Thomas George Stiles Company.
Image was purchased on ebay. I hold no claim to image
and posted it for historical reference purposes.
Framingham center Ma. Lowell branch southbound home semaphore signal.
Stiles mechanical dwarf mounted on a mast.
This image has floated around from other sources but getting detail was difficult due to copy protection, so now this image is large file so enjoy.
Now the image is clean and large for detail viewing
and more clearly shows a back spectacle , less roundel .
This signal may have had life at another location as the back spectacle is centered to the home signals mast.
The mast mount: Stiles made mast mounts for his dwarf mechanical semaphores whether this is a Stiles manufactured
type or New Haven shop made bracket is not determined.
However my hunch is this bracket is NHRR made.
notice "J" hooks are used to secure the base of the dwarf to the bracket.
"J" hooks are used for mounting pipe carriers, for the pipeline that operated mechanical signals , locks , and points.
Notice the weight, does it not look like the weight has been altered to accommodate the jaw for the balance bar.
If the idea for tower operators to see the back spectacle would be very difficult as the angle plus tangent in the track or direct line of sight to the leadout's back window in the tower. would be impossible. so this signal must be recycled from ground use to a high dwarf application .
also to point out Aug 15 1924 is the second tower location
on route 9 Worcester road. north side of street.
Looking at this image, the in service March 1891 tower would be thirty feet left of image, same side of this home signal.
The 1891 tower was raised when the 1924 tower was in service.
incidental... nice spackle job on the dwarf, looks like it was a perfect perch for some bird or a little sloppy in painting the signal silver.
Added info 2/13/22
added history from the last time i visited here.
I would say being on this property
from 1973 to 1980 other interests such as girls took most of my time and i can remember 1981 -82 was virtually railroad interest free other for some weird warm but heavy snow events which right after the snows had ended the sun would show and become warm and i remember visiting north yard for a few pics then that was it.
1984 while in school i had enlisted in the Marines and graduated a bit early to make the trip to Parris Island .
when i returned home i discovered my place was no longer and the attraction of the place the charm held nothing for future visits everything except one track was all that was left it was all gone.
flickr and new found friends .
With interest in photography and having a laptop to access the net, I joined flickr in 2008 and with finding a way to document a little of my railroad collectables, one of which a signal i would find the manufacturer made by Thomas George Stiles (the above image).
I would be contacted by a person who had the same interests
and his friend as well. Brian Duarte very knowledgeable in early New Haven railroad history notably signals and it apparent the Stiles dwarf mechanical has many attractors .
Brian would be instrumental with his contacts including Kevin Kholes .
At this time adding another name to the story Brian Maihar .
and his help in acquiring another mechanical dwarf to complete a spectacle i had my father gave me while the stand
not being fully authentic the modern cast parts removed and made more with authentic parts to finish the signal this was about the time another name enters the story .
Phillip Paradis .
Phillip was a person well known to many in the collectors fields
He was also instrumental in saving scores of railroad artifacts from not only the old New Haven but Boston and Albany lines as well.
From what I was told by a close friend Robert Grubinskas
Philip saved lots of Framingham's early railroad signals and apparatus, it was said the mechanical dwarfs located at Framingham center Philip acquired also manual gate stands of the F&J type also Concord st manual gates stands .
I did ask whether the Home signals and 12 lever S&F machine
was collected sadly these were not saved the gate apparatus
went to the RMNE and dwarf semaphores was in Philip's collection.
Philip passed away and Philip's personal collection went to auction.
It was voiced by numerous collectors that Brian Maihar
cleaned that auction out and many of the artifacts of Framingham would end up in Ohio.
Added 12/26/22
Brian Maiher of Carroll, Ohio passed January 5, 2019
The tradition of collector's steamrolling one another continues
Many of Philip's collection held by Brian with his passing those artifacts had well dispersed prior to any official dispensation of Brians auction.
O-364 model board exist by a private collector out west also included four mechanical T.GEO.STILES the dwarf in this image, plus a high dwarf Stiles with longer balance lever that traversed the pipelines and two low dwarfs by Stiles those signals are unaccounted for but certainly held
by private collectors .
