Switchman Collection

Bashkir switchman, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bashkir switchman, 1910. A switch operator poses on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, near the town of Ust Katav on the Yuryuzan River

Pourvu que l'aiguilleur ne fasse rien dérailler!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Pourvu que l'aiguilleur ne fasse rien derailler!, 19th century. As long as the switchman does not derail anything!

Switchman throwing a switch a C and NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Switchman throwing a switch a C and NW RRs Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee"... 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a " fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means " stop." Calumet City, Ill

Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard

A Belgian railway pointsman, engraving 1886

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