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Simply making interesting material available to those who share my interest in the railway signal systems of the past has been my sole objective in this long project.
16th Street (NYC), Chicago, IL 1
21st Street, Chicago, IL 1
1929 1
| 1929 index 7.4 MB |
Abbott, IL 1
| Spring Switches on Illinois Central 415.8 KB |
accident 1
Arenzville, IL 1
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3
Atlantic Coast Line 2
| Mechanical Selector for Interlocker 361.4 KB |
| Rear-End Flagging 745.4 KB |
Aurora, IL 1
Baltimore & Ohio 3
Belt Line Jct., Detroit, MI 1
Boston & Maine 1
Boston, MA 1
Bristol, IL 1
| Spring Switches on Illinois Central 415.8 KB |
Bristow, OK 1
centralized traffic control 1
Chesapeake & Ohio 3
Chicago & Alton 3
Chicago & Eastern Illinois 1
Chicago & North Western 5
Chicago South Shore & South Bend 3
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4
Chicago, IL 3
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville 1
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific 2
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 4
Cleveland Union Terminal 1
| Elimination of Lock Rods 947.9 KB |
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis 3
Concord, IL 1
Dayton, OH 1
Deen, CO 1
Delavan, IL 1
Denver & Rio Grande Western 3
derails 1
desk lever interlocking 1
Detroit, MI 1
Deutsche Reichsbahn 1
drawbridge 1
| Trap Circuit for Drawbridge 980.8 KB |
Duck Creek, WI 1
East St. Louis, IL 1
electric interlocking 1
Foster, OH 1
Gary, IN 1
General Railway Signal 1
Gibbs, IL 1
Grafton, WV 1
Grand Trunk Western 1
Green Bay, WI 1
Greensburg, IN 1
Hammond, IN 1
| Trap Circuit for Drawbridge 980.8 KB |
highway crossings 2
Hoosac Tunnel, MA 1
Horace, IN 1
Hot Springs, AR 1
Hoxie, AR 1
Illinois Central 1
index 1
| 1929 index 7.4 MB |
indication locking 1
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers 1
interlocking 5
Lancaster, PA 1
Lincoln, NE 1
Louisville & Nashville 1
| Rear-End Flagging 745.4 KB |
Louisville, KY 1
Manufacturers Railway 2
Mattoon, IL 1
Mazonia, IL 1
Meadville, PA 1
Michigan Central 2
Minneapolis, MN 1
Minturn, CO 1
Missouri Pacific 1
Model 2 electric interlocking 1
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 2
Netherlands 1
New Paris, OH 1
New York Central 6
New York, Chicago & St. Louis 2
Northern Pacific 3
| Mathematics of the A.C. Track Circuit 974.9 KB |
| Rear-End Flagging 745.4 KB |
| Where Should Grade Signals Be Installed? 1.2 MB |
Pana, IL 1
Parkersburg, WV 1
Pennsylvania 8
Pere Marquette 1
Rockford, IL 1
Salamanca, NY 1
Sapulpa, OK 1
Seaboard Air Line 2
| Marker Lights on Automatic Signals 994.2 KB |
| Rear-End Flagging 745.4 KB |
signal glass 1
South Joliet, IL 1
spring switches 1
St. Louis, MO 1
St. Louis-San Francisco 2
Streator, IL 1
Tennessee Pass 1
Terre Haute, IN 1
Thayer, MO 1
track circuits 1
train control 3
Troy, NY 1
Tulsa, OK 1
Union Switch & Signal 5
| "Union" Clock-Work Time Release 611.8 KB |
| "Union" Thermal Relay 1.0 MB |
| A Time-Element Relay 572.7 KB |
| US&S float 512.3 KB |
| What Is the Future of Train Control? 1.8 MB |