Railroad Lanterns

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Ken,

    I've seen them at the Gaithersburg, MD Railroadiana show. I think it was 
industry wide. An old car knocker I worked with told me about them. If my 
recollections are correct I think they were split horizontally, with the 
green on the bottom.

Walt


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Subject: Re: Railroad Lanterns



> Fascinating, Walt!  I'd never heard of this before.  Do you know if it was 

> industry-wide, or specific to SCL?  Also, was the lens split vertically, 

> horizontally, or diagonally, or were there perhaps two separate lenses?

>

> Kenneth Rickman

>

> NW Mailing List wrote:

>> The passenger conductor had a lantern with a split green and clear glass 

>> to differentiate his signals from anyone else, so that his signal was the 

>> only one the engineer would take.

>>

>> Walt

>> ex-SCL car knocker

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