Signals Collection (page 3)

Two boy scouts on an outdoor activity, Mauritius, signalling with a flag

British Railways - The Flying Scotsman - Bittern Class
British Railways - The Flying Scotsman (Bittern Class - Dominion of New Zealand - No 4492) - the new streamlined engine introduced on this route on 4th July 1938. Date: 1938

Smoke Signal Statue, Pioneer Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Smoke Signal Statue, dedicated to the Nebraska Indian, Pioneer Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1941

International code of Signals flags and House Flags. circa 1910

Locomotive at Noel Park & Wood Green Station, London
Locomotive standing at Noel Park & Wood Green Station. This card shows the railway Bridge over High Road, Wood Green, London

Naval Signal Flags - Greeting - Christmas Postcard. The translation of this flag series translates as: Keep a Bright. Look Forward (signalled by International code). Date: circa 1910s

Italian Fiat 15 Ter chassis with photoelectric unit, WW1
An Italian Fiat 15 Ter chassis with an auto-photoelectric unit attached, in use during the First World War. Date: 1915

Steam train at Acton, West London, on the Great Western Railway. Date: circa 1920s

French Railway Alphabet - C for Cantonnier (trackman). 19th century

French Railway Alphabet - A for Aiguilleur (signalman or pointsman). 19th century

Motorcycle display - Dispatch riders, Royal Corps of Signals
Motorcycle display (in training for a performance at the Royal Tournament) - Dispatch riders, Royal Corps of Signals. Date: 1930s

Signalisation - signals
Navigational signals, road and train signs. Date: 1930

Railway station, Delanson, Schenectady County, NY State, USA
Railway station (Delaware and Hudson line), Delanson, Schenectady County, New York State, USA. circa 1910

Signallers with the King?s African Rifles
Photograph: Signallers with the King?s African Rifles taking down a message, 1943. Captioned: Signaller taking down a messge

Gibraltar - The Signal Station. Date: circa 1910s

Signals Staff, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2
Group photo of Signals Staff, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2. 1943

ANCXF Signal Office, Minden, Germany
Man working in the ANCXF (Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force) Signal Office, Minden, Germany, August 1945, at the end of the Second World War. 1945

Cabot Tower - St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John s, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill. Construction of the tower began in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabots discovery of

Fantastic Adventures - War of the Giant Apes by Alexander Blade. A giant ape uses a boulder to attack a truck with a scared man in it

Railway enthusiast couple in Essex
The Station Master, one half of a railway enthusiast couple in Essex, looks down the tracks before allowing the train to depart. Date: 1960s

Naval Signals - Commercial Code Signalling - How are you?
Naval Code Signals - Signalling Flags - How are you? Commercial Code Flags (1857-1900). How are you is signalled (apprently) by the code letters D, W and F. Date: circa 1900

WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, The Signal Is Save
WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, The Signal is Save. The Navys Here. In support of the National Savings Movement and the Warship Week Campaign. Date: 1942

WW2 poster, The Signal Is Save, with four naval flags and a warship in the background. Date: 1940s

Alexandria, Egypt - The Semaphore - Fort Mex. Date: circa 1905

American Signal Box Int
The interior of a signal box using Saxby and Farmers system of switches and signals. The standing man shifts the levers, his colleague uses the telegraph. Date: 1875

Clapham Junct Signals
The signalman at Clapham Junction - Londons busiest station - is responsible for a huge array of signals : pulling the wrong one could result in catastrophe... Date: 1885

Signalling Balloons
Using balloons of different colours at different heights is an effective way of signalling if you re not in a hurry, the sky is clear and the enemy doesn t shoot them down. Date: Late 19th century

Floki Vilgerdasson / Expl
Floki Vilgerdasson sends out ravens on his voyage of exploration that eventually led him to Iceland, where he wintered in 865. Date: circa 865

National Flags and international code of signals flags circa 1910

Ufos / Nova Scotia
A fishing crew off Nova Scotia report strange lights, which seem to match radar signals picked up at the same time Date: 4 October 1967

Railway line disappearing into the distance. Date: 1970s

Henry Becque
The writer Henry Becque signals for more of the same Date: circa 1890

Railway station, Niskayuna, Schenectady Cy, NY State, USA
Niskayuna railway station and water tower, Schenectady County, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1909

Steam locomotive passing under a bridge. Date: circa 1960s

Midland Railway Station, Gloucester. Date: circa 1905

York Station - East Coast Express train departing. Date: circa 1905

Cannon Street Station - South Eastern and Chatham Railway, London. Date: circa 1905

Marconi plaque, Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall
A plaque to Guglielmo Marconi, set in a granite wall near some buildings on the sea shore at Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall

Front and back covers, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson, published by the Great Western Railway in the companys centenary year

Little boy with rocking horse, sailing boat and castle
A little boy standing in a room (perhaps a nursery) containing a rocking horse, a sailing boat, a train engine with signals and a castle. Date: circa 1930s

Steam engine and carriages at a coastal station
Steam engine and carriages pulling out of a coastal station, with the sea and a ship on the right. Date: circa 1930s

Steam engine and carriages on a railway track. Date: circa 1930s

WW2 Christmas card, Victorys Signal. The flaghoist signal used by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), England expects that every man will do his duty

Dutch boy scouts with signalling equipment, Holland
Two Dutch boy scouts with signalling equipment, Holland

Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, Holland
Two Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, Holland

Greek boy scouts doing semaphore signals
Three Greek boy scouts, one of them doing semaphore signals

LNER 123 railway engine, Marylebone Station, London
LNER 123 railway engine leaving Marylebone Station, London

Earl Haig railway engine, Marylebone Station, London. early 20th century

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