The Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad on Tuesday dismantled an unused signal on its line in Pottsville.
Railroad employees spent several hours in the cold to dismantle the signal, which was visible from South Centre Street and located just north of the boundary between Mount Carbon and Pottsville.
"The signals were turned off in 1983," railroad fan Jeff Jones, Pine Grove, said.
The Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern, based in Port Clinton, is the largest privately owned railroad in Pennsylvania, with 320 miles of track in nine counties and 150 employees.
Jones said the tower had been built in the 1920s or 1930s and helped to control the movement of trains between Pottsville and Tamaqua.
"It's a relic," Jones said. "You don't see many of those any more."
Jones said he has heard that if the signal can be fixed to be completely operational, the railroad will install it somewhere else on its system.
Railroad officials could not be reached Tuesday for comment on the signal's dismantling or future.