It won't be long before the last semaphore signals are removed from Levy and Wagon Mound, New Mexico. These sentinels of the Southwest Chief are being replaced for conventional signal poles.
Halloween is only a few days away so what could be better than a ghost-like image of one of CNW's unique semaphores controlling the junction at St. Francis WI. in October of 1984? The approaching ... (more)
The Milky Way is apparent looming over the MP 783 intermediates on a clear Summer night in 2020 along the BNSF Glorieta Subdivision near Chapelle, New Mexico.
The moon illuminates the spectacle on the intermediate signal at milepost 712 on the Raton subdivision on this cold January evening.
The Milky Way galaxy rises above the mp783.1 intermediates on a cold Summer night.
Sunlight peeks through one of the few semaphore signals protecting the siding at Chapelle, New Mexico along BNSF's Glorieta Subdivision on May 21, 2016.
IND Division Semaphore on display with an open end gate car from the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad at the NYC Transit Museum Court Street Station.
Viewed between the wires of the still-active code line, the southbound signal at Smedley glows in the sun. On this day, there won't be too much longer to wait for a train to call "Clear Smedley,"... (more)
Semaphore Drop A semaphore goes through all the motions on a crisp February night at the Calera Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum.
An ancient Union Switch and Signal Style B Semaphore on the Southern Pacific’s Siskiyou Line near Roseberg, Oregon, September, 9th, 2000. Steve Crise Photo. © scrise.com
Wonder how many more sunsets this 'blade' will see?
Vintage GRS dwarf semaphore signal is in service at the Seashore Trolley Museum. This signal governs trains leaving the station loop.
A small bird has an excellent view perched atop this semaphore on display at the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany, MS.