Gman24: that is some signal. While I am no expert in this area, (taking a risk here) I believe that the two semaphores represent a "near" and a "distant" warning. Hence the engineer might get a "green" near signal meaning OK to proceed but a "yellow" distant signal meaning he needed to be prepared to stop or slow down in some reasonably short distance. I have been told that the distance to stop is specified by the particular Railway's rules and some times is defined as "the length of the train". Its position just ahead of a blind curve on the layout lends some credibility to this view, the distant signal could be telling the engineer to slow down for a curve coming up or for some obstacle he can't see because its around the curve.
My offering today is a picture of a Hornby Branch Line train. These used to be common in the UK ( and the US) but are long gone for the most part today. They went from village to village or perhaps from village to larger town. They were never fancy, never fast, sometimes the tree branches overhung the right of way and rubbed against the windows. This one is a mixed train. Having one passenger coach and a Milk Traffic Van likely picking up empties from the morning milk delivery. Stopping here at the passenger depot in "Small Town" on my layout (today representing "Small Heath" in the UK).
The engine here is a Hornby type 101 shell where the engine has been converted to electric drive via installing a Marx motor mechanism. The Coach is a Type # 31 1st/2nd class coach in the "blood and custard" color scheme dating from about 1956 but lasting into the middle 60's. The Milk Traffic van is a No 1 SR Milk Traffic Van first offered in 1949 however this one has plastic wheels, thus dating it from 1951or later, it was dropped from the line in 1954.
Frenchtrains / Daniel : You have discovered the fun of prewar American Flyer...they numbered the loco with one number, the tender with another and sometimes the combination with a third number!! Great loco however.
Best wishes to all for a great weekend.
Don
