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9/2022 - Belen, NM
The first order of business after leaving the airport in the waning sunlight of day one was to check out ATSF EMC motorcar M190. Semaphores are on display with the motorcar.
Henschel DHG1000BB(BB 303) diesel locomotive shunting the KKBW freight wagons at the Padang railway station.
A Westbound D&H freight passes the semaphore that stood at the grade crossing in Burns, NY on September 30, 1979.
This sign is used as a visual indication, the centre aperture will change status between white/black as the driver cannot see the signal lights further up the line. An early form of railway signal.
wiki - Railway semaphore signal
NR92, NR106, NR23 lead 5BM4 through Mittagong.
The semaphore signal visible is one of three semaphores remaining at Mittagong. The signal was used to authorise down trains into the now removed up refuge.
The disused brick platform visible on the left was the dock platform.
Mittagong, NSW.
Friday 3 July 2020.
Or SEMAFLORES? LOL
The name Iris is Greek and it means rainbow for its many colours. However, most irises are shades of blue or purple.
Lately I have seen them white, yellow and mix of yellow and white.
The majority of irises that we see today are hybrids of the originals.
The iris has been around for many centuries, and many artists have chosen to paint them. There are several famous paintings of the flowers. From 1888 to 1890, Van Gogh painted at least four paintings of irises. Monet painted "Iris" sometime between 1914 and 1917.
Not only is the iris a beautiful flower, but also they have several uses. As a live plant they are used as a water purifier. They are ingredients in some perfumes, homemade toothpaste, pottery and herbal medicines.
The stylised iris, fleur-de-lis, descends from the white iris which is native to Florence, Italy and which grew even in its city walls. This white iris, displayed against a red background, became the symbol of Florence until the Medici family, to signal a change in political power, reversed the colours making the white one red and setting in motion a centuries-long breeding program to hybridise a red iris. Catherine de Medici carried this symbol of Florence to Paris when she married the king of France where this most famous of irises acquired its nickname, fleur-de-lis.
The iris has been associated with France as Louis VII adopted it as a symbol in the 12th Century.
Contemporary uses can be seen in the Quebec flag and on the flag of Saint Louis, Missouri.
The Iris is the state flower of Tennessee.
It is a woman’s name.
Furthermore, it is the almost universal symbol of Scouting.
In Flowers'-language: Iris means faith; hope; wisdom and valour
In Fine Arts: the lenses also have an iris diaphragm which can be opened and closed to control the amount of light reaching the film.
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10/2020 - Wagon Mound, NM
This BNSF train wasn't here when I showed up in NM two weeks prior. Was nice to shoot something other than Amtrak even though I didn't get it moving.
Pakistan Railways, 16 January 1991.
Scanned from a slide taken by the late David Eatwell, now in my collection.
24/100 x Theme: Favourites in 2024
20 minutes from Adelaide’s CBD. A beautiful foreshore, with
beautifully preserved Art Deco buildings, including the Palais Hotel.
The Soldiers Memorial Hall and Returned Services League Club commemorates those who served in World War One.
Returned Services League Club
This "comfortable and useful" structure was built in 1929 with funds raised by the Semaphore Carnival Committee and generous help from the Pt. Adelaide City Council as a tribute to servicemen who had served in World War I.
It also housed the Semaphore Institute and Library.
monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/51691-soldiers-memorial-hall/
As Dawn Breaks , Abu Road's WDG4 12904 waits on the Sidelines as the Multiple Semaphores count down their Days before they are removed making way for Electric Signals............An End of Era is near as Dhuri Jn. one of the Last Major Junction Of Indian Railways comprising of Numerous No.of these Beautiful Semaphore Signals , A FoolProof Signalling Technique is Electrified and these signals Become a Piece of History Books. It is sad that the Indian Railways has not Preserved These Signals for the Future Generations and Baseless Electrification is the only agenda on the Railway Ministry's Mind.........................
Some Info on Semaphore Signals:-
Over the weekend of 24th and 25th of March 2018 the North Wales coast line was resignalled with colour lights between Rockcliffe Hall and west of Abergele. The signalboxes at Rockcliffe Hall, Holywell Junction, Mostyn, Talacre, Prestatyn, Rhyl and Abergele were abolished and control is now from Cardiff. The signal in this view is Prestatyn up distant, also known as PN14. This originally had four signal arms as there was once an intermediate box between Rhyl and Prestatyn known as Rhyl Sands. This signal became redundant at 20.20 on friday 23rd March when Prestatyn signal box switched out for the last time. For the record the train is 37670 + 37401, 02-08-2009,
UPDATE: The arm on this signal was removed at 17.00 on 24-03-2018.
