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Follow Up: Unusual Semaphore in an Unexpected Place.

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In my Tracking the Light post from 23 March 2016, Unusual Semaphore in an Unexpected Place, I displayed photos of an unusual three-position semaphore in The Full Shilling pub in Finglas, Dublin.

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This had puzzled me since it appears to be a mirror image of a once-standard American style of semaphore blade, and is a rather incongruous decoration to find in a suburban Dublin pub.

I’ve had a lot of traffic on this subject.

It was most certainly not a signal employed on an Irish railway.

While the full story has yet to be unraveled, the signal blade appears to be of a type used on railways in New South Wales Australia.

See; http://vrhistory.com/walks/Gunning/Gunning.htm

The other day, I returned to The Full Shilling for another inspection of the signal and a few more photographs (etc).

This is the mirror of a common three-position semaphore used in the United States and seems to have likely come from Australia which used a mix of British and American signaling practices. The specific details remain elusive.
This is the mirror of a common three-position semaphore used in the United States and seems to have likely come from Australia which used a mix of British and American signaling practices. The specific details remain elusive.
A view of the back of the same signal displayed at The Full Shilling in Finglas.
A view of the back of the same signal displayed at The Full Shilling in Finglas.
Also on display is this grade crossing warning.
Also on display is this grade crossing warning.

Special thanks to everyone who made suggestions and provided information and links, including: Donncha Cronin, Ken Fox, and Michael Walsh. See the following link for discussion of my original posting: http://forum.signalbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7525

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