Adlake Railroad Switch Lamp/ lantern - Antique

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Adlake Non Sweating Railroad Post mounted switch lamp. Condition is great for the age of this unique Antique piece of modern history. Great for Studies or Patios or as function kerosene lanterns in the garden. A switch lamp was mounted to a track switch and would indicate (using specific colors) which position the switch was set to. Usually a green signal indicated the switch was set to straight ahead while a red signal indicated that the switch was set to the turn out. 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 is a style produced by Adlake.

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