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I was about 50 yards to the west of the bridge. You can see the railing for the bridge in the distance.

Not uncommon to see them trailing. It's very rare to see anything besides NS power leading out here due to cab signals. Some CSX engines, like these ones, have compatible cab signals, so they can lead. Definitely few and far between though. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! Didn't want to miss this unusual move!

Those signals sure held a special place in my heart. I grew up in Derry until I got married in 2017. The 307 signals were my go to shot for just about anything. I remember driving into town the day they were coming down - it felt like driving to a funeral! Definitely a sad morning. I'm glad I got to shoot so much under them, as well as all the other old PRR signals like the ones at TROBE, PACK, 318, the Slope signals, to name a few. It sucks without them now, just doesn't quite feel the same. I still make it out to my old stomping grounds between Torrance and Latrobe from time to time, although not quite as much lately. Hard to believe it'll be five years in July. I have tons of footage from trains I shot under the 307 signals, including NKP 765, the UP OCS, the NS OCS a few times, and other ones. The three trains in this video were the last three under the signals before they came down an hour later. I have a video of them tearing them down on here. One of the maintainers from NS on hand that day gave me the track two eastbound numberboard from the 307 signals that I have hanging in my office here at home, one of my most prized possessions!

@@AdamKlimchock Yeah, my prime memory of the CP TROBE signals was with my mother when I was young, ther was a WB helper set on main 1, and as it was passing, a WB auto rack came through too, SD40E’s were still in the helper service, a SD70 and a Dash 8 lead the train, was really something to see both signals over the main lines showing clear, I’ve seen both mains be on clear before, it happened last year when a surge of WB’s and no EB’s led to it, want lucky enough to get a race out of it sadly, I think it has happened to me twice with the new colored signals, and if I can recall correctly, are both posted on my channel, Thank you for subscribing to my channel! My notifications turned off for some reason hence why I responding a little late 😂

I really wish I would’ve known the dates that they were coming down, one of my other most memorable signals were the ones at CP TROBE, I remember a time when my mother took me there and both signals over the mains showed a clear. A helper set on main 2 was the first train to show up. Both were SD40E’s. About 5 seconds later, a WB Auto Rack train came through on main 1, made for a really nice sunny evening. I have seen this twice with the new signals up, once on March 11th, 2023, and July 4th, 2023. I believe I have posted both of which onto my channel. I also wanted to thank you for subscribing!

Isn't that funny how that goes! Whoops!

I have a video of that on here somewhere. I think it was January of 2020 or 2021.

Behind Dunkin Donuts in Latrobe, there's a business with a small parking lot below the industrial track there. I park in that lot. There's a small path up the hill there. You walk up the path and have to cross over the Unity Industrial and up a small hill to get to the tracks, but it's only about a two minute walk up to the CP TROBE eastbound signals. The trains fly through there, just a warning, and eastbounds tend to show up without any warning. Sometimes you can pick up the 304 and 317 detectors. In all my years trackside, it seems like Latrobe picks up stuff on the radio the worst, so it's easy to simply not pick up the detectors. I've never had any issues being out there, and have had MOW drive by me there. Hope this helps!

@@AdamKlimchock Thank You so much! Walking from the station down past the WB signals sucks, I didn’t know there was a path back there, do you need permission from the business owner to park there for 2ish hours of no?

@@Railfan_Matthew8104 I've been parking there for years with no issues. There's a sort of smaller area of pavement away from the business I park at and no one has ever said anything.

@@AdamKlimchock ok, thank you!

You also, thanks for watching!

Sadly no, most of it was ripped apart as they took it down. The upper cross section sat there for a week, along with some of the beat up signals. They took it out to Torrance and threw it in a pile along with other discarded signals where it sat for about a year. The other two numberboards that were on the signal were saved and are in good hands. It sure does look different out in Derry without the signals. Hard to believe it's been that long!

No just repainted

​@@skipperpenguinofmadagascar8273, that sucks that it's a "dud" engine. I'm hoping UP does another DDA40X to be a runner.

This passed through PACK at around 12:30ish. I imagine it's gone, but if you've been out for awhile and haven't seen it, you might get lucky. It was behind 269 by 45 minutes.

@@AdamKlimchock definitely past me by now. Thanks for the information