RAILROAD
SIGNALS
of
the
aka Train
Signals
A comprehensive site covering American Railroad Signals.
My Guide to Baltimore has a New
Home
A -- SIGNAL
BASICS
B -- WAYSIDE
SIGNALS
C -- OTHER
SIGNALS
D -- SUPPORT EQUIPMENT for
SIGNALS
E -- OTHER ASSOCIATED RR
EQUIPMENT
F -- SIGNAL
ASPECTS
G --
MANUFACTURERS
H -- MANUFACTURER and
MECHANICAL DRAWINGS
I -- ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS and
SCHEMATICS
J -- MODEL and LIVE
STEAM/DIESEL RAILROADS and SIGNAL INFORMATION
K -- PERSONAL SIGNAL
COLLECTIONS
L -- MUSEUMS WITH
SIGNALS
M -- MAPS
N -- SIGNAL
LINKS
O -- OTHER NEAT-O NON-SIGNAL
STUFF
P -- INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL
LINKS
For trips I have taken to look for signals, click here
.....STUFF KINDA RECENTLY ADDED or MODIFIED:
The merger map has been given its own page If you're contemplating buying a cable box to add to your system so you don't have to pay the rental fee's on a box (and in July 2007, the FCC ruled that a subscriber CAN buy his own box and have it connected), please check out one supplier that fraks YOU over:http://www.railroadsignals.us/DCM-501/Phantom%20Cable%20Box%20DCM-501.htm
Added chromaticity Charts
for the railroad and other services
Harrisburg
PA Railfan Guide
York PA Railfan
Guide
Binghamton NY Railfan Maps and Portland OR Transit Maps Added
Added a copy of the New York
City Transit System Rulebook from 1944
All 9 SEPTA Maps Now Available in One PDF
Document! click
here
Added pix of Amtrak
PCL Signals
Changed around the map section to make finding maps a
little easier with a MAP
INDEX
Updated my station and depot section and separated it
:
Stations and Depots of
Maryland Stations and Depots outside Maryland
Check out my RR merger chart in the
Altho signals are the main reason for this
website,
You'll never know what else you might find
here.
If
ya got something to add, correct, or just wanna chat,
email me at toddgp30@verizon.net
If you like American railroad
signals, please consider joining the Railway Signaling group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Railway-Signaling/
A colorlight signal in
Cumberland MD, I believe on the ex WM.
Notice the mix of old WM heads with the large backgrounds in contrast with a
newer Darth Vader head.
1)
Introduction
2)
Signals In Use In The U.S.A. Today
3)
Glossary Of Signal Terms
4) Reading
Signals and Rules 1
5) Reading
Signals and Rules 2
6)
Train
Control Methods by Signals
7)
AAR
Abbreviations and Circuit and Drawing Symbols
8) Chromaticity
Charts for the railroad and other services
9)
Signal Timeline
10)
Signal
Survey - 8/2005
Note: If you cruise around the internet enough, you will find all sorts of things that amaze you :-).... for instance, I was going thru Google's collection of railroad signal oriented pictures and came across about a half dozen of the red, white, and blue letter icons I created three or four years ago, from other sources... so quite a few people liked them enough to download them and use them on their own websites... I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I'm the only one who can produce the original Corel Draw files for the letters! :-)
1) Early
Signals
2) Semaphores
3) Searchlight
Signals
4) B&O Style CPL (Color
Position Light) Signals
5) PRR PL (Position Light)
Signals
6) Amtrak's PCL (Position Color
Light) Signals
7)
Color Light
Signals
8) Tri-Lights
9) Domino
Signals
10) Heavy Rail (Subway and
Metro) Transit Signals
11) Light Rail Transit
Signals
This section, Section B, duplicates what is on the
homepage
1) Hump and Shove
Signals
2) Grade
Crossings
3) Diamond Crossing
Protection
4)
Hand
Signals
OTHER FORMS of
SIGNALS…….
