12T heads West through Attica with two relics taking the limelight in this shot - the quickly disappearing Conrail leader, and the old code line that used to be used for signal communications with the old Erie signals along this line.
Photos showing the railroad pole lines. The pole line used four basic electrical circuits - telegraph, telephone, signaling, and power. Modern technologies of fiber optics, microwave, radio, satellite, and computers have been replacing the pole lines.