Passenger Trains > Signals along the Heritage Corridor

I added photos from 2010 of all the signals along the Metra Heritage Corridor from Union Station to Joliet.

http://redoveryellow.com/signals/chicago/heritage/index.html

-Eric

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Very interesting, thanks for posting.

Great shots; I was not aware that one of the old Alton mains seen in 006A and 007B had been taken out of service for a time.

TipsyMcStagger Wrote:
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> Great shots; I was not aware that one of the old
> Alton mains seen in 006A and 007B had been taken
> out of service for a time.

Some railroads have capacity improvement projects, others have capacity restraint projects.
When they converted the old C&A mains between Bridgeport and 21st St. to storage tracks
they swung the connection to Amtrak at 21st St over to the old IC mains and made it a single track connection.

Also, when Brighton Park crossing was interlocked, they never upgraded the leaving signals at Bridgeport to
recognize the interlocking and therefore the best a train can get is an Approach. So southbounds must
ease around the curve just north of Brighton Park expecting a Stop Signal.
Quite a route for High Speed trains.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/14 12:11 by Englewood.

Whoops, I meant the leads coming out of the bridge.
The one on the right is very much OOS in 006A, with a red flag in 007B.
An aerial view now has them both in service, so I guess it was some
sort of refit?