Over the past few years Norfolk Southern and CSX have been replacing block signals that have stood for several decades with modern signals that all look alike.
Many of these older signals featured designs that associated them with a previous owner/operator of the rail line in question.
For example, the Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore & Ohio each had distinctive position light signals that immediately said “Pennsy” or “B&O” on their respective territories.
The Type G signal head was not necessarily unique to the New York Central, but it was commonly used by the Central in the Midwest on numerous routes.
NS has replaced most of the Type G signal heads on its Chicago Line so I was a little surprised to recently find a set of them still in use.
Shown is CP 232 in Huron, where the new signals are poised to be placed in service.
I made this image on the Akron Railroad Club’s Vermilion outing on Aug. 25 and the news signals may be in service by now and the old signals have fallen.
There were a number of NS vehicles at the scene, which suggested the cutover was imminent.