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10/2020 - Wagon Mound, NM
Here we are! The #1 reason New Mexico was high on my list of places to visit was the semaphore signals still in use on the Raton and Glorieta Subs. As I work my way east toward Springer to set up for Train 3, I found this pair and took a shot.
Adelaida, AUSTRÀLIA 2023
Semaphore Beach is a coastal gem in Adelaide, known for its relaxed and family-friendly atmosphere. With its wide, white sands and calm waters, it's an ideal destination for swimming and relaxation. The historic Semaphore Jetty stretches 585 meters into the sea, a popular spot for fishing, strolling, and enjoying panoramic views. The foreshore, an expansive two-kilometer public space, is a hub of fun with a vintage carousel, a steam train that puffs along the shoreline in summer, and other rides. The main street, Semaphore Road, is lined with shops, cafes, and pubs, blending old-world charm with modern boutiques. It's a place where maritime history and leisure come together.
The start of my 7777 redux entry - The first 32 x 32 baseplate of 6 - sadly today I was loosing the light and only got a couple of reasonable pictures - much more to follow.
The Semaphore tower has two turning levels that enables you to activate the semaphore and allow your trains to pass
Network Rail track measurement train, former class 150 now 950001, enters Cattal station while working a circuit from Leeds Hunslet via Harrogate, York and Doncaster to Neville Hill.
Double semaphore signal, near Divide, Oregon. These 1920 era signals are still in use along the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad.
The semaphore signals are to be removed with the final full day of operation being on the 26th February 2024. The station won't be the same without the lovely clanking sound of their operation.
A semaphore signal stands forlorn and forgotten on 1 June 2021. Located on the northern end of Howe & Co’s Siding, it once had two arms for controlling shunting movements from the headshunt (I’m assuming) to the private sidings or the B.R. down & up goods line. The wires to pull them are severed and the structure awaits its demise while nature quietly engulfs the track that it once controlled. When I returned here a year later the signal had gone.
158910 - forming 2H12, Northern’s 0748 from Leeds Carlisle - passes the scene, heading for Carlisle.
Not quite a functional semaphore the semaphore at Portage Street is still up and is locked in an "approach" aspect. This is on the Grand Elk Railroad in Kalamazoo
A gorgeous New Mexico sunset provides a colorful backdrop for 100+ year old Santa Fe Semaphore signals.
The sun has set on a great day shooting Amtrak over the Raton and Glorieta Subdivisions. Train No. 4 rounds the bend at East Chapelle to a clear signal silhouetted by the last bit of daylight.
March 11, 2022
Chapelle, New Mexico
The sun sets behind the down Brandon semaphores No.14 and 20 and telegraph posts on 2nd September 1982. The signals are soon to be removed when Brandon signalbox, opened in 1931, closes during the summer of 2012 under the Norwich - Ely re-signalling project. This will see all the signal boxes between Norwich - Ely abolished and the line controlled from a VDU in Cambridge SCC. Semaphores, along with telegraph wires and posts, once part of an everyday scene, are a rare combination now.
© Copyright Gordon Edgar - No unauthorised use
Towards the end of a walk over the mosses a sharp shower scooted through and a faint rainbow was seen above the railway line outside Raingord Junction.
EWS liveried class 66/0 no. 66006 passes Wrawby Junction, west of Barnetby on 6th September 2012, heading 4D07 Drax PS to Immingham empty coal hoppers.
CNW Geep -9 takes a U.P /CNW business train back to Calif- Ave back in 1981 passing under those classic semaphores at Clinton St tower
It always struck me as curious that this lower quadrant, albeit fixed, semaphore co-existed with more modern upper quadrant and coloured light signals at Wath Yard. 31st July 1980.
A strange looking semaphore signal with a amber light next to the former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio mainline in New Albany, MS.
This was the approach signal for the interlocking where this railroad crosses the BNSF downtown. It indicates "Approach Expecting Next Signal To be Red"
This section of track is slated to become a Rail Trail (The Tanglefoot Trail), and this signal will be preserved in-place and restored.
(http://www.tanglefoottrail.org for more information on the Rail Trail)
(Thanks to Curt Ayers for information on this rare semaphore)
On the evening of 15 December 2006, NR111/DL47, plus a second NR, head a Brisbane to Melbourne intermodal service under one of the impressive semaphore gantries at Cootmundra, New South Wales. The semaphores were replaced the following year.
67 012 Approaches Helsby Station Working The 1D31 16.50 Manchester Piccadilly-Llandudno Service For Arriva Train Wales, On A Very Warm Tuesday 19th July 2016.
Semaphore Chart - "The Blue Jackets Manual: U.S. Navy, 1943. page 838. Courtesy of the Navy Library, Naval History and Heritage Command.
313208 departs Bognor Regis with 2P40 1406 to Littlehampton.
The signalling here and at Littlehampton sadly seems such an anachronism on the SR these days. Great to see though but, if the NOS can be believed, Bognor was due for ROC-ifying some time in 2018.
EDIT - But as with most of the NR digital railway plans, they have slipped and it thankfully remains as a semaphore oasis.
Plumpton Junction’s tall and handsome down outer home signal, pictured in 1985 near Plumpton Hall, passed by an unidentified class 47 on an mgr. Plumpton Junctions up starter can just be made out above the coal wagons where the mgr disappears into the greenery.
This is the site of Leven Junction, the one time divergence of the Lakeside Branch for trains towards or from Carnforth. It is the eastern point of the Plumpton Junction triangle which closed in 1952.
Denton Village Crossing in April 2009.
The small stone bothy (seen in the previous picture) has recently been demolished, replaced by a green portakabin type structure. The tall up home signal has a similar post to Low Row’s up home signal, a welded steel frame stem surmounted by a tubular post. The down home is on a stout square profile wooden post.
The gates were normally closed to road traffic with the signals being permanently off except of course when the crossing was in use by road traffic.
Where the tracks disappear on the left of the picture, a light green modular structure can just be seen that houses control equipment at Upper Denton Crossing. The small white arm protruding from behind it is the crossing's half barrier boom.