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Eastern Railroad Discussion > The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its groundDate: 08/24/16 19:00 The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: jonjonjonjon This CPL in Philly isn't going down without a fight!
(Insert your "Rocky" - themed caption here...)  Date: 08/24/16 19:35 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: Out_Of_Service the old girl from a different angle ...
 Date: 08/24/16 20:59 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: tq-07fan jonjonjonjon Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > This CPL in Philly isn't going down without a > fight! > (Insert your "Rocky" - themed caption here...) Did you add the Rocky theme music to the thread or is that just playing in everyone's head when they read this? Jim Date: 08/25/16 04:22 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: jmbreitigan " I must destroy you "
Date: 08/25/16 05:46 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: jonjonjonjon Another movie-themed take....
 Date: 08/25/16 10:16 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: Englewood Great shot. People have remarked in previous threads how the modern method of signal installation
results in leaning signals after a period of time. Apparently the signal department of the 1930's and 40's knew something that has eluded their modern counterparts. Date: 08/25/16 11:35 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: Seventyfive Sadly, it looks like the signal gang has not painted the CPL since the 30' or 40's.
Date: 08/25/16 16:02 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: Tominde What the signal department of 30s and 40s knew was that painting the signal makes it lean. It seems that when painted, the painters could never get an even coat, and the excess paint made the signals lean. Thus the no painting policy. ;)
Date: 08/25/16 16:12 Re: The Leaning Signal of Philly - CPL still holding its ground Author: SCL1517 I think a lot of the latter day leaning is due to the (quick and efficient) method of digging a hole and dropping a precast foundation into it. The old way involved concrete on site, forms, and the care and attention that goes with that (typically), along with the fact that a fairly large mass of wet concrete was vibrated into every void they excavated--not as likely to lean and shift as the "dig and drop" stuff they do today.
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