| The semaphores come down at Brighton Park | |||
| I made one last trip to Brighton Park, in Chicago, where the only manually operated junction left in US railroad operation is dismantled. The entire mega-junction has all the diamonds replaced along with the venerable semaphore signal towers, in service since 1944, and the shanty where the switchtender operated them by armstrong. NS contracted Cranemaster to do the work. Heartlandrails.com captured the last activity under the blades! | |||
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