Eastern Railroad Discussion > Cantilever Replacement on the NS Wabash

Rockfield, IN....up with the new and soon to be down with the old.

Signal replacement almost completed....just need to disassemble the old cantilever to finish the job.

A sad time on the NS Wabash. Hopefully the cantilever will be donated to a RR museum.

John Troxler

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I made it out there last Thursday, sad to see the bags over the lights. A set of light power came through going East to pick up a grain train in Clymers, but that was all I caught under the cantilever, I was underdressed for the occasion and like the temperature, light was falling fast. Any idea when the crane will arrive to tear it down?

-Ryan

BN7149 Wrote:
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> I made it out there last Thursday, sad to see the
> bags over the lights. A set of light power came
> through going East to pick up a grain train in
> Clymers, but that was all I caught under the
> cantilever, I was underdressed for the occasion
> and like the temperature, light was falling fast.
> Any idea when the crane will arrive to tear it
> down?
>
> -Ryan

Ryan,

I have heard as soon as the HD crane from Decatur makes its way to Rockfield. I am sure it will be before the end of the year.

John

I hate mono hoods, If it were a triangle tri-light type, then I would feel better. I hate to see cantilevers get replaced. DOWN WITH MONO HOODS.

They have changed all of the signals here along the river line here in Scottsville,VA. They left the cantilevers standing here,just took down the signals & replaced they with the "Darth Vader" type signals.

They seem functionally identical - why incur the expense to replace?

Mgoldman Wrote:
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> They seem functionally identical - why incur the
> expense to replace?

A safety issue since there are not many safety appliances on the old signal mast and the old signal has moving color target lenses which are getting on in age.

Rust is making many old cantilever and bracket mast signals unsafe for maintainers to climb. A simple bulb replacement requires a bucket truck. Of course, you could say it's a sinister plot to make the railscape so boring that no one will want to take pictures of trains anymore. That would solve the "railfan problem."