Barrier gates on Whitney Way (Madison, WI) to come down

AndyWS · Post by **AndyWS** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:26 pm

Kiss 'em goodbye:

http://www.channel3000.com/news/Portion ... y/42172136

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Wisconsin/L-P ... Y/Whitney/

Got some video in September:

Skip to 3:18

YouTube · Post by **freebrickproductions** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:57 pm

RIP. Though it appears they aren't made anymore, so that may be why. At least Alabama has a pair of them though...

TrickyMario7654 · Post by **TrickyMario7654** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:54 pm

Speaking of barriers coming down...

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:24 am

Would assume that will mean the extra long masts (that used to be cantilevers) will be gone too. Will be interesting to see what it looks like afterwords.

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:11 pm

Was this a ruling from "Da Commish"?

AndyWS · Post by **AndyWS** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:20 pm

Yes.

http://psc.wi.gov/apps35/ERF_view/viewd ... cid=215130

Got some photos of the changeover in progress on October 23, 2016.

IMG_1633 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1634 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1635 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1636 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1637 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1638 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1639 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1640 by Andy, on Flickr

IMG_1641 by Andy, on Flickr

Post by **ToledoRailfan** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:00 pm

Seems like a lot of the interesting equipment from Wisconsin is being removed.

TrickyMario7654 · Post by **TrickyMario7654** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:14 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:Seems like a lot of the interesting equipment from Wisconsin is being removed.

Same thing here in Victoria. Metro can't seem to stop scrapping M-bells!

Thankfully, and I MEAN thankfully, they haven't touched this one!
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Australia/Vic ... /Marshall/

Website · Post by **Raco_GS** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:10 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:Seems like a lot of the interesting equipment from Wisconsin is being removed.

That's how it is everywhere really, most railroads are standardizing all signal equipment.

UP out here is tearing out signals that are only 10 years old to put in those new side bell mount setups.

YouTube · Post by **freebrickproductions** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:20 pm

NS seems to be the only railroad these days that still has at least some variety with the newer installs. I was talking with some NS signal maintainers today about NS's usage of LEDs, and one of them remarked that apparently one of the determining factors of if the new signals will get LEDs or not is if the state pays for it.

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