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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Station Sign and Steam Engine Service



17 comments:

  1. I like those old timey finger signs. Cute!

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  2. lovely old signs - I used to live for a time behind a shop that sold old signs like these.

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  3. Great -- I remember when those kind of signs were much more common. They're really quite beautiful -- not throwaways.

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  4. It's interesting to note that directions to the tracks sign is actually painted onto the bricks.

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  5. I like two things about the first sign: The fact that it is painted right on the brick and, to use the words that Halcyon said, "I like those old timey finger signs"!

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  6. We rarely use a pointing finger anymore, which is a shame.

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  7. I remember the pointing signs from years ago. Seldom se them now. The old markers in the second sot are especially historical and nice. genie

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  8. Great signs but then I have to ask are these restored signs or are they still in use?

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    1. Hi Red, the sign with the hand is original in the old Lincoln, Nebraska train station, but the tracks are gone. There is a new train station a few miles away.

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  9. I really like a directional sign that has the hand pointing to the direction instead of just arrow.

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  10. I can still see signs like this her but not a lot and not as beautiful as the ones in the pictures.


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  11. Where does one find steam engines these days?

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    1. Mostly in train museums and in static displays. This one is next to the old Lincoln, Neb train station.

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  12. I like these old signs. The hand is great and to the point. :))

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  13. My dad worked forty years for our national railways, and I am always fond of trains and anything related!

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