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This page covers signals which you don't see much any more.
Not railroad signals, but signals for vehicular (auto) traffic.

Years ago, some towns used to install "semaphore" lenses into their signals,
The idea behind this was to make it easy for color blind people to tell what "color" the signal was,
Obviously, the idea was inspired by railroad semaphores,
This signal was made by Eagle.

I don't know of any left in the Baltimore MD area where I live,
The last ones I knew of were taken out-of-service about 15 years ago on Charles St in Towson.

I found two signals in Hagerstown MD, at Mulberry and East.
Another signal across the intersection only had two semaphore lenses in it.
An elderly woman came out of her row house and asked if red-light cameras were going in as I was taking pix,
She said they were badly needed at this intersection.

These pictures were taken in 2006, not sure when the intersection was upgraded.

 

 

 

 





Looks like they kept the one pole, and used it to put the hand/man signal on.




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I love trains, and I love signals.  I am not an expert.  My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page.  This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.  My webpages are an attempt at putting everything I can find of the subject in one convenient place.

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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.

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