Semaphore signals at Brighton Park, IL

In this photo from November 1987, here are the Brighton Park semaphores governing Conrail's former Panhandle line (upper left); CSX's Blue Island Sub (upper right) and ICG's former GM&O mains (lower left). Brighton Park was considered a non-interlocked railroad crossing at grade(the largest such crossing in the country) and it was manned by a Conrail switchtender. This switchtender job went to NS after the merger and it was an NS man who closed the switch shanty for good when the crossing was automated back around 2007 or 2008. Doug Davidson photo with permission