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~steamby51 asked me to post some pictures of the semaphores in Simpelveld, so here I do. To the left, we have what I guess is a distant signal on the way from Simpelveld to Schin op Geul. The other is a home signal at the exit of track 1 of Simpelveld station.

I'm afraid don't know much about dutch signaling. Horizontal means danger (stop) while 45° upwards means clear, which is the standard more or less everywhere, except with the weird british lower-quadrant signals, of course. The 2 in the triangle on the left most likely either marks the beginning of a speed restriction or warns the driver that a speed restriction is ahead, with a top speed of 20 kph. Notice the little arrow on the right one. In the Netherlands, as in Germany, trains drive by default on the right if a line is double-tracked and signals are positioned to the right of the track. This was not possible here, so the arrow indicates the track this signal belongs to (although it ought to be clear; it can hardly belong to the footpath to the left).

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:iconherrdrayer:
Are all those suspended cables near the ground mechanical or electrical comm lines for the signal system?
:iconzcochrane:
They are mechanical, hung on rollers, and directly pull the signals and switches to the desired position. Electrical comm lines do not exist, but the line seems to use radio communication for coordination now.

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Oh, and thank you for the :+fav:! :)

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:iconherrdrayer:
It's a bit cheaper to maintain radios than all those precisely-balanced, oil-hungry semaphore signals...
:iconzcochrane:
Well, those signals appear to be still used, but of course, not all stations on the line have them. Basically, Simpelveld and one between Simpelveld and Shin op Geul, where the line becomes double-tracked. All the rest has to deal with having no signals at all.

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Güter auf die Bahn!
:iconherrdrayer:
I take it there's not a lot of traffic around those parts...
:iconsteamby51:
not really, grease up a semaphore's joints and it is good for a whole year! (and if there is a power-failure, the kerosene lamp stays lit)

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:iconsteamby51:
this is very interesting! thanks for posting. the one on the left is clearly a distant signal, but is that a clear lens in the home signal for the stop aspect?

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I am loco for the loco!
_____________.._
ll''' l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_ll)' the soviet A-aundreev 4-14-4
oo OOOOOOO=oo\

THE LOST ENGINES OF ROANOKE ARE NO LONGER LOST!
ALL EQUIPMENT AND LOCOMOTIVES IN THE SCRAPYARD HAVE BEEN SAVED!!!

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