Signals On BNSF routes

[LFDRR]

Hi guys

Just a quick question from across the pond. Over the years railroads in the US have gradually been amalgamated and signals have changed in the way they function and the way they look, from semaphore through position lights, searchlights and two or three color lights. I have read page after page of website info and looked at so many photos of bnsf rail but am unable to confirm in any way which were used when.

So question is, in the early bnsf era which type of signal was being used on bnsf routes or, as I suspect, due to the amalgamation to what is now bnsf, were all types of signal found 'somewhere' on the bnsf routes?

Thanks for any detail regarding this.

Angie

[mountaingoatgreg]

Angie,

Signals did not really begin to start getting changed out to the more modern tubular design until around 5 years ago. The predecessor roas signals would be what was there in 1996. So the question is where do you plan on modeling the BNSF?

There are commerically availble signals for all the signal types on the BNSF roads. If you can provide us with where you are trying to model we can point you in the right direction.

[LFDRR]

Thanks for the reply.

The layout is bnsf in N but not set anywhere in particular. I have built a 3 aspect signal based on the one here at scale models division but could build any of them, just wondered which ones were around at the onset of bnsf generally.

I just didn' want a bnsf train rolling past a signal that a bnsf train wouldn't have rolled by

Angie

[mountaingoatgreg]

Santa Fe Style
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I hope this helps!!!

[LFDRR]

Thanks Greg, just what I wanted.

Were dwarf version H-2 signals also used in yards?

[mountaingoatgreg]

The Santa Fe uses the H-2 on a 4 foot post without a hood for the sidings.

Most yard only have signals at the extreme ends of the yard protecting the mainline. I hope this helps!

[LFDRR]

Excellent, now to build them.

Thanks again for your help

Angie