Semaphore
Labor Day weekend, so naturally we’re spending a lot of time at the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Trains, trolleys, tractors and more!! This is one of the old signals used by the Midwest Central Railroad there on the reunion grounds.
Which reminds me, I came across this wonderful old New York Central publicity film, The Railroad Signal, from 1948. It’s about 17 minutes long with some cool, old archival railroad footage and a pretty good explanation of signaling basics as they were back then. Fascinating to me! Best of all, it’s done in that kooky old fashioned style – the seriously ever-enthusiastic narrator with the happy, upbeat background music. Reminds me of the films they used to show us in grade school back in the 60s! You can check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OmU5Dz-BHg
Hope you are all having a great weekend! Will catch up with you on Monday.
Semaphore
Labor Day weekend, so naturally we’re spending a lot of time at the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Trains, trolleys, tractors and more!! This is one of the old signals used by the Midwest Central Railroad there on the reunion grounds.
Which reminds me, I came across this wonderful old New York Central publicity film, The Railroad Signal, from 1948. It’s about 17 minutes long with some cool, old archival railroad footage and a pretty good explanation of signaling basics as they were back then. Fascinating to me! Best of all, it’s done in that kooky old fashioned style – the seriously ever-enthusiastic narrator with the happy, upbeat background music. Reminds me of the films they used to show us in grade school back in the 60s! You can check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OmU5Dz-BHg
Hope you are all having a great weekend! Will catch up with you on Monday.