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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Mar 15 22:04:26 2018 The Reading line is officially a reverse signaled double track railroad between Allentown & Reading PA. The old hardware was marked Saturday...note the pull strips on the rails for the new block assignments: And some bolts were removed:  Sunday was pull the old & fire up the new! Final prep work was done:  Along comes the knuckle boom to do the deed:   Don't forget the concrete donut:  Off to the junk pile:  Said pile at the NS yard in Reading:  The speed limit was raised to 60MPH Wednesday as scheduled. This was the front page story in the Wednesday morning Reading Eagle:  |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri Mar 16 06:47:29 2018, in response to PHOTOS: All Gone, posted by kp5308 on Thu Mar 15 22:04:26 2018. Nice to see one railroad being speeded up- instead of slowed like NYCT. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sat Mar 17 08:28:01 2018, in response to Re: PHOTOS: All Gone, posted by MainR3664 on Fri Mar 16 06:47:29 2018. The main objective was to improve traffic flow. Amazing how the Eagle pretty much buries that part. |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Mar 19 08:22:39 2018, in response to Re: PHOTOS: All Gone, posted by kp5308 on Sat Mar 17 08:28:01 2018. I wonder if the protracted length of the project was due to the need to re-time all the crossings. Typically re-signaling efforts can leave the grade crossing stuff alone. Raising speeds is a major hassle that goes beyond signaling and there's a reason that they tend to be sticky. Most eastern railroads were instrumented 70/50 standard back in the day and they have remained such 50 years later. |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Tue Mar 20 20:23:59 2018, in response to PHOTOS: All Gone, posted by kp5308 on Thu Mar 15 22:04:26 2018. Thank you for scanning a real, and readable newspaper article of it. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Mar 22 18:39:27 2018, in response to Re: PHOTOS: All Gone, posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Mar 19 08:22:39 2018. I wonder if some kind of litigation was involved. |
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