1) Whistles and
Horns
2) Flags, Classification flags,
and lights
3) Markers
4) FREDs
5) Lanterns
6) Fusees and Torpedos
7)
Signs
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D – SUPPORT EQUIPMENT for
SIGNALS
1) Signal
Bridges
2) Relay Huts / Battery Boxes /
Etc
3) Mounting
Options
4) Control Panels
5) Signal
Relays
6) Doll
Posts
7) Pinnacles and
Finials
8) Light Bulbs
9) Batteries
10) Power Sources and
Transformers
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E – OTHER ASSOCIATED RR
EQUIPMENT
COMMUNICATIONS…….
1) Telephones and
Telegraph
2)
Insulators and poles
TRACK…….
1) Defect/Hot Box/Dragging
Equipment Detectors
2) Switch (turnout) machines
(remote controlled)
3) Switch (turnout) throwing
mechanisms (manual)
4) Switch (turnout)
heaters
5)
Derails
6) Track
Heaters
7)
Flange lubricators
8)
Sleepers
(Ties)
STRUCTURES…….
1) Towers
2) Stations and Depots of
Maryland
3) Stations and Depots outside
Maryland
MISC…….
1) Traffic Light Signals with
Semaphore Lenses!
1)
Rulebook Signal
Aspects
2) Reading Rulebooks
1)
Alstom
http://www.alstomsignalingsolutions.com/OurProducts/WaysideProducts/Signals/
2) GE - Harmon
http://www.getransportation.com/na/en/signalingcommunications.html
3)
General Signal
http://www.generalsignals.com/
4) GRS - General Railroad Signal
5)
Hall Signal
6) Safetran (Invensys Rail Group)
http://www.safetran.com/
7)
Seermi Products
http://www.serrmi.com/
8)
US&S - Union Switch & Signal
http://www.ansaldo-sts.com/AnsaldoSTS/EN/index.sdo
9)
Western Cullen Hayes
http://www.wch.com/
10) Western Railroad
Supply
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H – MANUFACTURER and
MECHANICAL DRAWINGS
1) US&S
-- S & T-2
Semaphores
-- Type PL-2 Position Light
Signals
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I – ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS and
SCHEMATICS
1)
Todd’s own signal driver
schematics
2) Model Railroad Signal Driver
by Michael Watnoski
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J – MODEL and LIVE
STEAM/DIESEL RAILROADS
and SIGNAL INFORMATION
1) Live Steam and Diesel
Homepage
2) Simple Two Color Lionel
Latching Signal Circuit
3)
Model Railroad Signal
Offerings
4) Other Model
RR Signal Manufacturers (including live steam size)
5) The BSME – Baltimore Society of
Model Engineers – downtown Baltimore MD
6)
Excellent model railroad signal starter
reference and guide by Elmer McKay - nice graphics
7)
A great page of links to all Live Steam and
Live Diesel Railroads that have websites
8)
Great simple signal drivers and track
detectors by Bill Hudson
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K – PERSONAL SIGNAL
COLLECTIONS
1) My own
collection
2) A fantastic personal
collection by sltower2000
3) A great personal signal and
control panel collection: http://rrsignal.com/signal.htm
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1) Chattanooga Choo-Choo Chattanooga TN…. Not really
a museum, but…..
2) North Carolina
Transportation Museum Spencer NC
3) Radial Railway
Museum
Milton ONT
4)
The Rosenberg TX Railroad
Museum Rosenberg TX, SW
of Houston…. A signal fans must see
5) B&O Railroad
Museum
6) the Manheim Transportation
Museum Manheim PA, just north of
If you belong to a museum with railroad
signals in your collection, and on display, please send me pix so they can be
posted here!!!
