3. We Got Up Close With the Most Off-Limits Remnant of them All: The Track Indicator

This remnant is considered the holy grail of remnants, out of sight to the public for decades in a storage closet near the Lost & Found and baggage area. These cast-iron track indicators once stood at the entrance of the boarding gates at Penn Station and were custom designed, according to Lorraine Diehl in The Late Great Pennsylvania Station,  to”conform to the ornate fencing that enclosed the platform area.” We were able to locate a portion of that original fence in Penn Station, which is a visit on our tour.

The indicator would have had a number of the track number in the red portion on top. The 1 and the 7 numbers are part of a departure time that used to be displayed.