The short answer to your question is yes, I do take photos with signals included.
The long answer is....now I'm gonna make you look at a bunch of them! I've been actively trying to get signals into photos for the past 10 years and more. Sometimes more of a background element or side element, othertimes they take front and center helping to frame the train itself. Of course, I've done some outright documentation of signals themselves, with no train in sight (not that I wasn't hoping one was coming along at that very moment...) I've also extensively documented the semaphores along the route of the Southwest Chief and those last few which remained along the route of the Cardinal before they were felled.
Here are some of my photos with signals. Nothing super recent yet considering I've been living afar for the past 5 years and also railfanning a lot of signal-less shortlines. The captions are those which I published with the photos when they were uploaded...in some cases almost 10 years ago. In parenthesis I've included a current update, as I'm aware. Feel free to chime in and let me know if something else has changed. Also, if you search for my images on the railroadfan photo gallery, you'll find more photos to scroll through....a bunch of which somehow include signals. Enjoy!
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This is a vintage Santa Fe style (1940s) cantilever signal, located at the east end of the crossovers at CP-Basta, in Fullerton, CA. Unfortunately, this signal's fate is already sealed as a new modern aluminum signal will be erected on this site soon. 3-4-2005 (replaced not long thereafter in advance of the Fullerton west triple tracking project)
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Genesis #35 leads Amtrak train #353, the Lake Cities, over the CSX mainline at Wayne Jct. The CSX mainline is the track on the right with the C&O searchlight signals, while the passing siding/running track, added during the late Chessie era and with Conrail style small backround searchlights, is on the left. wayne Tower once stood under the CTC lines at the right. 5-4-2005 (Still in service as of 10/2015)
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One of just a few remaining semaphores left in Michigan, this example is located on the former C&O at Manistee. This serves as a Distant Approach signal, locked in the "approach" position, indicating Rule C-285A, prepare to stop at next signal. In this case, the next signal is the absolute signal for the Manistee River Swing Bridge. The yard is a small holding yard for cars in Manistee. This semaphore is located at the crossing with US-31 just north of the river. Photo was taken during July 2004. (Taken down not long after for someone's mantle collection, I was told)
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Intermodal train 26N throttles up as it gets a clear indication from the NYC era signals at MP-419 on the Water Level Route at Elkhart, Indiana. Leading the train is a rare Conrail C39-8, #8202, which is followed by Conrail 8-40CW #8409. It is becomming more difficult to see solid Conrail consists out and about, so this was treat! The signal, power lines and code line provide a nice frame for this awesome train! November 22, 2006. (Removed earlier this year for the new Elkhart east signal upgrade project)
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One of only two CSX signal bridges elsewhere in Michigan from the Detroit Subdivision, this double track signal bridge is located at milepost 34.9 on the Saginaw Subdivision in Burton, Michigan, just south of Flint. It is visible from nearby Chambers St. between Atherton Rd and Lippincott Blvd. As an intermediate signal, it only lights up on the approach of a train. December 28, 2006. (Still in service as of 10/2015, although the southbound track has since been removed)
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Amtrak's Capitol Limited makes a station stop at the 1900 built Lake Shore & Michigan Southern depot at Elkhart, Indiana on May 4, 2007. A treat were the three private cars bringing up the rear of this Superliner train: a Pullman 10-6 sleeper, a Northern Pacific Vista-Dome car, and Louisville & Nashville observation "Royal Street." It adds a classy end to this train, and is vaguely reminiscent of the observation cars on the 20th Century Limited. May 4, 2007. (Still in service as of 10/2015)
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The BO Tower operator has lined up a clear routing through the interlocking for freight train B-1-G this lunch hour. Conrail painted GP40-2s #3066 and #3067 hustle the 9 car train west bound for Lawton, Dowagiac and Niles. B-1-G runs west from Kalamazoo Tuesdays and Thursdays, and is the only freight train which still plies that portion of the old NYC Michigan Line. February 5, 2008. (Removed in 2014 as part of the BO Tower C&S upgrade project)
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This is the last remaining active bracket signal on the CSX in Michigan, located at the south end of the Grand Blanc passing siding on the CSX Saginaw Subdivision. The Saginaw Subdivision is home to a number of cantilever and mast signals in the Flint region, but this is the only bracket signal of this type. Lansing also had a few bracket types with semaphores back in the day, and a few of the old frames remain near Ensel Yard, but today out of service. April 30, 2008. (Still in service as of 10/2015)
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Unusual (for CSX) tri-light signals which guard the crossover track at the west end of Benton Harbor Yard in St. Joseph, MI. No telling just how long this historic mast, and it's other tri-light counterpart for EB movements, have been here, but they are due to be taken down the first week of November 2010. The crossover has been removed and will not be replaced; and another trace of old railroad history will be lost. July 10, 2010. (Removed in late 2010 as part of the GR Sub signal upgrade project)
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CSX local job D716 is shown coming southbound past the old C&O searchlight home signal at Wick Road, north of Romulus, MI. D716 has former B&O/Chessie GP40-2 #6117 for power this afternoon. September 22, 2008. (Still in service as of 10/2015)