One of the few interesting things NS still does from a signal perspective is show respect for its former Southern and Conrail territories through the use of those railroads' traditional "station" signs. For the Southern that is a sea green with white lettering and on Conrail that is blue with block white lettering in the Conrail font. In fact NS is so supportive of these heritage signs that they have been spreading beyond their traditional territories with the Southern green signs now seen on the old N&W and more recently Conrail signs on the former D&H.
The specific instance I am making note of today is CP-597 in Afton, NY, an interlocking I previously discussed when it was under attack by a re-signaling project. If you really like your ancestry trivia we now have a former D&H interlocking location, that was amalgamated into Guilford's Main to Pennsylvania "Freight Main Line" with the new milepost 597, and today features NS color light signals with a Conrail station sign and CP designation (CP-597 vs Guilford's CPF-597). Wow, talk about a mixed bag,
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