Railway Hand Signal Lamp Model STL - Vintage Prop

A squat, rounded hand lamp body with a slightly bulging barrel shape, a broad lid with ribbed grooves and a rectangular grip block on top, and a large angled bracket plate on one side that reaches down to the ground. The body rests on a small central foot. Hand signal lamps let railway staff and other workers communicate after dark by showing different coloured lights or by swinging the lamp in agreed patterns. Designs varied widely, from boxy lamps with lenses to compact round lamps that could…

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