Lost and Found

I found this about 200 feet from the double tunnels bores in the mountain. It is about 15 in long, it looks broke off on the bottom and broken off from the 2 holes on the top. It looks like from maybe a signal, a fence post of either the old switch tower or the old station there? It could be from the damage of the may landslides they had up there from the weather that wrecked the first switch tower? Please comment for suggestions what it may be? I tried looking up in books but I have a limited selection with no luck. There are some welded numbers that have rusted on it.
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I will go with the cap of a signal post, proabably an interlocking signal, may be held a number plate or fixed signal. It sure is the neatest thing you can find when there should be nothing to find! If you don't want it...watch it!

It could be, but what are the two holes on the side for? What ever was there was broken off on each side?

Yeah. Lets see...perhaps where bolt or pin went through to hold on to post or at least keep in place...perhaps for placing rods or somthing to hang additional "information"...Don't know...got to get my Taber out and looksee

I've got 2 guesses....

1) Part of the pole(s) that once held a tell-tale assembly.

2) Part of 1 of several line-side poles that held electrical screens along the ROW as a warning/alert system for rock slides.

You can see evidence of the latter system via the DL&W on the west side of Roseville Tunnel on the CutOff.

Yeahhh.... I think you're right on the slide indicator poles.

I printed out the pix and have been carrying it in my calendar sort of as my puzzle of the week.

I remember the things at Roseville Tunnel. I'll go through my old cab ride pictures to see if I have any there.

Went through the 3 Taber books, Lowenthal's and King's books, too, last night and that form appears atop most block and interlocking signals as well as atop station roof peaks! Not saying they are the same, just appearances indicated same shape and pattern. It probably could have topped other posts like fence posts, etc. It appears the unit sat atop the pole and held the semaphore apparatus. Similarly, dwarf signals comprised entirely of the unit. The hole could be where the axel of the semaphore blade was placed. The bracket held the mechanism (cable?) which moved the blade. This is just conjecture on my part based on what I saw in the books' pictures against which has been posted here. But it would be interesting to get into some DL&W engineering diagrams and archetectural drawings to find out the truth.

Mile / henry -

In this link on Roseville Tunnel note warning screen pole on left in the 3rd photo down from the top....

http://www.gsmrrclub.org/HISTORY/history5c.html

Looks pretty close to what Mile found out at Munuka Chunk.

YEP. That is what I saw in all the DL pictures in the books I was able to look at. Top was on everything!

The top of that post was pointy that you showed. The one I have it rounded. Plus the shape is different.