Train Knocks Down Signal! ANCIENT COLOR POSITION SIGNALS STILL IN USE! Baltimore And Ohio Railroad

Train knocks down signal! B&O line side signals still in use! Fast freight trains in Piqua, Ohio and a train crosses a huge railroad bridge in Troy, Ohio over the Great Miami River. The railroad crossing has a very rare B&O dwarf signal and a pair of B&O colour position lights on the south side of the railway crossing. Look at Google Street Maps on Street View and you can see them. I filmed the dwarf signals in Troy, Tipp City and Deshler and then a viewer told me about the dwarf signal and CPLs on Peterson Rd in Piqua. After checking Google Maps I drove the 103 miles to Piqua and filmed 2 southbound mixed freights knocking down the signals ( train makes signal go from green to red ). I was lucky that they were southbound. Although I had to film straight into the sun you can still see the signals change as the trains pass. There are very few of these signals in use and you better photo them while you can. I also went to Troy, Ohio to check out the B&O signals there. This video shows a southbound
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