Wednesday, July 31, 2024

US&S Loses Its Home Field Advantage

 Union Switch and Signal had always maintained a bit of a home field advantage around Pittsburgh, with the local railroads, most notably the PRR, preferring their products. As railroads grew larger, this hold field advantage grew smaller, mostly applying to the home town Port Authority Transit light rail Union Railroad. For example, both were some of the few customers of US&S's 80's pattern modular signals that were attempting to compete with Safetran's scallop shells.


Well, it appears that since the purchases by Ansaldo and more recently, Hitatchi, US&S has lost its local influence and the Union Railroad is now installing L&W brand signals from Missouri.


The URR was always a bit of a potpourri of signals, but the 80's US&S modular fare always stood out.

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