Eastern Railroad Discussion > Monon green light signals

Are any of those interesting signals the monon used still around? For those who don't know about these signals, They are lights that are green when no trains are around. When a train comes, the light shuts off and a stop sign controls the crossing. Are there any at museums?

I think one used to be located north on Bainbridge (between Greencastle & Crawfordsville), but it was removed several years ago.
There may be one still on the Monon between Mitchell and Louisville, but not for sure.

I thought L&N did away with all of these. You might want to post the question at http://groups.yaho.com/group/lnrr .

There were quite a few in service until at least the mid-90's between Mitchell and New Albany. Here are two photos of them:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=82117

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=82116

There was an aritcle on how to model these signals with some background info in a past issue of Model Railroader although I wish I knew which one.

They are all gone. There was an FRA waiver to operate them, being non-standard. CSX was concerned there could be lawsuits from accidents over a "odd" signal apparatus.

An article describing the Monon's unique "Green Light" signals appeared in the Monon Railroad Historical and Technical Society publication THE HOOSIER LINE, Volume 13 #1, published in January, 1994. The article gives the history and operation of the signal.
Basically, it was connected to the ABS signals and the green light went out when a train entered the block with the signal. (No constant warning time here!)

Copies are available from their Stores Department.

http://www.monon.org/store.html

Bob Wheeler, Archivist, Monon RRHTS.