Re: Harp stand (D&RGW) target colours
| September 30, 2015 03:19AM |
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Skip Wrote:
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> One must remember that the colors for signals
> changed around 1920 or so. Until then, Yellow was
> not accepted. White was clear, Green caution, and
> red "danger," of course. Switch stands are
> considered fixed signals in most rule books.
>
> For this reason, I cast doubts on the harp stand
> targets in the old days being yellow. More likely
> they were white.
Interesting.
Most stands had been upgraded to Elliots or high star stands by 1920, some of which indeed got yellow targets -- for instance, Sargent, 1955:
Aside from derails (which predominantly kept their harp stands), you could see them leaving the other remaining harps well enough alone.
Jeff.
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> One must remember that the colors for signals
> changed around 1920 or so. Until then, Yellow was
> not accepted. White was clear, Green caution, and
> red "danger," of course. Switch stands are
> considered fixed signals in most rule books.
>
> For this reason, I cast doubts on the harp stand
> targets in the old days being yellow. More likely
> they were white.
Interesting.
Most stands had been upgraded to Elliots or high star stands by 1920, some of which indeed got yellow targets -- for instance, Sargent, 1955:
Aside from derails (which predominantly kept their harp stands), you could see them leaving the other remaining harps well enough alone.
Jeff.
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