Locations Of Currently Existing US&S TEARDROPS

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cabman701 wrote:
cabman701 wrote:I would have to assume the traffic lights are programed to go 4 way red when a train is coming. I'll have to watch the video again when I get home and see and see if that is true (I'm at work now and YouTube is blocked here).
Well I was going to watch the video... but it says it has been removed.
Well this is still a boo boo job! They could of even put the flashers on the traffic signals all ugly like they did some of the other crossing and that would have been a LITTLE better than just one gate and the 4 way programmed blinking. But since the vid is gone i guess we will never find out!
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bigphilliestyle2000 wrote:most of that line that you linked has teardrops on the signals just about all the way to Sanger! Good catch!
Yeah... if you follow that line east from the location in the previous posts you will find a lot of older signals. I found quite a few Raco cantilevers, wooden "A" frame gates, and even one crossing with Griswold cantilevers. Way too many to post.

I would love to run a train down those tracks and see all those old signals in action.
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Looks like one may still exist, but not active, in Vandalia, IL:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 9,,0,-6.07
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Looks like a former US&S or WRRS wigwag.
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Here is one in Australia! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 15&iwloc=A

Thanks to TrainmanKight for finding it.
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Smjh1979 wrote:Here is one in Australia! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 15&iwloc=A

Thanks to TrainmanKight for finding it.
Sweet! That signal has got an "A" frame gate too. :TUP2:
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 43945&z=15

Here's one in Washburn, Missouri. TrainmanKight found this one.
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