It changes before your eyes

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It changes before your eyes

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Mount Shasta Ca. Move forward up Lake Street just one move, and watch the old Griswolds (?) get replaced:

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Yes, they were Griswold cantilevers.

Wonder what was the reasoning behind upgrading it?
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Looks like the street got widened.
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I was actually at that crossing back in 2001, it had a RACO/Griswold Mechanical & WCH Mechanical Bell with Griswold Type B lights & 2 piece crossbucks
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Caltrain927 wrote:I was actually at that crossing back in 2001, it had a RACO/Griswold Mechanical & WCH Mechanical Bell with Griswold Type B lights & 2 piece crossbucks
Wow. That's some memory you have there. Can you spare some of that for an old man?
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gedunk wrote:
Caltrain927 wrote:I was actually at that crossing back in 2001, it had a RACO/Griswold Mechanical & WCH Mechanical Bell with Griswold Type B lights & 2 piece crossbucks
Wow. That's some memory you have there. Can you spare some of that for an old man?
LOL. I have a old tape with a UP train going through there with 2 freshly painted SD70M's & a 6200 series SD60M
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Wow. It would be interesting to see that tape.
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