Signalman Collection

Wig-Wag practice, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Wig-Wag practice, between c1915 and c1920

Transbaikal railway. The eastern portal of the tunnel...through Yablonovy ridge.1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Transbaikal railway. The eastern portal of the tunnel at the 592nd verst during the descent from the pass through the Yablonovy ridge, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Trainman signalling from a "Jim Crow"coach, Saint Augustine, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Saint Augustine, Florida. Trainman signalling from a " Jim Crow" coach

Tunnel signal - "All right", 1844. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel signal - " All right", 1844. Top-hatted railway worker signalling to a steam locomotive with a flag. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V

Victorian Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing, 1844-77. Creator: John Connell Ogle
Victorian Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing, 1844-77

Tudor Style Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing, 1844-77

Recording Daily Time Signal at Liverpool Street Station, London and North Eastern Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

A Manual Box on the Great Western Main Line, Reading, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A Manual Box on the Great Western Main Line, Reading, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

On the Route of the Lapland Express, 1935-36. Creator: Unknown
On the Route of the Lapland Express, 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 2". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935-36]

Greenwich Station, Greenwich, London, c1840
View of Greenwich Railway Station, London, c1840; with steam trains and a signalman

Work, c1910. Artist: James Akerman
Work, c1910. From The Fitzroy Pictures, published by George Bell & Sons, London, c1910

Visual Signalman, (3rd Class), 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Visual Signalman, (3rd Class), 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Signalman using 20 Signalling Projector, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Signalman using 20 Signalling Projector, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Visual Signalman, Trained Operator, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Visual Signalman, Trained Operator, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

The New Junction, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
The New Junction, 1888. The two pointsmen are Sir William Harcourt and Spencer Cavendish Hartington. Recently, two railways lines had combined at a key junction to put in a state of the art

Muddleby Junction, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Muddleby Junction, 1872. A signalman wonders what train should be running on which line, and what order all the trains will come through

The Drowsy Pointsman, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Drowsy Pointsman, 1876. John Bull, the representative of the British people, prods a dozing Disraeli, now the Earl of Beaconsfield. This cartoon highlights two very topical stories

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