Semaphore Signal
A signal where the indication is given by a movable arm or board.
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Semaphore signals were patented in the 1840s by John James Stevens, and soon became the most widely-used form of mechanical signal, although they are now decreasing in number.
Semaphore signal
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Semaphore signal
A trackside signal that employed a swivelling moving arm, operated mechanically. Traditionally these were worked manually - a guy in a signal box pulled a lever, thereby pulling the signal arm up or down.
A semaphore signal where the indication is given by a rotatable disc.
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Paddle
A semaphore signal.
Palace
Caboose.
Pantograph
The collapsible, adjustable, "floating" structure which provides electrical contact with overhead wires on an electric locomotive, so-called for its pivoting capability.
Bracket signal : A semaphore signal array with two or more arms indicating different routes ahead. Often termed a junction signal.
Branch : A portion of railway that diverges from the main line to serve a town or industry.
(UK: Rail Anchor.)UoS Approach Control See Route Signalling Page Approach Track See Route Signalling Page Arm Repeater An electrical indicator which shows the position of a semaphore signal arm to the controlling signalman.
Semaphore Signal
RAILWAYS. The type of old-fashioned signal where a hinged arm moves between two positions so as to indicate the signal's state.
Semaphore Signal A signal that uses a moving arm to indicate the state of the line ahead. Having the signal arm point straight out usually indicates that the next section contains a train.
Mechanical semaphore signal: A signal in which the aspect is conveyed by moving an arm.
Merry-go-round (MGR) train (UK): coal train running between a coal mine and a power station, loading and unloading without stopping or shunting.
A color light, color position light, or semaphore signal without a number plate, "P" marker, "APP" marker, "C" marker, or "G" marker that conveys stop as its most restrictive indication.
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In the days of Conrail before NS took over this portion, all trains operating on Conrail trackage though here also had to get either verbal permission over the radio or a hand signal from the Switchtender in addition to the semaphore signal.
 See also: Semaphore, Consist, Signal, Engine, Locomotive
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