy amber PL's with the same type of LED lamps that SEPTA first installed a decade ago at ARSENAL and ZOO. With all of the reduced aspect signaling and tower demolitions, its nice to see that some of their PLs might have a brighter future.
Speaking of SEPTA, I reported back in May that the PRR PL's at ARSENAL and WALNUT interlockings appeared primed for replacement, however during my annual winter SEPTA trip I was able to confirm that the signals at ARSENAL, WALNUT and the MP 1.5 southbound PL automatics are all still in place, however the northbound MP 2.0 automatics have both been replaced by color lights.
 |
| MP 2.0 automatic half way through replacement in 2019. |
That wraps up my 2020 season. Signal wise, it was not as bad as some other things. Stay safe and join me again in the new year.
I use to live right on the LIRR main in Rego Park and from my 6th floor apartment window looking west I could see the position light signals all the way off to the horizon, probably almost to Woodside. You could easily make out the signal aspects from several miles away. I do miss watching them sequence through from Restricting to Clear as trains passed.
ReplyDelete