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Published: 2008-10-08 22:55:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 139; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 6
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Description In the early days of railroading, signals were red balls attached to a string held on a pole. When the ball was at the top of the pole, it meant to proceed, nicknamed "highball". Taken during the LALS 2008 Fall Meet.
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Comments: 2

TinySticks [2011-12-10 01:31:51 +0000 UTC]

nice pic, many people dont know where the term "Highball" comes from

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Zephyr303 In reply to TinySticks [2011-12-10 04:10:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, there's probably only a handful of these still around today I'm sure...they came from an era when even semaphores didn't really exist.

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