Wigwags & old DTI signal at the Monroe county fair grounds.

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Wigwags & old DTI signal at the Monroe county fair grounds.

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At the Monroe County fair grounds in Monroe Charter Township, Michigan there is this miniature railroad that travels around half of the Monroe County Fairgrounds, I don't know if they ever run it when the fair is not going on. On this railroad there are two Wigwags (one of them has a Safetran light and a teardrop bell) and an old Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad with US&S 8'' lights, Raco Bell, WRRS brackets, inverted SORS sign, inverted "1 track" sign, and even an inverted crossbuck! I

Here are the Wigwags: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNPwYsVkUG0
And here is the DTI signal: https://youtu.be/IGW09_xPwwk?t=2m56s

Here are two videos of the first wigwag functioning, I filmed these two videos four years ago when I was 13 so they are not as good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS20zUWFFDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wcvZFSUNB0
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Wow, so that's how they mounted the one with the Safetran lights. :Blink: I had never seen it from the side and have been curious this whole time. :Tongue3:
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I'm surprised that one wig wag can operate with the weight of the two lightheads on it. A lot more than what it was designed for...
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