Switch Lights, Head Lights and Lamps

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout
regulations. The heavy light streaks are caused by paths of locomotive headlights and the thin lines by lamps of switchmen working in the yard. Santa Fe
R.R. trip, Jack Delano, 1943

Red Flare

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill. Brakeman is signaling with a red flare and the train is going by during
exposure, Jack Delano, 1942

Departure Yard at Twilight

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill., Jack Delano, 1942

Hawk Made a Light By Striking the Flints Together, and Set Fire to the Ball

Hawk made a light by striking the flints together, and set fire to the ball, Charles Livingston Bull, c. 1918

Lite #7

Lite #7, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1959