Thomas George Stiles Company.
Image was purchased on ebay. I hold no claim to image
and posted it for historical reference purposes.
Framingham center Ma. Lowell branch southbound home semaphore signal.
Stiles mechanical dwarf mounted on a mast.
This image has floated around from other sources but getting detail was difficult due to copy protection, so now this image is large file so enjoy.
Now the image is clean and large for detail viewing
and more clearly shows a back spectacle , less roundel .
This signal may have had life at another location as the back spectacle is centered to the home signals mast.
The mast mount: Stiles made mast mounts for his dwarf mechanical semaphores whether this is a Stiles manufactured
type or New Haven shop made bracket is not determined.
However my hunch is this bracket is NHRR made.
notice "J" hooks are used to secure the base of the dwarf to the bracket.
"J" hooks are used for mounting pipe carriers, for the pipeline that operated mechanical signals , locks , and points.
Notice the weight, does it not look like the weight has been altered to accommodate the jaw for the balance bar.
If the idea for tower operators to see the back spectacle would be very difficult as the angle plus tangent in the track or direct line of sight to the leadout's back window in the tower. would be impossible. so this signal must be recycled from ground use to a high dwarf application .
also to point out Aug 15 1924 is the second tower location
on route 9 Worcester road. north side of street.
Looking at this image, the in service March 1891 tower would be thirty feet left of image, same side of this home signal.
The 1891 tower was raised when the 1924 tower was in service.
incidental... nice spackle job on the dwarf, looks like it was a perfect perch for some bird or a little sloppy in painting the signal silver.
Added info 2/13/22
added history from the last time i visited here.
I would say being on this property
from 1973 to 1980 other interests such as girls took most of my time and i can remember 1981 -82 was virtually railroad interest free other for some weird warm but heavy snow events which right after the snows had ended the sun would show and become warm and i remember visiting north yard for a few pics then that was it.
1984 while in school i had enlisted in the Marines and graduated a bit early to make the trip to Parris Island .
when i returned home i discovered my place was no longer and the attraction of the place the charm held nothing for future visits everything except one track was all that was left it was all gone.
flickr and new found friends .
With interest in photography and having a laptop to access the net, I joined flickr in 2008 and with finding a way to document a little of my railroad collectables, one of which a signal i would find the manufacturer made by Thomas George Stiles (the above image).
I would be contacted by a person who had the same interests
and his friend as well. Brian Duarte very knowledgeable in early New Haven railroad history notably signals and it apparent the Stiles dwarf mechanical has many attractors .
Brian would be instrumental with his contacts including Kevin Kholes .
At this time adding another name to the story Brian Maihar .
and his help in acquiring another mechanical dwarf to complete a spectacle i had my father gave me while the stand
not being fully authentic the modern cast parts removed and made more with authentic parts to finish the signal this was about the time another name enters the story .
Phillip Paradis .
Phillip was a person well known to many in the collectors fields
He was also instrumental in saving scores of railroad artifacts from not only the old New Haven but Boston and Albany lines as well.
From what I was told by a close friend Robert Grubinskas
Philip saved lots of Framingham's early railroad signals and apparatus, it was said the mechanical dwarfs located at Framingham center Philip acquired also manual gate stands of the F&J type also Concord st manual gates stands .
I did ask whether the Home signals and 12 lever S&F machine
was collected sadly these were not saved the gate apparatus
went to the RMNE and dwarf semaphores was in Philip's collection.
Philip passed away and Philip's personal collection went to auction.
It was voiced by numerous collectors that Brian Maihar
cleaned that auction out and many of the artifacts of Framingham would end up in Ohio.
Added 12/26/22
Brian Maiher of Carroll, Ohio passed January 5, 2019
The tradition of collector's steamrolling one another continues
Many of Philip's collection held by Brian with his passing those artifacts had well dispersed prior to any official dispensation of Brians auction.
O-364 model board exist by a private collector out west also included four mechanical T.GEO.STILES the dwarf in this image, plus a high dwarf Stiles with longer balance lever that traversed the pipelines and two low dwarfs by Stiles those signals are unaccounted for but certainly held
by private collectors .