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A Semaphore Home Signal in Wilson's Salvage Yard in Mildura.
Trains and Railways in the North and West of Victoria - Late June and Early July 2022.
Passing the Llandudno home signals is 175113 on the 12:10 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction shuttle. The smaller semaphore used to control the carriage sidings and has therefore been out of use since the 1990's.
1st June 2010.
Erected in 1875, this Time Ball Tower was used by ships visiting Adelaide as a time setting device. The black ball was raised to the top of the mast and at one o'clock, was dropped again, allowing captains to set their chronometers. This device was in use up until the advent of time signals on radio.
Semaphore signal at the foot of the old Swanwick Colliery Branch at Swanwick Junction station, Midland Railway Centre. 27/01/2014.
The Semaphore jetty near Adelaide, South Australia.
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Earlier in the afternoon I got into an argument with people who insisted it would have been smarter to go down there the day before when there wasn't a cloud in the sky. I tried explaining why clouds can be good, to no avail. I bet they are the sort to look at a good photo and say "I have a camera phone so I could take that".
Hetty may have been past her first freshnness but she still had full control of most of her parts.
She could wave her ears about independently..