Railroad Crossing Flash Signal, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, March 1925
THF286510 / Railroad Crossing Flash Signal, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, March 1925
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Artifact Overview
In the United States, locomotive engineers must sound a specific sequence of horn or whistle blasts when approaching most road crossings: two long blasts, one short, and one more long. Railroads frequently placed a whistle post, like this one, along the track about one-quarter mile before a crossing to notify the engineer when to use the horn.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
20 March 1925
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.189.2493
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10.25 in
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For as long as trains and automobiles have coexisted, some motorists have felt the need to "race" a train to the crossing. Some early magazine advertisements encouraged the practice, showing daring drivers outrunning speeding express trains. Few habits are so dangerous. A speeding train can take more than a mile to stop. Even in a tie, the motorist loses.