If you wanna see a map for somewhere I haven’t made one, drop me a line, I’ll see what I can do…
1) A most wonderful website with oodles of pictures and documents, take your time… Thank You Zax!!
http://www.rrsignalpix.com/
2) Aspect Reference for CPL’s and PL’s of the B&O, N&W, Amtrak, and PRR:
http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Signal/aspects_us_pl.html
3) Dan's Wig-Wig Site:
http://www.trainweb.org/dansrailpix/WIG_WAG_PAGE1c.htm
4) Comprehensive picture oriented signal site and history on signals:
http://home.comcast.net/~candcb1/
5) All things Semaphore:
www.semaphores.com/
6) A great LINKS page at railserve.com:
http://www.railserve.com/
7) A nice technical reference section from the Railway Technical Web Pages People:
http://www.railway-technical.com/US-sig.shtml
8) A nice site from north of the border about his US&S searchlight, very well done!, in both Francais and English:
http://www.emdx.org/rail/signaux/SignalNain/
9) Commercial website talking about their LED's used on Amtrak's Northern Corridor
http://www.ledsmagazine.com/articles/news/1/11/8/1
10) An outstanding links source for signal signal systems worldwide:
http://www.thesignalpage.nl/en/data.php
11) A page of signal links courtesy the OERM:
http://gsee.sdf-us.org/signals/siglinks/siglinks.html
12) Good site, picture oriented:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1552/index.htm
13) Railway Technical Web Pages signal index page:
http://www.railway-technical.com/site-map.shtml
13) If you're into grade crossing signals, this is the motherlode with over 14,000 pix:
http://www.rxrsignals.net/
14) A most excellent source of links for signals of the world... from the Netherlands and in English!!!
http://www.thesignalpage.nl/en/data.php
15) A three page list of signal sites, but mine's not in there, yet... :-(
http://www.railroaddata.com/rrlinks/Signals/
Reciprocal links greatly appreciated!
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TRAIN STUFF
1) All about the
Baltimore Light Rail Vehicles (LRV’s)
2) Light Rail doubletracking in the Riderwood/Timonium MD area
3) The Baltimore
and Susquehana marble ties of
Timonium MD
4) Railroad
pictures
5)
Railroad pictures from Tim
Vermande
6)
GP-30’s
7) RS-11’s – aka,
DL-701’s
8) SD-90’s
9) Stations
and Depots of Maryland Stations
and Depots outside Maryland
10)
11)
12) Google Satellite View Quiz
13) The merger map has been given its own page
NON-TRAIN STUFF
1) Other Non-Railroad info and
links
2) Random
pictures
3) Funny Stuff
1 Funny Stuff
2 Funny Stuff
3
4) Todd's
Toys
5) World Trade Center 9/11
Memorial
6) My
Neighborhood
7) Halloween
2006
8) Renaissance Faires I Have Been To
9) Rant's
10)
My wife's sister-in-law
Diane's 40th Birthday Party
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P – INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL
LINKS
American signals are cool, for sure, but don't be a signal snob…. check some of these websites out, we're not the only ones with cool signals!
1) Australia
a) Wikipedia's entry for Australian signaling
b) Signalbox's entry for Australian signaling
c) Vicsig's page of Australian links
d) SA Track and Signal
2) Austria and Switzerland
a) Austrian and Swiss signals, in German and English
3) Belgium
a) Belgian signal page
4) China
a) Chinese hand and semaphore signals
5) Denmark
a) An intro to Danish signals
b) An updated version of the above site, by Carsten Lundsten
6) France
a) Description of the signals used on TGV routes (no pix)
b) Links to French (and other) signal websites, en Francais
c) A detailed website on French signals by Xavier Geillon, en francais
7) Germany
a) An intro to German signals
b) Detailed info on German signals
c) More info on German signals
8) Great Britain
a) Some info on British semaphore
9) India (the IRFCA has a most excellent website on all aspects of Indian railfanning, BTW)
a) Indian Railway signal FAQ'a
b) Indian Railway signal aspects
c) Indian Railway subsidiary signal aspects
10) Italy:
a) General site on Italian signaling, in Italian
11) Netherlands
a) The NS signaling system
b) A website in Dutch by Henk Bartels -signals and trains
12) Portugal
a) Intro to Portugese signals, in Portugese and English
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things:
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