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DB Cargo Class 66 66074 passes Ketton with 4M79 08:00 Felixstowe South to East Midlands Gateway containers.
The daily Amtrak 4 gets an approach from the 722 intermediate semaphores north of Wagon Mound - no opposing traffic, just another day of signal issues around Colmor.
25 years ago the Alco RSC fleet of the Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses was still out and about.
While most German railfans went to the north of Portugal visiting the narrow gauge lines and the Douro valley I went south, crossing the Tejo River from Lisbon and was in a diesel paradise.
The RSC2 and 3 clearly were on borrowed time and by now not much is left from the rest of the colorful roster, that held English Electrics and license productions of French designs. Plus the hand-me-down DL535S acquired from the Spanish RENFE.
I spent only a week in April 1996 but trying to get the most out of it. Sleeping in low-budget pensaos and saving the money for the gas station.
The junction station of Pinhal Novo was quite the hotspot. RSC3 1524 had delivered a string of empty bilevel autoracks to the Ford/Volkswagen plant at Penalva and returns light to Barreiro for servicing.
The auto plant was built on the new mainline leaving the frame to the right. This line now leads directly to Lisbon.
And yes, Pinhal Novo had semaphores, a lot of semaphores.
April 24, 1996
Pontrilas signal box is a McKenzie & Holland structure (Worcester) built for the GWR in 1882 and was refurbished in 2009.
60007 Sir Nigel Gresley works past the box with a return Saphos Trains charter "Welsh Marches Express" on 27 July 2023.
43088 'Dartmouth Castle' is seen passing the semaphore signalling as it arrives at St Erth working the 2C77 1300 Cardiff Central - Penzance 19/4/23.
A throwback to the 22nd May 2015 as 60054 heads the 6M24 Lindsey to Kingsbury loaded tanks past Barnetby East box. The semaphores have now long gone but Barnetby remains a great place to observe the frequent freight movements in and out of the ports and oil refineries of Immingham.
Amtrak 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, races past the Santa Fe semaphore signals near Wagon Mound, NM.
This section of line features some of the last operational semaphore signals anywhere on the American main line railway system. These signals were originally installed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1920s. Two of the 11 electrically powered semaphore signals still in use on the Raton Sub line are visible in this frame. The line is owned by BNSF but for many years has only been used by Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Chicago – Los Angeles service.
Wagon Mound, NM.
Monday, 28 October 2024.
47 568 awaits departure from Ipswich with the 14:17 Norwich - Liverpool Street
This was during the short period after the semaphores disappeared, but before the wires went up
A telephoto shot of BR Standard class 5 no. 73156 passing the semaphores at Charnwood, Loughborough on 19th November 2011 heading 2A12, the 10.40 service from Loughborough Central to BR
Leicester North during the GCR 'Last Hurrah' steam gala.
Class M11 number 958 departs from Maho Junction in Sri Lanka with the 1120 Kankesanthurai to Colombo. She is hauling a rake of relatively new Romanian built air conditioned stock.
A Brush built Class M7 number 802 waits in the station to depart with the 1640 to Kurunegala.
The M11 was built in the Banaras works in Varanasi India and has the same engine EMD 12-710 as our very own class 66s., these are rated at 3000hp.
66086 takes the Soham line at Ely Dock Jn., working 4L38 10.55 East Midlands Gateway - Felixstowe North. [Pole, 2/6 sections (~2.7m)]
I'd been working in Ely and, with a cloudless day forecast, had taken my camera with me. Plan A had been to go to Manea for some more shots of the semaphores, but looking towards Ely as I'd not yet got that angle in sun. However, the shots there require the use of the pole at almost full height and it was slightly windy, so I changed my plans and came here.
I arrived in time for GBRf's 4L13 from Hams Hall, but was expecting it to stop - and it didn't (it's not booked to!), so I didn't have the pole extended in time. However, it was a normal (boring) GBRf 66, had no containers anywhere near the front, and the loco was chucking out lots of exhaust which "blew down" and would have noticeably spoiled the shot. This wasn't far behind, having set off an hour and a half late, although it made up twenty minutes between Oakham and Peterborough and reached Ely sixty-six minutes late. In addition, 4L38 is booked to wait at Ely for twenty-seven minutes but it ran through without stopping, meaning it passed Ely Dock Jn. only thirty-seven minutes behind schedule. 4L38 made a much better picture than 4L13, with a shiny red loco and containers near the front of the train.
I decided to use a standard angle lens (for me, that's my new 31mm) for this train, but standing on my ladders isn't quite enough to clear the outer of two parapets on this side of the bridge (It's fine when I use something longer). So I need to use the pole to get a little extra height. In my test shot, I extended it by one more section, which made the train more diagonal in the frame, but this is an exposed spot and the breeze and air turbulence from passing road vehicles meant the pole was wobbling a bit, so when the train appeared I only extended it by one section.
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On the restored Somerset & Dorset Railway line from Midsomer Norton South towards Chilcompton. The whistle sign is on the approach to a farm crossing.
A view of Semaphore Tower from HMS Warrior in Portsmouth Harbour. The original Semaphore tower was built in 1833 and was erected on the roof of the Rigging House and Sail Loft buildings in Portsmouth as the terminal station of the London – Portsmouth Semaphore Line. However, this tower was destroyed in a fire in 1913 and the tower we see today was opened in 1930.
