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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
Breech of a 6" gun from HMAS Protector. HMAS Protector was commissioned in 1884 and was part of the naval force of the Colony of South Australia. The gun was removed from the ship in 1913 and has been located on display at Birkenhead and Semaphore ever since.
Before the rain set in Transport for Wales Class 150 No. 150259 passes Ferryside with the late running 2B61 1054 Cardiff Central - Pembroke Dock service on 20th October 2025. The semaphore signals are due to be taken out during an engineering blockade commencing on 29th October, and four days later the new signalling system controlled from Port Talbot will commence. The signal box is secured by a preservation order and will used for local initiatives. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
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.
The semaphore signals at Chapelle, New Mexico will soon go into action for a late westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief.
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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6Z32, the 09:37 Greenburn-Ferrybridge p.s. loaded FHH coal hoppers of 20 March 2009, headed by 66612 is brought to a stand at Settle Junction's up main home signal, in deference to a passenger train from the "Little North Western".
After reporting his presence to the signaller, the driver climbs back on board.
Same photo as www.flickr.com/photos/macmanluke/1231965034/ but i used Photomatix to produce a HDR image from bracketed exposures.
A pair of NYSW SD45's still in BN green lead the Westbound D&H Sealand stack train at the semaphore that stood at the grade crossing in Rathbone, NY on June 21, 1986.
BR Standard Tank 80151 draws its train into Horsted Keynes during a Jon Bowers/75H Charters event on the Bluebell Railway.
Locomotive: British Railways Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T 80151.
Location: Horsted Keynes station on the Bluebell Railway, West Sussex.
These signalling platforms were a nautical version of railway semaphore signals and were used to communicate with steamships entering the port of Cardiff during the late 19th century.
47 305 rounds the curve into Newton Abbot and its fine array of semaphores with 1M60, the 13:10 Plymouth - Manchester
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.
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
66187 powers up the Ogmore Vale extension line en route to Tondu Junction on the 6O32 Margam to Llanwern sidings, seen amongst the surviving semaphore signals at Tondu. The train will run round the Garw loop and then head south on the Maesteg line to Bridgend to join the main South Wales line.
Freight workings at Tondu are rarely seen but on occasions freight is diverted via Tondu when engineering work is carried out on the main South Wales line between Bridgend and Margam. Given my penchant for semaphores and signal boxes I was delighted to capture this working.
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!
"Semaphore"
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Light just reaches the edge of a white sand dune, making a visual signal akin to a semaphore flag.
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Captured: February 2017
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/4
Settings: ISO100, 200mm, f/11, 1/160 sec
Class 40 D345 is seen on the approach to Ramsbottom on the East Lancashire Railway. The stock being also spot on for the loco
The last few months of steam on the Jitong railway saw QJ class locomotives double-heading on the section between Chabuga and Daban. I always liked the semaphore signals at the passing places and particularly those at Gulumanhan, where a heavy westbound train is seen here entering the loops.
In the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago – Old semaphore signals were still governing train movements through this busy railroad crossing at the time of this November 1990 photo. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
DB Class 66 No 66102 passes Whittlesea Signal Box (Great Eastern Railway 1887) with 0811 Felixstowe North DBC to East Midlands Gateway TML DBC on 15th April 2025
Already some of the semaphore signals at Whittlesea have been replaced - the remainder will go in the near future....
Copyright Photograph Robin Stewart-Smith - All Rights Reserved
Passing the site of the old Goods yard the short set departs Acle and onto the single line towards Brundall. 37425 is on the rear.
Harrogate Signalbox and Semaphores.The box is an LNER type built in 1947 with a Mck&H 45 lever frame.
This past week ended up being CBNS themed, both past and present. It seems only fitting to close it out with another take from the chase of 302 in 2014. With the exception of a handful of locations, the majority of the track east of St. Peter's Junction was a crisp 10 MPH, which made chasing extremely easy. Here, eastbound 302 eases past the station, semaphore, and assortment of old CN equipment at Orangedale just after noon on August 13, 2014.
An early morning shot of the final day of mechanical signalling on the north bank of the Humber. After one hundred and seventy eight years of absolute block working, the mechanical signalling system between Melton Lane and Gilberdyke was taken out of service over the weekend of 24th/25th November 2018.
"Pacer" 142063 arrives at Gilberdyke, just as the early morning mist begins rolling in, with a service from Hull to Doncaster on 23rd November 2018. Two years later, and the Pacers on this route were also consigned to history.