{"id":13390,"date":"2015-12-12T06:32:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T11:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=13390"},"modified":"2015-12-09T19:49:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T00:49:40","slug":"railroad-photography-tip-signal-warning-old-heads-fading-fast-ten-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/railroad-photography-tip-signal-warning-old-heads-fading-fast-ten-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroad Photography Tip: Signal Warning, Old Heads Fading Fast\u2014ten original photos."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Searchlights<\/a>
Searchlights at Ayer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At one time the Boston & Maine was a poster child for the General Railway Signal Company.<\/p>\n

These days some of the old GRS searchlight signals remain but they are rapidly disappearing.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a railroad photography tip: catch the old signals while you can, they are fading fast, and soon they will be gone.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve issued this signal warning before, and I\u2019ll do it again.<\/p>\n

Over the last month, I exposed these photos along the old B&M in the vicinity of Ayer, Massachusetts. These railroad photos are intended as more of a record, than as active illustrations of the old signals.<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/a>
Looking east at Ayer, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"In<\/a>
In many places B&M searchlights are approach lit, in others they are continuously lit, such as here in Ayer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Searchlights_in_Ayer_DSCF7481\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"B&M<\/a>
B&M was among railroads that used staggered heads for intermediate signals. Notice the use of both the traditional ‘G’ plate and the more recent ‘D’ plate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Check out my book; Classic Railroad Signals<\/a> published this year by Voyageur Press<\/a>. Also\u00a0available through Amazon<\/a>, Barnes & Noble<\/a> and other outlets.<\/h3>\n
\"The<\/a>
The searchlight style of signal was developed more than 90 years ago. It has been out of favor for new installations for more than two decades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"High<\/a>
High green! (There’s a train coming).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fallen<\/a>
Fallen soldiers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Old_searchlight_heads_P1340924\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tracking the Light posts original content.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Check out my book;\u00a0Classic Railroad Signals<\/a>\u00a0published this year by\u00a0Voyageur Press<\/a>. Also\u00a0available through\u00a0Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0Barnes & Noble<\/a>\u00a0and other outlets.<\/h3>\n

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At one time the Boston & Maine was a poster child for the General Railway Signal Company. These days some of the old GRS searchlight signals remain but they are rapidly disappearing. Here\u2019s a railroad photography tip: catch the old signals while you can, they are fading fast, and soon they will be gone. I\u2019ve … Continue reading Railroad Photography Tip: Signal Warning, Old Heads Fading Fast\u2014ten original photos.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,48],"tags":[4537,930,242,7535,3151,119,471,3103,3152],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Old_searchlight_heads_P1340922.jpg?fit=1731%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3tY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13390"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13393,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13390\/revisions\/13393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}