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A WONDERFUL ITEM OF RAILWAYANA
this is a unique antique railway lamp we judge to date from the 1940’s
It has glass panes coloured red and blue and then clear. The uses of these colours are marked below
The lamp has a sort of oil lamp wick internal chamber and the lamp twists so the light burns behind the choice of colour
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TThe white/clear lantern was used by the brakeman to give the general, more common signals around the rail yard. They were swung by hand.A white lantern (or a green lantern) could be used to stop a train at a flag station. A flag station is a location where one would want to ride one or two days a week, but would otherwise be too costly for a train to stop everyday if there weren’t any passengers. It could be hung from the building or swung by hand.The red lantern was generally used to signal STOP. This could be at the tower, a flag station, etc.Sometimes a red lantern was hung on the rear of the tender.Sometimes a red lantern was hung on the end of a caboose as a rear marker.A red lantern might also be hung outside the tower to indicate the train needs to stop for Form 31 orders. Orders are instructions from the dispatcher, delivered through the operator, to the engineer and conductor of a train which either gives them the authority to operate, as in the case of an extra train, or modifies the schedule which exists in the timetable. Unlike Form 19 orders, Form 31 orders require the train to stop and the engineer and conductor must each sign for the order.The blue lantern was used for marking equipment that wasn’t to be moved. It was hung on the various equipment, such as boxcars or locomotives, that were being worked on.
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Category: Collectables:Transportation Collectables:Railwayana:Hardware Railwayana:Lanterns/ Lamps
Location: Blackpool