Classic footage - ICG train, WRRS cantilever wigwag/teardrop

[AndyWS]

[cabman701]

Sweet!

I used to have some videos from the early 1990's at the crossing in Canton IL next to my grandmothers house (the signal shown as my avatar is one of those signals). I took the video's one year when I was staying at her house because I knew at some point in the future the videos would be cool to have.

Unfortunately at some point in the last 15 years the VHS tapes were either erased accidently or lost.

[TrainmanKight]

The Teardrop bell sounds a bit rusty but still pretty nice.

Here's a picture of the wigwag as of 2001



Aparently it was removed due to some kind of mechanical failure....

well the signal is rusty so the maintainer really cared about that signal