Lantern and multi-functional LED light for railways

A hand-held railway lantern for use on a railway, the hand-held railway lantern including:

• a case including a front panel, a back panel opposite the front panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels connected to form a rectangular shape;
• a work light including a front array of lights on the front panel and a back array of lights on the back panel, each array of lights including a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) lights located on the front panel and the back panel, the plurality of LED lights including a plurality of extra-bright LED lights with multi-colors, the work light configured to have two-sided light capability, the two-sided light capability configured to provide warning and lighting via both the front array of lights and the back array of lights;
• a flash light located on the top panel, the flash light including two bright top-mounted LED lights;
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• a sensor configured to:
• provide orientation position indication, and
• turn on the back array of lights and turn off the front array of lights based on the front panel being covered, or turn on the front array of lights and turn off the back array of lights based on the back panel being covered.