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Both appear to be the somewhat primitive looking switching signals the N&W used, especially around Portsmouth. Basically when radio or hand signals would not work, these lights would tell the engineer when to stop/go/ reverse etc…

The box on the signal bridge is an electrical junction box I believe.

Eric on the Scioto Division

> On May 7, 2025, at 06:32, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> This photo of a signal bridge in Norfolk left me with at least a couple questions:
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> https://www.ebay.com/itm/388367514873?_skw=norfolk+western&itmmeta=01JTJWM592EKKV00VB12ND4CVR&hash=item5a6c81fcf9:g:wsoAAOSwQ2Jn7IOw&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dPZ4%2FyEf4ONb1bej8Czeq1fZTnvm%2BoCUoTndaDeK2cjm%2BFaAvTgRzC%2FaVRE8ruH7WN47XyjmlTCagAMEcI%2B4GP9f2C9fnpbIMos4H7XMLqiEQ%2F5DtZl7NfGKLax5UqbeF86v6c7caY2tGY0JoDpn7zN8XDNm%2FLMU%2BaDp9t4kPmWWoACR9n9CiYVNRGGYgIBP0chtlZe7aiU4a9sfrM0E61Gf5JW3wT2dkgg9NEunO1TtdGu2zroFr8RKks%2BtXB8hM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_LU0NzUZQ
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> First, there are two very prominent red things in the picture that appear to be signal lights, but have no hood for glare protection which makes me wonder what they are and their purpose.  The first is the bottom position of the vertical oval mounted just to the left of the leftmost switch signal.  The other is in the top right of the frame and is also mounted in a vertical oval background, but what is above it is cut off in the photo.
> Second, there is something that appears to be an electrical housing or assembly mounted on the signal bridge in the furthest left position.
> Can anyone shed some light (pun intended) on what these signal devices might be?
> Thanks,
> Jim Cochran
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