Railroad Lanterns

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Collectibles are a pretty popular hobby nowadays. Whatever it is that we try to collect, we should remember that we are the temporary caretakers for future generations to collect. While railroad lanterns and lamps may not be a go-with to the insulator hobby, they seem to fit into the collection quite nicely. Railroad lamps are distinguished from lanterns by both function and design. Lamps were generally intended to be stationary, were generally made of a sheet metal or cast metal body, and used lenses to amplify light from an interior light source. Lanterns were designed to be portable and used globes which were surrounded by a metal frame. A wide variety of different lamps were used by the railroads, including semaphore lamps, classification lamps, train order lamps, bridge lamps, marker lamps, and switch lamps. The following are a few of the styles produced by Adlake.

I'm always looking for more information about Adlake switchstand railroad lamps and reflectors. If you collect railroad lamps or have information to share why not join the railroad lanterns group at Yahoo.com at the link on the bottom of this page.

Here is a look at some of the different Adams and Westlake (Adlake) styles used by the railroads over the years. Click on one to view a larger image.


No. 1379 Reflex switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. 1379 Reflex switch lamp fork mount (front/back)

No. 1379 Reflex switch lamp post mount (front/Top/Bottom)	No. 1379 Reflex switch lamp fork mount

No. 1379 Reflex switch lamp post mount	No. 1379 Reflex switch lamp post mount

No. ? cast aluminum post mount	No. ? cast iron post mount

No. 1396 Electric switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. 1379 Reflex switch lamp post mount (front/back)

No. ? Reflex switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. Reflex switch lamp post mount

No. 1396 Electric switch lamp post mount	WRRS cast iron electric lamp post mount

No. ? Electric switch lamp post mount w/day targets (front/back)	WRRS cast iron electric lamp post mount (front/back)

No. 169 Pressed steel switch lamp fork mount (front/Back)	No. 1112 Switch lamp post mount (front/back)

No. 1389 Switch lamp fork mount (front/back)	No. 1112? (front/back)

No. ? Switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. ? Switch lamp post mount (front/back)

No. 1112 Switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. ? (front/back)

No. 1112 Switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. ? Switch lamp post mount (front/back)

No. ? Switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. ? Switch lamp post mount (front/back)

	No. 1112 Switch lamp post mount (front/back)

No. 1112 Switch lamp post mount (front/back)	No. 1112 Switch lamp post mount (front/back)

No. 1112 Switch lamp post mount	No. ? bridge marker

No. SBH-1406 Electric Switch Lamp 4.5" lens	No. SBH-1406 Electric Switch Lamp 5" lens

No. ? Marker light (front/back)	No. 270 Marker light (front/back)

No. ? Marker light (front/back)	No. ? (front/back)

No. ? Semaphore (front/back)	No. ? Semaphore (front/back)

No. ? Semaphore (front/back)	No. ? Semaphore (front/back)