RAILROAD SIGNALS HOME
Updated 8/20/23 -- I love trains, I love signals. I am not an expert. My pages reflect what -I find- on the topic of the page, they are a collection of what you can find elsewhere. MY maps and drawings are the exception! This is something I have fun with while trying to help others. If you have helping comments, corrections, pictures, and/or information to make the page better, please, by all means, shoot me an email. Contributors are given credit unless the fame is not wanted. If you have a negative comment, I'd rather you keep it too yourself unless you are really tactful, as I have enough to do maintaining 1200+ pages :-) How many cats can you put in an empty box? Only one, because after that, the box is not empty :-)
Please Note: Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them. For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.
If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct. Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)
My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning. Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented. Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost! I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches. ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them. If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads. Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.
Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted. Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it!
By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.
Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly inaccurate, wrong, or not true.
And speaking of Wikipedia, a number of years ago, one of their editors made a comment about my pages having nothing original on them (I will take exception with my railfan guide maps, which no-one has anything comparable).... So, please note: My Railfan Guide pages AND my Signal Website pages are mostly a collection of information you can find elsewhere. Hopefully, my pages bring all that information together on one easy to use page - What is interesting to look at, how to get there, details and history of the sights, other things a lot of railfans are into (like bridges and fire companies). Pictures of others are used with credit and the source of the pictures if known, allowed by the fact that this is a totally not-for-profit website and is used as an informative website. I you have a problem with me using one of your photos, please let me know, and I will remove it if you really don't want people to know you took such a great photo :-).
Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit is always given! Please be NICE!!!
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NEW 10/26/2023
Last Modified 26-Oct-2023