GWR Broadgauge Throwback
You really can't "throwback" much further than to this GWR Broadgauge scene.
The top-hatted signalman in the foreground is giving the "all clear" to the nearest train (arm horizontal for "proceed" and vertical for "stop"). The drivers (of the passenger trains) have top hats too.
Notice the carriages (one horseless and one to be drawn by horses) on flat wagons in the goods train in the distance, right behind the horse box.
You really can't "throwback" much further than to this GWR Broadgauge scene.
The top-hatted signalman in the foreground is giving the "all clear" to the nearest train (arm horizontal for "proceed" and vertical for "stop"). The drivers (of the passenger trains) have top hats too.
Notice the carriages (one horseless and one to be drawn by horses) on flat wagons in the goods train in the distance, right behind the horse box.