ball-signal-at-whitefield-nhhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/ball-signal-at-whitefield-nh/Ball signal at Whitefield, N.H. | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20131118.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2022-09-302022-11-2943626
As the caboose of a Maine Central train passes, the operator resets the ball signals at the Maine Central/Boston & Maine crossing at Whitefield, N.H., in 1979. This was the last surviving ball signal in commercial use on a U.S. railroad.
Ben Bachman photo