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Photo ID: 103391
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan
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MP 706
Colmor, NM
2082
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Subdivision
Railroad
Raton (BNSF) BNSF
Some of the last-active semaphore signals in the country can be found on BNSF's Raton Subdivision. Both sets of intermediates here are red as a result of the work train that just passed by.
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Photo ID: 103390
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 706
Colmor, NM
2531
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Subdivision
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Raton (BNSF) BNSF
A westbound work train passes by intermediate semaphores near Colmor. Note the blade pointing toward the sky on the left side of the picture. That is a clear signal for this train, and the signal will drop (quite literally) to red as the train passes. After dropping to red, the blade on the left will be parallel to the ground, like the one on the right.
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Photo ID: 103389
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 706
Colmor, NM
1673
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Subdivision
Railroad
Raton (BNSF) BNSF
While I thought the former Rio Grande was low on traffic, that's nothing compared to Raton! This is the first freight to run over these rails in the New Mexican desert in over a year.
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Photo ID: 103388
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 706
Colmor, NM
1451
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Railroad
Raton (BNSF) BNSF
I've been taking pictures of trains (or at least riding along with my dad as he took pictures!) for 30 years...yet this is the first pictures I've ever taken a picture of a functional semaphore! The eastbound signal is currently red as a westbound work train approaches.
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