[Date Prev][Date Next] [Chronological] [Thread] [Top]

RE: (erielack) DLW Signal Question



> Didn't New Jersey contribute to the upgrading of the 
> Greenwood Lake line with ABS?  I thought that was part of the 
> deal in purchasing the few miles of the Boonton Line.  Even 
> though these might have been former DL&W signals, they didn't 
> match up with DL&W's aspects with Green being the high signal 
> and Red the low.  With both signals always lit, and offset 
> from each other, they looked more like the Erie signal system 
> than Lackawanna's.


If you're looking at signal bulbs, then yes, they had an "Erie
appearance." But the physical signal heads are pure DL&W.

Betcha that must have made newly-merged EL employees excited, having to
learn two different signal systems now!

	- Paul

	The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
	http://EL-List.railfan.net/
	To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html

------------------------------