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May 26, 2023 10:22:49 GMT
Country Joe, harborbelt70, and 2 more like this
Post by atsda on May 26, 2023 10:22:49 GMT
Taking Harborbelt70’s suggestion about expanding these threads beyond train shots, I present , for your perusal, a somewhat frontend shot of two signals.
Both are all-metal construction. The taller one (8.5”) is marked ‘Lionel Corp. Made in U.S. of America’, with ‘RO153-3’ designation (a Block Signal). It has screw-base bulbs and therefore was manufactured between 1945-49; if it is not a pre-war item? The other, marked ‘Automatic Signal Lewis Marx New York Made in U.S. of America’. This signal has a control lever at the base of the mast (whose function I am not aware of), and may be a No. 404 (?, year?). These are used on my layout; however, they are not wired in. (The wiring needs attention.) I got these through an online bid with many other train items (about 15 years ago, at a bargain price). Included were a mechanically operated semaphore and a crossing signal of the same vintage– which works and is wired into my layout. (Thanks to my wife for checking the photo, measuring and reading the inscriptions.) Alfred
Both are all-metal construction. The taller one (8.5”) is marked ‘Lionel Corp. Made in U.S. of America’, with ‘RO153-3’ designation (a Block Signal). It has screw-base bulbs and therefore was manufactured between 1945-49; if it is not a pre-war item? The other, marked ‘Automatic Signal Lewis Marx New York Made in U.S. of America’. This signal has a control lever at the base of the mast (whose function I am not aware of), and may be a No. 404 (?, year?). These are used on my layout; however, they are not wired in. (The wiring needs attention.) I got these through an online bid with many other train items (about 15 years ago, at a bargain price). Included were a mechanically operated semaphore and a crossing signal of the same vintage– which works and is wired into my layout. (Thanks to my wife for checking the photo, measuring and reading the inscriptions.) Alfred