In the foreground are several historic boats which have entered preservation.
There have already been several possessions in connection with the re-signalling of the lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. This Autumn will see more possessions before full commissioning in Spring 2019.So another year to go. A class 156 arrives at Great Yarmouth on a service from Norwich.
A pair of West Midlands Class 172s depart Worcester Shrub Hill with a service to Hereford on 5th March 2020.
It's now over a year since I ventured out before dawn on 23rd November 2018 to capture the final day of manual signalling in my local area.
1A12 07:00 Hull - London King's Cross rides the switchback past Gilberdyke's semaphores as it reaches the end of the manually-controlled segment from Melton Lane. The new order can be seen lying in wait on the left.
While you might imagine it says :Clear off nosey photographers!" I think it was an effort to get rid of blow flies that enjoy sitting on sun warm fur. Sea lion numbers are increasing on our remote beaches after a huge decline from hunting 150 years ago.
I'm afraid I have forgotten my Boy Scout semaphore so please use English to comment!
It's a fine September afternoon on the CSX's Altenheim Subdivision in Chicago, as we approach signal 59-E which is displaying an approach indication for our eastbound ore train.
We will be looking for a stop indication up and around the tight curve at Roosevelt Road.
WC Ore Loads for CSX
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CSX Altenheim Sub
Chicago, IL.
September 1999
An unidentified BR 9F slowly works a freight train south through Chester station on a cold winters day on 22 February 1967, passing some lovely ex.LNWR semaphore signals (with paper litter on the track).
After two days of sunshine, the weather on my 3rd day in southern Thailand went downhill as did my luck.
My plan was to spend the day around Khao Chum Thong Junction which is still fully manual semaphore signalled.
Due to the weather and extreme late running of some trains I basically had managed to get no decent photos all day. I had hoped atleast I could shoot the delayed 448 local with the semaphores from the north end of the station. Despite numerous sun pockets, once again thwarted by the clouds. Just after completing my walk of failure back to the station platform the exit signal clanked back up to "Hp1" or clear. A freight?!
Indeed soon a headlight rounded the corner, and at the same time a gap in the clouds opened as well. The train was moving quickly and I hoped it would be fast enough to outrun the cloud. With token snagged the driver of train 790 (Hat Yai - Ban Thung Pho Jct) notches out the 2400 HP Alstom diesel and puts the train in the wind.
No matter how mature of a rail fan you like to think you are, there are moments where you can’t help but throw your arms in the air after the locomotive passes in celebration. This was definitely one of them!
66563 eases into Barnetby's reception sidings with an empty coal working to join stablemate, 66620, whilst the soon to be axed BE70 semaphores provide a frame.
Tuesday 12.5.15
Racing across the plains of Northeastern New Mexico, Amtrak's Southwest Chief prepares to knockdown a clear indication at the 706 semaphores.
These will be the last semaphores the Chief encounters as it travels another 1,146 miles to Chicago; a testament to how rare and historic these signals are.
Many have speculated how long these semaphores will remain in service. Rumor has it, new signal mounts are already being installed along this section of railroad. The last remaining mainline semaphores could soon be history.
AMTK 146 --- A4 1 06A --- Springer, New Mexico
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Just a handful of photographers remain after the sun has set, as DB Schenker 66083 heads the 6D35 15:37 West Burton power station to Lindsey empty bogie tankers through Barnetby station at 16:19 on 23rd December 2015. The signal boxes were closed two days later and all mechanical signalling was removed over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
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A new CP Gevo leads potash train Z493 past the semaphores near Saltillo, Indiana on a Spring morning in 2007.
Very much part of the scene on the Wigan - Southport line are the class 150 DMU's now approaching the veteran stage. Northern 150129 gets away from the Parbold stop with the all stations 09.31 Southport - Stalybridge service.
* Parbold still has semaphores and a manual crossing at Chapel Lane but this is due to go later this year.
The signalbox at the station has recently been repainted and looks pristine.
Droitwich Spa retains it's eclectic mix of semaphore signals, including the fairly rare centre pivot lower quadrant bracket in the foreground. There is a similar set on Platforms 4/5 at Shrewsbury, and a single at Liskeard.
Droitwich lays over large brine deposits from which salt has been historically extracted. The brine fields are 10 times more salty than ordinary sea water, containing 2.5lbs of salt per gallon.
66162 passes the signal box heading south with the Saturday running of the Handsworth Queens Head sidings to Cardiff Tidal loaded scrap working, 11.7.15
Looking back through my photo archives, it seems this is the only other of this species that I've found, and this one right in my own back yard. Even without a female around, he was practicing his moves, right there on my photography table.
I'm posting this guy to better show what the one in today's video looked like. He was posted here before in a montage, but it was four years ago.
29 Arachtober 2022
Tutelina elegans
Alexandria, VA • 16 June 2018
In the smoky dusk, a train heads westwards out of Attock Station under an impressive display of semaphore signals.
Northern Pakistan December 2021. © David Hill
Looking north along the Union Pacific at Watertown, Wisconsin where this distant semaphore signal for the UP-CP diamond stands. This signal has been on my list of photo targets for a while. It was fun to find!