Semaphore. Semaphore is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located in north-west of Adelaide on the Gulf St Vincent coastline of the LeFevre Peninsula about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from the Adelaide city centre.
As the sun sets on the semaphores, literally, Colas 'Tug' Class 60 026 passes by with the Rectory Jn (Colwick Colas)-Lindsey Oil Refinery (Colas) train.
Soon to disappear under the re-signalling and electrification scheme between Preston and Blackpool, the fine array of surviving semaphore signals controlled by Blackpool North No.2 signal-box will soon be history. The 2E84 12:21 Blackpool North to Huddersfield Northern service with 142054 on the rear departs on Tuesday 7th February 2017.
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The setting sun backlights the semaphores at the west end of North Freedom shortly before they were taken down.
The Cumbrian coast route south of Whitehaven is a fine outpost of traditional railway operation with signal boxes, semaphores and manually operated crossing gates.
Lifting barriers are a concession to modernity at St Bees station. The 1891 Furness Railway built signal box controlled one of a few crossing loops on the single-line section between Sellafield and Whitehaven. The signalman still has to provide a token to the driver of the passing trains.
156443 and 153352 head into the station loop with a Barrow in Furness bound working on Saturday the 16th September 2017.
NYSW 3634 leads an extra train symboled BUEB at the 306 semaphore in Rathbone, NY. It was very low light and my DOF was terrible, but I never threw the slide away and now I like it just fine, even if it is a little fuzzy. This train was a loaded salt unit train. The CP was operating the D&H at this time, but many of the trains I saw at this time had more NYSW power than CP power.
66 614 departs Great Rocks Junction with 6L89 Tunstead to West Thurrock. Semaphore signalling, complete with operational distants, still very much in evidence along the former Midland Main Line.
A Worcester bound GWR train splits an aging pair of semaphores that guard the Moreton-in-Marsh station.
A newer set of power, LED headlights and a boring wedge frame don't really help this picture out, but don't think a redo will come so easily.. After hearing that my dad and I would have some time off and a car during our trip to the UK I instantly got on google maps to check if there was anything of interest nearby. This search lead me to Moreton-in-Marsh, a smaller town in the Cotswold's that had the pair of semaphores you see here. Form the very limited research I did on these oddball signals (at least for NA standards) I found that they managed to stick around as a result of GWR upgrades further down the line taking up too much of the budget. I had wanted a North facing shot at the station which was miles better than this. I was also running out of space on my SD card so in anticipation for this train I deleted every test shot I had taken while trying to get the prefect frame but due to some "infrastructure issues" that oncoming train seemingly vanished and all hopes for my better shot of the British semaphores with it as well.
14.2.2007.
EWS Class 66 No 66111 approaches Pelham Street Junction with a loaded coal train from Immingham - bound for a Trent Valley Power Station.
Pelham Street signal box would have just to the right of the picture.
This was taken by Robert W. McQuown and labeled 1953 and the trees are full so I would say it's summertime. I don't know much about Hoopeston tower, other than th C&EI crossed the NKP (LE&W) line and had a Union Station located in the S/W quadrant of the diamond (at left in photo). The tower was located in the N/E quadrant. This is photo 2 of 2 taken at Hoopeston on this day. The 1st shot was taken in the tower. This view looks north.
In this photo, a man is seen walking across the C&EI tracks towards the depot. It's possible that he is heading back to his train, as the eastbound NKP T.O. signal shows a stop and receive orders indication. Also in the distance on the southbound track is a crew that is switching. Both train order signals for the C&EI and the NKP and the southbound C&EI home signal made the photo, all of which are semaphores.
A great story about this location was told by Robert McQuown in a article he wrote in the C&EI Flyer:
"Hoopeston tower was on the lowest point on the NKP (LE&W) between 2 ascending hills east and west of Hoopeston. We always said that the NKP ran on smoke signals here as the block system was, when you saw an engine smoking toward you from either hilltop, you better make plans to line up the crossing..."
C&EI Hoopeston, Illinois tower
Crossing of the NKP (nee-LE&W)
1953?
