[PRR-talk] Crossing Targets

[davep at quik.com]

> Gents.....
>
>        Has there ever been an article on how to build a working Crossing
> Target or "tiltboard" in HO scale?
    Assuming this is what is also called a 'tilting target',
    There is some discussion in Railway-Signaling group on
    Yahoo.  John Ingham posted his list of surviving specimens,
    Including one (as of summer 07) at New Castle, PA.
    Another is preserved at the Illinois RR Museum, sundry others:

> They were common west of Pittsburgh.
> I've seen many photos of the crossing target in Alliance Ohio where the
> C&P crossed the main. The only other one I've seen was the B&O target on
> Whiskey Island.
>       Any info on these interesting signals would be appreciated. Thanks
> in advance.....
    The only model specific article I am aware of is the two arm specimen,
    now gone, on the NH at Willimantic, CT: not apropos PRR...

    best
     dwp