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Just posting my photos of old signals in the modern world. I put more detailed descriptions in the alt text.
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Approaching Nunthorpe. 31 May 2025. #railway #photography
Northern DMU 156443 - working 2N34 to Battersby - passes a semaphore signal as it prepares to stop at Nunthorpe.
September 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Semaphores at Lowestoft. 23 June 2018. #railway #photography
A pair of semaphores on a bracket beyond the end of the platforms at Lowestoft, with L4 cleared for a departure. There is a disc attached to the base of the bracket. A grain silo dominates the background alongside other light industrial buildings.
December 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Millom Semaphore. 27 March 2022. #railway #photography
A semaphore signal emerges from amidst the lineside vegetation at Millom.
June 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Ledbury Semaphores and Signal Box. 10 June 2018. #railway #photography
Looking east towards the tunnel just beyond Ledbury station, with lower-quadrant semaphores on the left and the immaculate signal box on the right.
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Approaching Sellafield. 10 February 2025. #railway #photography
Northern DMU 156478 has just passed a cleared semaphore and is approaching the station at Sellafield working a service from Lancaster to Carlisle. Recently-renewed semaphore signal SD5 stands at danger in the foreground.
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Passing Gristhorpe. 31 May 2025. #railway #photography
Northern DMU 170453 working 1W45 to Scarborough is about to pass the cleared semaphore and gate box at Gristhorpe.
June 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Approaching Helsby. 24 May 2020. #railway #photography
TfW DMU 175010 - possibly working 1D32 to Manchester Airport - passes the cleared semaphore as it approaches Helsby.
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Semaphores at Hammerton. 19 December 2025. #railway #photography
In the diminishing light of a winter afternoon a couple of days before the solstice, some semaphore signals at Hammerton taken from the platform. In the distance, the distant signal for Wilstrop Crossing is set to clear.
December 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Bromfield Semaphore. 25 August 2024. #railway #photography
The empty tracks gently curve round by the racecourse at Ludlow, which is just to the left of where this photo was taken. On the left, lower-quadrant semaphore signal BD24 stands at danger. The lineside vegetation is fairly “full” as befits a summertime scene.
June 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Semaphores and Signal Box at Barrow-in-Furness. 16 February 2019. #railway #photography
In the early evening light, some of the semaphore signals and the signal box that controls them at the north-western end of the platforms at Barrow-in-Furness.
September 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Departure from Grange-over-Sands. 20 December 2025. #railway #photography
Northern DMU 195112 has just departed Grange-over-Sands and is seen passing a cleared semaphore as it works 1C54 Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness. Beyond, a jumble of seafront houses catch the winter sunlight.
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Approaching Goxhill. 28 September 2019. #railway #photography
EMR DMU 153380 passes the cleared semaphore and prepares to cross the level crossing as it approaches Goxhill on a service to Barton-on-Humber. The semaphore signals have since been replaced with colour lights.
June 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Departure from Bognor Regis. 7 October 2018. #railway #photography
Southern Electrostar EMU 377123 is seen passing under one of the cleared semaphores at the platform ends at Bognor Regis as it departs that station.
September 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Ulverston Semaphores. 20 December 2025. #railway #photography
In the winter sunlight, a pair of semaphore signals on a fairly substantial bracket at Ulverston, with the smaller one controlling access to the goods siding. The main signal is cleared for a service to Lancaster.
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Neasden Junction Distant. 17 December 2023. #railway #photography
The fairly new semaphore distant signal NJ21, complete with sighting board, on the Dudding Hill Line, just before the bridge under Craven Park Road.
June 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Semaphore at Worcester Shrub Hill. 15 December 2024. #railway #photography
Lower-quadrant semaphore SH10 at Worcester Shrub Hill on a fairly new post.
September 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Departure from Askam. 20 December 2025. #railway #photography
Northern DMU 195103 passes a cleared semaphore at Askam having departed that station working 1T56 Lancaster to Corkickle.
December 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Departing Swinderby. 14 July 2019. #railway #photography
EMR DMU 153319 passes cleared semaphore signal SY14 as it departs Swinderby on a service to Nottingham.
June 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Approaching St Erth. 13 May 2022. #railway #photography
GWR HST 43172 (with 43022 at the rear) passes the cleared lower-quadrant semaphore and signal box as it approaches St Erth station working 2C32 to Penzance.
September 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Semaphores and Signal Box at Arnside. 20 December 2025. #railway #photography
The signal box at Arnside and a couple of the semaphore signals it controls, with Milnthorpe Sands in the background.
December 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Semaphores at Truro. 10 February 2024. #railway #photography
A couple of the now-replaced semaphore signals at Truro, with T25 and a ground disc next to it facing the camera. The signal facing away round the curve is T4.
June 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Semaphore at Oulton Broad North. 4 January 2020. #railway #photography
In a nice winter light, a semaphore signal - numbered OB6 - at the eastern end of the Lowestoft-bound platform at Oulton Broad North.
September 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Passing Hessay. 19 December 2025. #railway #photography
In the light of a late December afternoon, Northern DMU 158872 passes a cleared semaphore signal at Hessay working 2C30 Leeds to York. The new gleaming-white steel gates of Marston Moor level crossing are visible across the tracks in the background.
December 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Token Exchange at Nunthorpe. 31 May 2025. #railway #photography
Northern DMU 158817 working 2N31 to Hexham pauses outside Nunthorpe signal box to hand over the token for one of the single line sections.
June 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Passing Tŷ Croes. 1 December 2024. #railway #photography
TfW DMU 197112 - forming part of 1D18 - speeds through the station at Tŷ Croes on its way to Holyhead. On the left, the clear semaphore stands out against the evening sky. The rails are shining, lit up by what is left of the fading daylight.
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM