A time exposure of the southbound signal at South Romney, Ind., in the last summer of its almost-century-long existence. A full moon paints passing clouds high above.
CSX has assigned one unit to lift the mix of ethanol and cement empties and grain loads on J771 out of the Wabash River valley. The semaphores, barn and changing leaves make for a pastoral scene o... (more)
CSX J726 south splits the semaphores at Romney, Indiana on the old Monon Sub. Icy winds are blowing just minutes before the sun sets. Not many more trains wil pass this signal as they will be take... (more)
During a beautiful sunrise, it's another day that the Monon semaphores will stand guard as they have for nearly a 100 years. But the time is running short for the old blades of the Monon.
Just minutes before sunset, a late running J726 roars southbound past the endangered semaphores at south Romney on a bitterly cold December evening. Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)Locomotive: EMD SD40-2Location: Romney, Indiana, USALocomotive #: CSXT 8029Train ID: CSX J726Photo Date: December 05, 2008
The Orion constellation moves between the semaphore signals in this 2 minutes 46 seconds shot.
The CSXT 8400 did the honors of knocking the semaphore down for me as they followed Amtrak south. A 71 second telephoto exposure.
Not too many more sunsets left for the semaphore signals on the Monon....
With less than month left for most of the Monon semaphores, it came time to make my pilgrimage to Romney and pay tribute to end of an era, and watch these ancient beasts move their arms.
A northbound freight knocks the signal down in this wide angle shot.
An endangered species.
Rolling south through the signals.
Amtrak splits one of the endangered pairs of blades on a chilly evening.
It's the last days for the semaphores as the new signal is in place and should be on line any day now. CSX southbound J771 splits the blades on the north end of Romney just before sunset on a cris... (more)
Southbound CSX J-771-10 splits the signals at MP-133.2 on the ex Monon operating between Lafayette and Greencastle, IN at Romney.
