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The new BNSF signals west of Las Vegas were tested, activated and in service at about noon on November 19, 2020. A signalman at West Chapelle turns the head of a new signal and lines it up with the main line. The semaphore is out of service and will come down later after Amtrak No. 3 passes. Photo by Joe McMillan, 8:51 a.m.
Derailment in Topeka
This afternoon, 14-ish wells of an eastbound stack train went on the ground in front of the Great Overland Station in North Topeka. This is CP Z068 on UP's Kansas and Topeka Subs, and as this was the ILBG4, it was spanning both subs, and mains at the time of the wreck.
Surprisingly, everything remained upright, but the derailment did take out one of the east-facing signals at 68 (don't worry, it's a new one already). You can see said signal laying on the ground here, sticking out of the bottom of this well car. Whoops!
With the raining falling steadily, PKP Class Ol49 2-6-2 No.Ol49-59 leaves Włoszakowice station with the 77544 11:48 Wolsztyn-Leszno train.
Here's a shot of this morning's sunrise... captured from Signal Hill.
This image is made up of three photos... each captured with a different exposure... and then blended together using luminosity masks.
Nikon D800, Nikkor 14-24 at 16mm, aperture of f/11, with a 1/15th second exposure.
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Opened 04/07/1914 (Replaced Older Box)
Closed 29/03/1985 When Exeter Panel to over control
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This year we decided to spend a few days down in the Tetons, rather than our usual jaunt through the park on our way to/from Yellowstone. We stayed at Signal Mountain Lodge, which was an amazing place...grand views of the Tetons right from our deck. On our last morning in the park, we decided to take the drive up to the Signal Mountain Summit and wait for the sun to rise. Initially, I was a bit disappointed because there was a lot of smoke & haze throughout the park as a result of a prescribed fire. But even with that type of atmosphere, the Tetons lit up in all their glory....what a heavenly way to start the day :-)
Btw...this spot was recommended by a flickr friend, Bruce Oakley (bhophotos)....so thanks to him we had a perfect ending to our stay in the park. If you get a chance, be sure to check out his photostream. And thanks for all the wonderful comments & support!!!!
Working signals at Crewe Heritage Centre. See if I have this right? Red for signals, black for points and blue to lock the points. Very useful for a b&w shot!
After being to Savage, I can say one thing... Signals are everywhere. From the looks of it there are two CPs in the same location from the MARC station just east past the Vulcan interchange track.
here we see a westbound empty coal train coming through Savage on the way back to a mine in West Virginia.
An eastbound Conrail TV rolls by the signals at the east end of Hudson interlocking on the Cleveland Line in 1994.
My final image taken here was this. The slow approach due to being checked at the next signal gave me belief that I could get this plus the looped 6M50 off of Small Heath Bridge. As it was I got neither whilst using up too much time to move and get parked up.
A few long term rail contacts on Flickr will know that for many years my dad has been looking for an image of this signal box. It was the first place he worked and no matter where he looked or who I spoke with we couldn't find a photo of the box. Everything changed this week. Not just one picture but two came to light. This one was purchased by dad and shows the box and an unknown entourage at some point prior to the Great War.
The box was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1893 and closed by British Railways in 1970. I will let dad supply a few additional notes.
Signalmen were: Clifford Dickinson, Arthur Burton and Bill Humphreys, working three shifts in turn, 6.0 am to 2.0 pm, 2.0 pm to 10.0 pm and 10.0 pm to 6.0 am, days, afternoons and nights, Monday to Saturday, starting a new shift every Monday. The branch line to Castleford and Methley did not operate on Sunday. Train register lads: John Firth and Keith Matthews, working days and afternoon shift alternate weeks.
The box controlled the up and down main and goods lines to and from London to Leeds, the branch line to and from Methley, the East and West line to Robin Hood, the Lofthouse colliery sidings lines and the goods yard at Outwood. Quite busy at times.
I have a recollection of a then, circa 1954, experimental diesel unit testing on the Methley to Leeds line, it deliberately stopped on the steepest part of the 1 in 49 uphill gradient near the junction with the main line, then set off again with no problems. Steam engines often needed a ‘banker’ engine at the rear to assist them up the incline. My signalman friend remarked, “Well John that’s thefuture, we won’t need steam engines when these take over”.
Train register lads duties were: recording, the exact time of all bell contacts relating to the passage of each train in the registers, (eight entries per train). There were different bell codes for each type of train, a light engine was 2-3 rings, an express passenger train 4 bells, etc. Other duties were receiving and transmitting Morse code telegraph messages, telephoning Leeds Central Control with times of VIP trains, etc. Non clerical duties included keeping the box clean and levers polished, washing the many windows, emptying the chemical toilet and burying it behind the box. Plus the unofficial task of operating the box whilst the signalman had his breakfast or tea. Happy days.
Slightly obscured behind the hedge at Cloughton Station the home signal is still set to danger. Probably not a surprise since there are no rails!
Norfolk Southern SD40-2 #3531 is leading two other EMD brothers on the front of a continuous rail train heading west on the Lurgan Branch. The train was held in Shippensburg for a priority intermodal and didn't get back underway until the sun had slipped behind Blue Mountain.
Class 40 40154 makes a splendid sight as it passes under signals on it,s way into Chester station with the 13:44 Llandudno to York service. 40,s seen that Saturday were 40179 Crewe. Chester 40025/28/80 40122/135/137/144/153/169/195. 30/06/1979.
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In the late stages of evening twilight, 60100 working the 6D03 Tinsley - Immingham loaded steel train passes Barnetby East signal box.
It's twilight for this Chicago & North Western searchlight signal in more ways than one. The eastbound absolute signal at Nachusa, IL is likely in its last few months of service, before Union Pacific replaces this interlocking with a microprocessor control system and the inevitable modern color light signals.
At the time it was installed in the late Forties, this 75-mile stretch of CTC was the longest stretch of CTC on two continuous main tracks. Nachusa was the eastern end of the Lee County Cut-off, a bypass route that allowed tonnage trains to avoid the trip through Dixon, particularly the climb out of the Rock River valley. The long-abandoned cutoff converged with the two main tracks out of frame to the right.
The North Western was one of a handful of railroads that used an outsized background for their searchlights instead of the typical circular background. No reason has been recorded for this choice, but it was a recognizable trait of C&NW searchlights from a particular era.
A bit of jauntiness to try to treat my OCD symmetry affliction.
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