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Whitby signal box, photographed on 3 August 1981.
From wikipedia:
"In 1854, the Y&NM helped form the North Eastern Railway, who later added two more platforms (also replaced by the supermarket) to help deal with traffic from the other branch lines that served Whitby; the Esk Valley Line finally opened throughout to a junction at Grosmont in 1863. The coast line from Loftus opened in 1883 and from Scarborough in 1885. Block signalling replaced the time interval system in 1876 and brought Whitby an unusual three storey signal box (to make it high enough to see over the adjacent goods shed)."
UP dispatcher 12 has lined an eastward move following a manifest train on the former Chicago & North Western main line at Nachusa, IL. These searchlight signals date to the early Fifties CTC project on this busy part of the "Overland Route", but are destined for replacement within the next year.
Red over red over lunar white indicates "Restricting" and requires the following train to proceed prepared to stop within half the range of vision.
Tonight Cole and i headed to China Walls for sunset. The light hasn't been great but still pretty nice clouds. We decided to hang around a bit after and get some star shots before we ate. While hanging out, waiting for it to get a bit darker we talked with this cool group of fisherman, I finally decided to ask them to stand still for 20 seconds to see what I could get! My hand moved more then I wanted but I have a better one from last night that I'll share someday! I have been loving the Goal Zero flashlight that I got, its pretty powerfull and changers with usb or solar and of course makes for a great prop!
This railroad signal is next to the bike trail, which at one time was a railroad track. I guess they left the signal for decoration or something, I don't know. Today's daily shot.
Signal PR52 at Par Station, soon to be removed. Showing some signs of weathering, though last time it had some work stainless steel nuts and bolts seem to have been used, a good choice.
An eastbound Conrail manifest passes the now-removed PRR signals at Whiting in 1996. The signals were being moved to a larger cantilever mount at the time; in 2016 that replacement was replaced with the now-standard Safetrans signals.
Conrail itself was replaced here with Norfolk Southern in 1999.
NS BO8 passes the mess BO9 left behind yesterday afternoon along the Chicago Line at MP 460. Fortunately nobody was hurt and no product lost. Cranemasters and NS did a great job with the clean up and track repairs. Track 1 and 2 were both operational with lots of traffic by sunrise.
A person, who values the beauty of nature and ambient the world, far richer and happier than those, who did not notices this.
Southern Searchlights still guard this end of the siding at Connolly Springs, NC - as NS manifest train 123 coasts along the former Southern "S" Line. Today, 123 terminates in Knoxville, TN and S Line traffic is nil - as all through traffic has been re-routed to the north on the N&W. Another victim of PSR "Bottom 21" railroading.
Saw this lady while I was on holiday in Whitby trying out the new coffee lid mobile phone signal booster!
Woods at Signal Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Located in the eastern part of the state on the Cumberland Plateau. The city is surrounded by gorges, mountains and beautiful countryside. It has been experiencing a revitalization lately.
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Statesville, NC. March 2022.
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Kingscote signal box on the heritage Bluebell Railway in West Sussex. The cabin was rescued from Brighton Upper Goods Yard, and sat for some years in the top yard at Sheffield Park station. Set on a suitable brick base, it was opened in 1996.
Kingscote is a typical country railway station with a small goods yard from an era when almost everything went by rail including holiday makers, livestock, milk, fruit and vegetables, newspapers and mail. You can only imagine how busy it could be even in a remote station like this. Kingscote is painted in the colours of the British Railways Southern Region.
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Captured with a Nikon Df and a manual Nikkor Ai 35mm ƒ1:2 with a 3 x ND Filter, post processed in Lightroom using VSCO.
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Chilling out with this music: Of Porcelain - Signal The Captain
[Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont]
Info on the box from the "Settle Carlisle Railway Conservation Area (SCRCA)" website:
"The current signal box at Garsdale is a three-bay version of the Midland Railway 'type 4c' standard design and it became operational on 10th July 1910. Its original dimensions were 30ft. long by 10ft. 6in. wide and the operating cabin is 8ft high. It houses a 'type 33R' manually operated 40-lever tappet frame (which was manufactured in 1910 at the Derby signal works).
When first opened, it was known as 'Hawes Junction' signal box and it replaced two earlier signal boxes ('Hawes Junction South' and 'Hawes Junction North'). However, on 1st September 1932, it was renamed to 'Garsdale Station' signal box. (On the same date, the name of the station was officially altered from 'Hawes Junction and Garsdale' to 'Garsdale'.)
On Saturday, 24th December 1910, the operation of this signal box played a key role in the 'Hawes Junction Disaster' (one the most deadly accidents to have occurred on the Settle & Carlisle Railway).
In 1983 (when the line was being run-down for closure), the box was 'switched out' (i.e. it was not used for normal traffic purposes). However, it was maintained in an operational state and it was reactivated for short periods of time when traffic on the line was busier than normal (e.g. due to diversions from the West and East Coast Main Lines and when steam specials were booked to stop at the station to take-on water).
During the second half of the 1990s, the box was re-opened on a part-time basis (as traffic levels began to increase following the line's reprieve from closure).
In 2008, its opening hours were extended to 24/7 to cater for a significant increase in freight traffic. Also during 2008/9, a small extension was added to provide toilet and washing facilities within earshot of the operating floor (thereby reducing the need for the duty signaller to temporarily close the box).
In 2014, remedial work was carried-out to combat a subsidence issue and to extend the life of the box. During this 4-month (£275,000) project, the operating floor was supported by an internal steel frame constructed on a series of 'mini piles' and the building was fully refurbished (including replacement windows, a new slate roof, and repainting).
In 2021, the box’s structural timbers and outside cladding were repaired, the roof and windows were replaced (again), the staircase, toilet extension and window cleaning balcony were rebuilt, a new kitchen was installed, and the entire structure was repainted."