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This is a Hp Pre-Signal
Please excuse the blurriness, this was taken from out the window of a train going about 60 mph
Mosaïque originale posée par Invader à Paris 13ème.
Disparition en septembre 2013, signalée par Denis.
Réactivation en janvier 2016.
Here are some very interesting early distant signals showing the stop aspect. Notice the use of green instead of yellow to denote distant signals. Also the forked end shows that this is a distant signal. Green was changed to yellow in the 1920s it seems.
This is a Tower in Bellevue Ohio on the NS line. This was taken during my spring break in April.....I always have awful weather when I am in this part of Ohio.
SNCF Carré (C) signal
This protection signal is used to protect trackside equipments or parts of track (points (switches), crossings, laybys).
The closed carré commands the driver to stop before the signal.
This is the special "Shorty" semaphore signal in Crawfordsville. It's on a short mast for better visibility.
This is the special "Shorty" semaphore signal in Crawfordsville. It's on a short mast for better visibility.
A Louisville and Indiana RR train is heading away from Indianapolis and is passing the fixed approach signal (which happens to be the only remaining semaphore signal in the city!) as it moves its train south towards Columbus IN.
La talève sultane (Porphyrio porphyrio), ou poule sultane, est une espèce d'oiseau de la famille des Rallidés.
Cet oiseau se trouve par exemple en Europe du Sud (Espagne...), en Afrique (Égypte...), en Asie et jusqu'en Nouvelle-Calédonie et Nouvelle-Zélande (sous-espèce appelée « pukeko »). Très commun à Madagascar, il a disparu dans l'île voisine de La Réunion, cependant il s'est implanté relativement récemment en France notamment dans l'Aude où une dizaine de couples vivent dans le marais de Saint Louis le Maritime à Narbonne ainsi que dans l' étang de Vendres, près de Béziers. Selon Jacques Christophe Valmont de Bomare, « les Anciens estimaient si fort la beauté cet oiseau qu'ils en faisaient un des ornements de leurs palais et de leurs temples ». De cet oiseau qu'il nomme porphyrion, Polémon d'Ilion, rapporte Athénée de Naucratis, dit qu'il « garde scrupuleusement les femmes mariées. Il a même la faculté de sentir la femme adultère au point que lorsqu'il s'en aperçoit, il commence par la faire connaître au mari, et finit sa vie en se pendant ». Armand Gaston Camus, qui relève la même anecdote, a cependant contesté que la talève et le porphyrion soient le même animal, la talève n'ayant pas la caractéristique remarquable du porphyrion, signalée par Aristote4, de « boire comme l'ours », c'est-à -dire en mordant. Buffon, qui tient pour l'identité des deux espèces, précise que le porphyrion des Grecs et des Romains venait de Libye, de Comagène et des Baléares
La Talève sultane bénéficie d'une protection totale sur le territoire français depuis 1976. Elle est inscrite à l'annexe I de la directive Oiseaux de l'Union européenne. Il est donc interdit de la détruire, la mutiler, la capturer ou l'enlever, de la perturber intentionnellement ou de la naturaliser, ainsi que de détruire ou enlever les œufs et les nids et de détruire, altérer ou dégrader leur milieu. Qu'elle soit vivante ou morte, il est aussi interdit de la transporter, colporter, de l'utiliser, de la détenir, de la vendre ou de l'acheter. Toutefois depuis 2006, ces interdictions ne s'appliquent pas aux sujets nés et élevés en captivité.
The western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) is a swamphen in the rail family Rallidae, one of the six species of purple swamphen. From the French name talève sultane, it is also known as the sultana bird. This chicken-sized bird, with its large feet, bright plumage and red bill and frontal shield is easily recognisable in its native range. It used to be considered the nominate subspecies of the purple swamphen, but is now recognised as a separate species. The western swamphen is found in wetlands in Spain (where the largest population lives), Portugal, southeastern France, Italy (Sardinia and Sicily) and northwestern Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia).
The species makes loud, quick, bleating and hooting calls which are hardly bird-like in tone. It is particularly noisy during the breeding season. Despite being clumsy in flight, it can fly long distances and is a good swimmer, especially for a bird without webbed feet.
Switz City Indiana. This is an old sign with the danger board which used to be on all signals in this state.
This is an SNCF Voie libre (VL) signal
The voie libre indicates to the driver that normal circulation is allowed, if nothing is opposed to it.
This signal can also show the Rappel 30 and 60 aspects hence the extra 2 lights on the side.
This is the special "Shorty" semaphore signal in Crawfordsville. It's on a short mast for better visibility.
SNCF Carré (C) signal
This protection signal is used to protect trackside equipments or parts of track (points (switches), crossings, laybys).
The closed carré commands the driver to stop before the signal.
Here are passenger car lantern arrangements. From until about 1950 with the advent of radios and better communication between railroad crews marker lights and flags were used to show information between workers.
Here are passenger car lantern arrangements. From until about 1950 with the advent of radios and better communication between railroad crews marker lights and flags were used to show information between workers.
Typ: Lighthouse
Signaltyp: Flashing (Fl)
Anzahl Der Signale: 3
Lichtfarbe: White / W
Signalintervall: 10s
Signalhöhe: 65m
Leuchtweite: 27M
Ort / Gegend / Insel: Oostende
Baujahr: 1949
Form & Material Round concrete tower
Farbe Des Bauwerks White with blue waves
Read more at www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/lights#eqYSJOTu0sf6y...
This SNCF signal has the additional 2 lights on the side so it can display the rappel 30 and 60 aspects
Here in 2006 some freshly painted IAIS units are about to clatter over the diamonds at Blue Island Illinois as they run light back to their yard further towards town
Chevron upwards (Chevron pointe en haut)
This board is used at some service track ends, or at the exit of some stations on single track lines, in the case of switch(es) passed trailing with one signal associated with both tracks (entrance on a single track line, etc.). This board is set on each track: by the track(s) not having priority, if the common signal is a carré, this board is settled on the mast of the guidon d'arrêt (which stays closed if the track having priority is occupied); if the common signal is a sémaphore, the driver must only ask for a written order to proceed.