<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">We had several "doll masts" on the Roanoke Dist. None had any kind of light. </div><div dir="auto">The doll mast itself only indicates how many tracks are between the signaled track and the signal post.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jimmy Lisle</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto" id="composer_signature"><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12px;color:#575757">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto" align="left"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> </div><div>Date: 1/19/25 11:03 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> </div><div>Subject: signals </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr">Abe, inventor of the turnip signal, and all,<div>The attached photo on Ebay:</div><div><br></div><div><img name="com_samsung_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_5679_RAW_1737317072763" src="cid:com_samsung_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_5679_RAW_1737317072763" alt="image.png" width="542" height="310" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)"><br></div><div><br></div><div>appears to show electric "marker" lights below the semaphore arms as well as the doll posts. Would these have been used to make the dolls visible at night? Would they have shown red? How about the one below the two-arm semaphore? Would this have been used to indicate stop and stay at some point? From the cab-side lettering, I would estimate the era to be late 1930s.</div><div>Any and all comments appreciated,</div><div>Jim Cochran</div></div>
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