Thursday, March 21, 2013

Station master's signal torch



   Station master old signal lamp - the video shows the lamp in detail. You can see how it looks like in it's original paint. It has a thing on the back for being attached to a belt. Inside is where an old 4.5 volts battery has been placed and an old-fashioned light-bulb. When closed; it can be turned on and off through a very simple mechanism. On the front, there are three mechanic switches - no LED's those days - the switches just slide three coloured plastic pieces in front of the light so to make it green, red or yellow. Quite an interesting piece of engineering!









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