Uh oh! NS 2538 leads an ethanol train through Port interlocking near Newport, PA; but the real thrust of the shot is that generic "intruder" soon to replace the venerable signal bridge as new signals are mounted from Duncannon through Lewistown and it won't be long until they are cutover and the classic Pennsy-style signals become history. When a youngster my father would take me out on weekend trips. We'd throw his WWII-era sleeping bags on the ground near the tracks here and I recall Baldwin sharknose units grinding through at first light with the raw materials and finished products of the great industrial engine that once was the U.S. Now it's comparatively sleepy railroad and the nature of traffic has profoundly changed. For some eight decades the distinctive position light signals have protected trains from the great Blue Ribbon fleet through mineral freights and truc-trains under four corporate flags. Hate to see 'em go.
