A railway historian says he believes the traditional semaphore signals removed from a rural railway station could have been the last in use in the entire Eastern region. The wooden signals were ...
Do you ever wonder why our stoplights designate red as stop and green as go? Me too. In fact, it was my daughter’s question on this very matter that inspired me to do some historic research. In the ...
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The clever way traffic lights worked before computers
Before the advent of computers, traffic lights were a marvel of mechanical and electromechanical engineering, utilizing timers, relays, and human intervention to manage bustling city intersections.
A film about one of the most responsible and professional jobs on British Railways Practical work in shop and signal box on gantry and trackside coupled with instruction in mechanics electricity ...
The semaphore flags used by Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Victory to signal his fleet before the battle of Trafalgar (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) In days gone by, people relied ...
The semaphore signals at Manea were the last in use on the Ely to Peterborough line (stock image) [Getty Images] A railway historian says he believes the traditional semaphore signals removed from a ...
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