I thought it would be worth bumping this thread to mention that the wishbone gates are gone! At least the signals remain. I wonder why these crossings and the other crossings on the line never made it to the site when Knight got the crossing with the wigwag. I'd like to take a road trip to this line!
Yea, it's a shame that the wishbone gates are now gone. I think at least Tommy and I and maybe Gillson and possibly Paul all have known about those wishbone gates having been removed for a while.
Apparently, one of them used to be on the site but was removed, if an older post somewhere else on this forum is to be believed...
The wishbone gates also had lantern gate lights. Quite a shame they're now gone...
Huh, I wonder why the page might have been removed. Sense this railroad has those old signals and that wigwag and they use to use a steam locomotive up until 1986 I have to wonder if they kept those wishbone gates instead of throwing them away or anything like that.
Re: More vintage and strange signals on the CO&E Railroad
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:42 pm
by freebrickproductions
IIRC, Paul told me there was a regulation that the FRA passed back around 2010 or something like that that required the removal of all wooden gates.
Re: More vintage and strange signals on the CO&E Railroad
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:57 pm
by ToledoRailfan
freebrickproductions wrote:IIRC, Paul told me there was a regulation that the FRA passed back around 2010 or something like that that required the removal of all wooden gates.
Interesting.
Although I was wondering why the page was removed.
Re: More vintage and strange signals on the CO&E Railroad
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:59 pm
by freebrickproductions
ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:IIRC, Paul told me there was a regulation that the FRA passed back around 2010 or something like that that required the removal of all wooden gates.
Interesting.
Although I was wondering why the page was removed.
I have no clue. Likely the guy who took the photos wanted the page taken down.
Re: More vintage and strange signals on the CO&E Railroad
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:03 pm
by ToledoRailfan
freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:IIRC, Paul told me there was a regulation that the FRA passed back around 2010 or something like that that required the removal of all wooden gates.
Interesting.
Although I was wondering why the page was removed.
I have no clue. Likely the guy who took the photos wanted the page taken down.
Ah, just like the South Wales and Argentina pages.
Re: More vintage and strange signals on the CO&E Railroad
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:12 pm
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote:IIRC, Paul told me there was a regulation that the FRA passed back around 2010 or something like that that required the removal of all wooden gates.
Guess that explains why these suddenly became more rare than wigwags!
Re: More vintage and strange signals on the CO&E Railroad
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:02 pm
by SirKrunch
Bumping this, as Carbon Street - the vintage crossing with small cantilevers and formerly having wishbone gates is featured in this new video that popped up on YouTube earlier this week.
You will notice that Progressive now has wiring issues to contend with from the NB approach cantilever requiring stop and flag at this crossing.
While the bell at least still is sounding, none of the lights come on during signal activation. The only lights activating on that side of the crossing are the gate lights, and all three flash on and off at the same time.
Hopefully this is something that can be fixed, and not require replacement of the equipment on that side of the crossing.
At least the signals remain. I wonder why these crossings and the other crossings on the line never made it to the site when Knight got the crossing with the wigwag. I'd like to take a road trip to this line!