Photo and all information Robert W. McQuown
Courtesy of the C&EIHS, Danville Chapter
After the recent disappointment of missing the 6M86 due to late running and darkness, I thought it would have to wait until the lighter nights of next year! But ...
with the closure of Marches line due to track damage , an one off change to the WTT brought today's run ,via Birmingham, in daylight. 66027 approaches the semaphore at the bottom of the gradient.
A home Signal and two gantries can clearly be seen, with a third gantry seen through the bush, at Wrawby.
Filthy 66046 approaches Wrawby Signal Box with 6T25, Immingham - Santon Iron Ore Train.
Seen on the 8th December 2015 at 1409
66035, seen through the relic of an old semaphore gantry, heads down the single track branch line to Barry Docks destined for the container terminal at N02 dock, near Dow Corning's plant. With 10 empty bogies in tow from Newport ADJ (6B06), the train is running 66 minutes late.
10th May 2008 and 6233 Duchess of Sutherland prepares to take the Fylde Coast Express from Blackpool signal box. Authorised visit to the then Blackpool number 2 box
Dark storm clouds overhead taken on Oolong Rd between Oolong and Yass, this storm passed with no action
The semaphore on display at the Union Depot Museum in Mendota, IL is silhouetted against the hot summer sun.
4EPB (class 415) 5020 is seen arriving into the up bay at West Croydon with a service from London Bridge via Tulse Hill and Selhurst on 14 April 1980.
The last semaphore signals that I am aware of on Queensland Rail in the Brisbane area are on the single track Pinkenba line between Hendra and Ascot stations. They no longer operate, at least as far as I know as the line is also fitted with colour light signals.
Electric passenger services on this line terminate at Doomben station.
Semaphore signals were developed in the 19th century as an improved means of safe working on the railways, keeping trains separated by safe distances and replacing earlier forms of signals, including human flag men. This was important in the early days of railways because trains were either unbraked at first or until the development of much better fail safe air and vacuum systems, fitted with poor forms of brake that often led to disastrous crashes and death tolls.
You will note that the semaphore signals in this collage are both different. The one of the left in yellow with a chevron cut from and also painted on the end is called a distant signal and is near Hendra Station while the red signals (two arms) in the shot on the right are called home signals. The white cross on the top right signal means it is technically not in use, the crossing loop which it controlled in Ascot station is disconnected. The bottom signal controls the single track that remains that runs through the platform.
The yellow distant signal is intended as a warning to drivers about the position of the next home signal. They do not stop at distant signals. If the distant is showing stop (signal arm horizontal) then it tells them to be prepared to stop as the next home signal will also be showing red or at danger. They must never pass a home signal at danger or the "on" position. If the distant is showing proceed in either lower quadrant ( as these signals are - that is the arm falls if it is "off" or in the proceed position) or upper quadrant where the arm is raised halfway between horizontal and vertical (UK practice) or near vertical (US practice), then they know the following home should be showing proceed and they can expect to pass it without hindrance.
You will note that all these signals have two glasses on the inside end, red and green behind which sits a light which is used in hours of darkness. They were once fuelled by paraffin or kerosene but modern versions like these are electric. Semaphore Signals were mostly controlled by trained signalmen from signal boxes or other staff from small ground frames. They are designed to fail safe.
Passing a signal at danger, in modern terms known as a SPAD (or signal passed at danger) would be a situation subject to compulsory reporting and investigation leading to severe consequences and possibly termination. Signals at danger mean that there is another train or obstruction ahead. Many drivers have paid with their lives over the history of railways having caused a crash, often with fatal consequences for passengers and staff in both trains as well. The history of safe working improvements and their causes fills many books and is often littered with great drama, death and innovation.
Modern railway safe working is often carried out by computer systems, colour lights of course, in cab signalling, radio and fully automated systems that allow trains to operate without drivers. These can be found in places carrying passengers like the Tube and Docklands Light Railway in London or in Western Australia where Rio Tinto operates massive iron ore trains without drivers from a single control centre hundreds of kilometres away.
Please note that this is a very simple explanation of semaphore signal systems, which even though many years old and outdated now could be very complex in their operation on busy lines and junctions.
Welsh Gold, aka Chris Davies, does his best Chariots of Fire impression as he goes for the Plumley bracket signal shot, the train had arrived several minutes early and had to wait for the passenger train to clear the section ahead. 66 510 departed four minutes early from Plumley and I'm still not sure if he managed to get the shot.