he decided that an early 1900’s-style semaphore railroad signal would make a great novelty item for the room. The project started with [John] scouring the Internet for colored signal lenses.

Perhaps the most classic of all railroad signals, the semaphore, came into general use in the 1860s. This type, based on an ...

If you want to understand the past, look at the railways, writes the author of a new illustrated guide to British rail ...

A common question newcomers to model railroading ask is "Why do railroads use signals?" The quick answer is to keep trains ...

USA: LILEE Systems is testing its SafeRail wireless level crossing activation system with a Class I freight railway which is ...

re-lay railway sleepers, paint fencing and assist with restoration work on the gates. Lowestoft Central Project Members of the Network Rail signalling team dismantling the former semaphore signal ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, passenger trains were no longer a part of most travelers’ lives. But railroads rebounded economically, due to growth in rail shipment of freight containers, automobiles, coal, ...

If we adopt her, how will we train her? A: Deafness is inherited in ... Fortunately, with kind, consistent training, deaf dogs can learn hand signals and become wonderful family pets.

Urgent safety upgrades are needed. Multiple operational lapses by railway staff and malfunctioning signals led to the deadly collision between Kanchanjunga Express and a goods train in June that ...

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WARSAW – Polish security authorities are investigating multiple cases of disruption to railway traffic, after unauthorized radio signals stopped several trains over the weekend. On some of the ...