{"id":21692,"date":"2018-07-20T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T12:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21692"},"modified":"2018-07-19T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T12:56:18","slug":"signals-in-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/signals-in-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Signals in Transition."},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few weeks, CSX has been installing new signaling in Palmer in conjunction with preparation for Positive Train Control.<\/p>\n

Hooded traffic light configuration color-light signal heads have been installed to replace the Conrail-era triangular pattern light signals.<\/p>\n

The Conrail-era signals were activated in July 1986 when the single-tracking of the Boston & Albany between Palmer and Springfield. The interlocking at Palmer was then designated CP83.<\/p>\n

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Lumix LX7 photo at Palmer, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking north on the New England Central toward the Palmer diamond. New signals at left. Canon EOS7D with 100-400mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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New and old signals at dusk at CP83. FujiFilm XT1 with 90mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Amtrak 448 splits the signals at CP83 in Palmer. Dusk is a good time to photograph signals since the ambient light levels more closely match those of signal lamps. FujiFilm XT1 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After nearly 32 years of service these old signals will soon be retired. FujiFilm XT1 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CSX\u2019s new signals haven’t been activated yet and I\u2019ve been making photos of the transitional between old and new hardware.<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light.<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last few weeks, CSX has been installing new signaling in Palmer in conjunction with preparation for Positive Train Control. Hooded traffic light configuration color-light signal heads have been installed to replace the Conrail-era triangular pattern light signals. The Conrail-era signals were activated in July 1986 when the single-tracking of the Boston & Albany … Continue reading Signals in Transition.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[4820,4819,887,30,2910,2062,33],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Old_and_new_Signals_at_CP83_DSCF0275.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5DS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21698,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692\/revisions\/21698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}