Annual signal reports, 1921-1943.

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Annual signal reports, 1921-1943.

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The records of the Assistant Chief Engineer, Signals are limited to annual returns required by the Interstate Commerce Commission (1921, 1930-1943). The contain data on all existing signal, interlocking and train control systems arranged by Region and Division (including the Long Island Rail Road) with an annual system-wide total. Some returns from the Regions are incomplete. Forms typically enumerate miles under automatic block signals, centralized traffic control or automatic train control; lists of all interlockings with characteristics such as type, date of construction, number of levers, etc.; locations of unattended crossings of other railroads at grade. There are some interlocking track diagrams, mostly for secondary lines. Sheets as sometimes, but not always, available for subsidiaries not operated as part of the PRR system, including the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, Akron & Barberton Belt, Baltimore & Eastern, Western Allegheny, etc.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Assistant Chief Engineer, Signals.

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