The familiar outline of a Pennsy position light signal is silhouetted by the rising sun north of Urbana, but for how much longer is anyone's guess. Rumors of their impending replacement abound.
The sun shines brightly on this semaphore in West Point, GA.
A full moon makes its way through the clouds on a quiet night along the railroad while the Norfolk Southern Safetran absolute signals protect the interlocking with CSX.
Night time at Matjiesfontein as a westbound grain train has just gone through, the white lights on top are to indicate the position of the switch which in this case was aligned straight.
Clear, south on two
Color position lights didn't last long after this here; since siding extended to the south, there are no signals at this location.
"Doll Arm" signal; blue light indicates that there is a track between the signal mast and the track to which the signal indication applies.
At sunset, the New York Central era intermediate signal at MP 272 stands guard over the busy "Water Level Route," as it has since the days of trains like the 20th Century Limited. Time is running... (more)
A "slow clear aspect" is displayed by the classic General Railway Signal Co. searchlight at the north end of Calera siding, imagine all the trains and railroad livery that this signal has seen sin... (more)
At 10:19 PM CSX southbound rack train Q237 prepares to knock down the signal at the South End of Union City siding on the Manchester sub. The signal is a original ACL Doll Arm signal, the blue lig... (more)
The sun sets on the mainline of the Illinois Railway Museum.
The moon rises over Eastern Illinois, as these signals glow brightly into the night.
Changing of the guard.
Shot of a 12 volt signal bulb inside a Union Switch & Signal Style R color light signal.
Q572 provides illumination of the General Railway Signal Co. searchlight signal at CSX control point Longview. This train is heading north on the number 1 track because of a local working the Car... (more)