Wick Lit Track Signal

This lamp is called a Marker Lamp for use on the ends of trains, either on a caboose or passenger car. A train approaching from the rear would see the red lense and know there is a train ahead. Two lamps were positioned one on each side with only a red signal toward the rear, while a green light could be seen from either side or from the front of the train looking back. Note the bracket at the bottom right, there was a reciever on the four corners of every caboose and passenger car.

A track signal, mounted on a switch staff would have a different mount, a tapered square socket at the bottom of the lamp body. The coloured lenses of a switch lamp would also be different from a train marker, with green lenses on opposite sides and amber on the other two sides. A coloured target was also mounted onto the switch staff as is the practice today using a highly reflective material instead of lamps.