PRR Train #983         
The engineer of PRR Train #983 (an early rush hour run to Moorestown), waits for the highball at Merchantville depot. The semaphore at the end of the platform warns of open switches at local industries and serves as the distant signal to Pennsauken block station, a provisional block station that would occasionally see service for troop movements to Fort Dix during the early years of the Vietnam conflict.
Date: 9/10/1965 Location: Merchantville, NJ Views: 1146 Collection Of:   Richard Makse
Rolling Stock: PRR 1046 (Passenger Car) Author:  Richard Makse
PRR Train #983
Picture Categories: RollingStock This picture is part of album:  South Jersey in the 60's
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Dave Korhammer General Great shot! Where the semaphore (and the photographer) stand, there had been a second track once. Now (2014) only the station remains. 3/7/2014 7:09:10 PM

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