Showing posts with label Amtrak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amtrak. Show all posts
Sunday, July 20, 2025

View From the Head End

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Recently a Youtube channel appeared called View From The Head End , that was posting complete head end cab videos from Amtrak trains. These ...
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Saturday, June 21, 2025

New Pittsburgh Line Interlockings

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Norfolk Southern's ability to extort the state of Pennsylvania to add additional passenger frequencies on the old Pennsylvania Railroad ...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Clear to Next Interlocking Rule 280a Displayed at CP-SOLOMON (EAST PITT)

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In NORAC-aligned cab signal territory where wayside intermediate signals are not provided, Rule 280a, "Clear to Next Interlocking"...
Friday, May 16, 2025

No Approach! The Duality of Uncommon Signals

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We all learn about traffic lights in elementary school.  Red means stop, green means go and yellow means slow or caution. These are the basi...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

New Signals Up At THORN

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 Although not much has changed regarding the ultimate fate of THORN tower, recent photos do show what the new signaling situation is going t...
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Harrisburg Power Office Is Now Mostly Up and Running

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When we last checked in on the Harrisburg Power Director's office about a year ago in 2024, the Big Board had been fully illuminated and...
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Sunday, January 5, 2025

DOCK Movable Bridge to Become DOCK Bridge

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In 2017 the great DOCK tower closed as a staffed interlocking station after about 80 years of service. However the imposing structure retai...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

THORN Tower's Last Act

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Amtrak's THORN tower has been staffed 24/7 and routing trains on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line since 1938, however after h...
Saturday, November 9, 2024

PHOTOS: Amtrak CORK Tower

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 A while ago I posted the first part of my coverage of the Pennsylvania Railroad's 1929 CORK interlocking tower in Lancaster, PA which ...
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Thursday, October 31, 2024

More Connecticut River Corridor News

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 Although my last update on the Connecticut Valley Corridor was only back in March, I have some additional updates from a follow up trip in ...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Decision 2024 for the Signaling Single Issue Voter

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Just like in 2020 I thought I'd provide some political analysis for the single issue railroad signaling single issue voter. Not sure wh...
Friday, August 16, 2024

New Signals at Portland Union Station

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For the last year or more, Portland (Oregon) Union Station has been involved in a slow motion re-signaling project that will unfortunately ...