TeamGatorade Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 Came across "semaphore" in a description of a BM near a railroad track and don't have the foggiest idea what a sema is for, or what it looks like...any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment
+jeff35080 Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 In the simplest of terms it's a flag used for signalling. Also, the railroads used to have semaphore types of signalling devices where arms were raised or lowered to indicate different things to engineers and brakemen. These semaphores were on poles along side the tracks. Look at the graphic in this cache of mine and you will see a railroad semaphore: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=52013 Jeff http://www.StarsFellOnAlabama.com http://www.NotAChance.com If you hide it, they will come.... Quote Link to comment
TeamGatorade Posted February 15, 2003 Author Share Posted February 15, 2003 Great! And I always thought that was just called the train signal....lol. Anyway, that wasn't at this station anymore either. But I guess if the concrete signal box wasn't there, then this semaphore probably wouldn't be there either, since the signal box probably controlled the semaphore. Thanks for the help. I'm a newbie at this, (just finally found my first one), and didn't have much luck today finding these things. Finally found three that were along the railroad tracks. Guess they don't move or widen those as often as they do the roadways...lol Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 Your question serves a useful purpose here. It can now be referenced by entering it in the search box at the bottom of this forum. Which is a good place to go if you have other questions. You'll also find that benchmarks and railroads have an intermingled history. When I was a Boy Scout, almost 50 yrs ago, I had everything passed for my First Class rank, except the code requirement. I had the choice of Morse code or semaphores. I chose girls. This ended my Scout career and I'm still trying to figure out girls. Quote Link to comment
+Kewaneh & Shark Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 Found this site about Railroad Semaphore Signals that shows a few diagrams of them. It may shed some light for you. Keep on Caching! - Kewaneh Quote Link to comment
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