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Are there any left between Altoona and Johnstown?

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railman_7 Wrote:
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> Are there any left between Altoona and Johnstown?
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Unless something radical has occurred very recently without being reported, quite a few. The current signal-modernization project is approaching that zone but has not yet struck except for new signals being erected at control points.

The ones most accessible are at Lilly, Portage, and Summerhill.
And don't overlook the eastbound PL's mounted on the
Jamestown Road bridge, about a mile west of Cassandra.
Would guess they all will be gone by the end of June, if not before.

According to my list, there are 11 from the west limits of Johnstown to MG Tower, plus the Jamestown RD. setup.
Summerhill is very accessible, and Jamestown Rd. is not busy.
2018 photos by WW Jenkins

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Something I've frequently thought about re. the Summerhill
signals, and Warren1977's 2nd shot illustrates it well . . 

The elevated EB signal for track 2 has a platform for maintenance
which allows easy access to the entire signal, while the EB signal
for track 1 has a small platform on one side only.  How does a signal
maintainer safely work on the track 1 signal ??  What am I missing ??
Don't think it rotates, but ? ?
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/19 13:22 by NKP715.

Thanks hope to get some photos of those remaking.

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No idea what "Taking of those signals remarking" means. There was no cutover between JACKS 191 and HUNT 202 this weekend. Which gives an extra week to shoot stuff. Only the PRR Signalbridge at 193 will be affected during this cutover which has not been scheduled (Could be this weekend). There are PRR PLs at PT 196, and 198 and the PLs inside of Hunt as well. 

Marc L