A SIGN of the times

Before it morph's into the punkin party signage....

 

And before it is gone......

 

That's a cast metal "DO NOT TRESPASS" sign in the yard at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Can you imagine any railroad official today authorizing such an expenditure of company funds?

 

On the PRR mainline, Lancaster, PA. [10/17/1995]



Washington, DC Metro, Union Station [09/22/1989]

 

Standing proud, 07/24/1988 at Weems, AL

 

Maybe not a sign per se, but a respected marque in railroad cranes was Bucyrus. Built in 1925 with a 160 Ton capacity, this one was in harness at Barrington, IL helping to clean up a wreck just west of town forty-seven summers ago on 07/16/1676. There were no fatalities.

A light engine move lead by "Candall Cab" 502 move rear ended a caboose and four ore jennies. At the time, a C&NW spokesman said that a signal gave a "false clear", but I don't know what the formal investigation determined.

Amazingly, the 6363 survives at the Illinois Railway Museum.

 

The crew of that hook were definitely proud of it-looks like they kept it clean and well maintained!

 

Those guys really don't want us to have fun...

We'll just have to do it the old-fashioned way: drop it in a 45-gallon drum and set it on fire...

 

Bottom end, SP Mojave yard, Mojave CA. Long ago

 

Warning...Sign will get in the way of your shot.

 

George Washington Gale.

 

What caught my eye is the old CB&Q boxcar with the "Everywhere West" slogan. Nice.

 

Scranton PA - 2007 - Just down the road from Dunder Mifflin Paper

 

SP Palmdale CA, signal

 

Ft Worth TX