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There have already been several possessions in connection with the re-signalling of the lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. This Autumn will see more possessions before full commissioning in Spring 2019.So another year to go. A class 156 arrives at Great Yarmouth on a service from Norwich.
The Southwest Chief throttles up as splits the famous semaphores between Wagon Mound and Levy on its way to the next station stop in Raton.
A pair of NYSW SD45's still in BN green lead the Westbound D&H Sealand stack train at the semaphore that stood at the grade crossing in Rathbone, NY on June 21, 1986.
In the smoky dusk, a train heads westwards out of Attock Station under an impressive display of semaphore signals.
Northern Pakistan December 2021. © David Hill
It's a matter of opinion. We caught #3 at Levy, New Mexico in some really HARD light. Through the miracle of some digital manipulating I was able to make this a bit better of a photo. I like film. But sometimes...
66187 powers up the Ogmore Vale extension line en route to Tondu Junction on the 6O32 Margam to Llanwern sidings, seen amongst the surviving semaphore signals at Tondu. The train will run round the Garw loop and then head south on the Maesteg line to Bridgend to join the main South Wales line.
Freight workings at Tondu are rarely seen but on occasions freight is diverted via Tondu when engineering work is carried out on the main South Wales line between Bridgend and Margam. Given my penchant for semaphores and signal boxes I was delighted to capture this working.
BR Standard Tank 80151 draws its train into Horsted Keynes during a Jon Bowers/75H Charters event on the Bluebell Railway.
Locomotive: British Railways Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T 80151.
Location: Horsted Keynes station on the Bluebell Railway, West Sussex.
"Semaphore"
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Light just reaches the edge of a white sand dune, making a visual signal akin to a semaphore flag.
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Captured: February 2017
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/4
Settings: ISO100, 200mm, f/11, 1/160 sec
Here is a closer look at the semaphore signal in Springfield, OH. As you can see the blade has seen better days. Decades of exposure to the elements and lack of maintenance have pretty much taken its toll. Since it's a fixed semaphore, no mechanical parts are needed. It may not be as pretty as the blades in New Mexico, but a blade's a blade, and the I&O are lucky to have them.
These signalling platforms were a nautical version of railway semaphore signals and were used to communicate with steamships entering the port of Cardiff during the late 19th century.
The last few months of steam on the Jitong railway saw QJ class locomotives double-heading on the section between Chabuga and Daban. I always liked the semaphore signals at the passing places and particularly those at Gulumanhan, where a heavy westbound train is seen here entering the loops.
GWR Class 800 No.800024 departs Moreton-in-Marsh amidst a variety of semaphore signals with 1P34, 15:16 Worcester Foregate St - Oxford. The sun had only just come out for this shot, after an hour or so of heavy rain in the Cotswolds.
Semaphore & Scotsman
Following an intermediate overhaul, 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ emerged from hibernation today on a test run around the Carnforth circuit. Seen here departing the Up Loop at a drizzly Hellifield Station...
In the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago – Old semaphore signals were still governing train movements through this busy railroad crossing at the time of this November 1990 photo. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
Looking north along the Union Pacific at Watertown, Wisconsin where this distant semaphore signal for the UP-CP diamond stands. This signal has been on my list of photo targets for a while. It was fun to find!
Harrogate Signalbox and Semaphores.The box is an LNER type built in 1947 with a Mck&H 45 lever frame.
After two days of sunshine, the weather on my 3rd day in southern Thailand went downhill as did my luck.
My plan was to spend the day around Khao Chum Thong Junction which is still fully manual semaphore signalled.
Due to the weather and extreme late running of some trains I basically had managed to get no decent photos all day. I had hoped atleast I could shoot the delayed 448 local with the semaphores from the north end of the station. Despite numerous sun pockets, once again thwarted by the clouds. Just after completing my walk of failure back to the station platform the exit signal clanked back up to "Hp1" or clear. A freight?!
Indeed soon a headlight rounded the corner, and at the same time a gap in the clouds opened as well. The train was moving quickly and I hoped it would be fast enough to outrun the cloud. With token snagged the driver of train 790 (Hat Yai - Ban Thung Pho Jct) notches out the 2400 HP Alstom diesel and puts the train in the wind.
No matter how mature of a rail fan you like to think you are, there are moments where you can’t help but throw your arms in the air after the locomotive passes in celebration. This was definitely one of them!
Just about everything that moved was shot, including a track machine.
66622 is seen here on an Immingham-Rugeley coal working, 23.12.15.
Photographed at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugar Creek, OH.
This one is marked "Patented July 21 1903"
Sunset on the 18th April was at 1946. My plan was to get the arrival of the 1902 Norwich to Lowestoft arriving bathed in golden setting sunlight. The day was perfect mostly and the 37s were due to arrive at 1949. It was going to be touch and go. Well it turned out to be more go than touch. The sun went too far west and disappeared behind some rooftops......bugger !
So...here is plan B. Driver Smith (made up name) climbs into 37716 prior to departing with the 1955 Lowestoft to Norwich.
Get em while you can.
Signals were due to be replaced on 31st March and the 37s are due to go at the start of the summer timetable.
However.....The software for the new signalling package failed its safety check a few weeks ago and the replacement units are 3 tons above the weight limit for the swing bridges.
An early morning shot of the final day of mechanical signalling on the north bank of the Humber. After one hundred and seventy eight years of absolute block working, the mechanical signalling system between Melton Lane and Gilberdyke was taken out of service over the weekend of 24th/25th November 2018.
"Pacer" 142063 arrives at Gilberdyke, just as the early morning mist begins rolling in, with a service from Hull to Doncaster on 23rd November 2018. Two years later, and the Pacers on this route were also consigned to history.
I couldn't resist uploading the "going-away" shot from the previous upload. 66559 heads south with 6V75 empty steel from Dee Marsh to Margam through Woofferton, between Ludlow and Leominster on The Marches Line. Saturday 17.3.18.
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Downloaded and edited on my ☎️. The Ricoh app is very good, probably the best I have used. Although the editing is not great with the basic apple editing software it does lend itself to true street photography without adding or deleting like you can with normal editing.
Before the rain set in Transport for Wales Class 150 No. 150259 passes Ferryside with the late running 2B61 1054 Cardiff Central - Pembroke Dock service on 20th October 2025. The semaphore signals are due to be taken out during an engineering blockade commencing on 29th October, and four days later the new signalling system controlled from Port Talbot will commence. The signal box is secured by a preservation order and will used for local initiatives. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved