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Interesting wigwag
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:38 pm
by Crossbuck_Chuck
Stumbled across this old pic. Has a bit of extra signage on it.
Re: Interesting wigwag
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:23 pm
by cabman701
Nice find!
Either they caught both of the wig wags perfectly centered while in motion... or they were not operating for that train. I'm voting on the latter.
Re: Interesting wigwag
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:29 am
by SantaFebuff
You know... I took the image URL, and cropped off the end numbers, and found it was part of a huge online database of images... while there, I found these crossings among that Wig-Wag.
All in of the following where in use on the Norfolk and Western railroad:
^ US&S Teardrop with old GRS lights?
^ Two lights on the wig-wag face.
^^All Images are from 1930s^^
When I get back from school, I'll try to dig another picture up. It had showed the Wig-wag with two lights side-by-side on the front side for each signal better.
Cheers,
Joshua
Re: Interesting wigwag
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:48 pm
by Brian556
the DARST Tire & Battery Crossing is very strange.
Re: Interesting wigwag
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:16 am
by Robert_Gift
Very interesting!
Thank you, Chuck and buff.
First photo signals failing to operate. Both in middle parked position.
Missed the neon tubes on the gates. That would be fun to see.
In the Darst photo, what is the road object?
Appears that someone may have been killed there.
Re: Interesting wigwag
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:33 am
by SantaFebuff
No one was killed there. Those things appear to be some sort of road speed bump.
Cheers,
Joshua
Re: Interesting wigwag
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:16 pm
by Nimhster
Awesome! I love vintage photos!
Re: Interesting wigwag
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:05 pm
by cabman701
SouthernPacificLines wrote:SantaFebuff, could you post a link to the site with the pictures on it?
I'm not SanteFebuff, but I'll post the link anyway.
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/railroad/full/
How did I get this? Right click on the picture and then click properties. The link to the picture will be there. I just dropped the last part off the of link (which would be the picture number). See below example.