Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

While looking at photos of NS 5414 for another thread I'm doing, I came across this!



A look on Street view reveals there's a diamond intersection that the train is crossing.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 07,,0,5.21

The high cantilever is so trains on the perpendicular track can pass under it!

WOW. Just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger.

popibros1 wrote:go down the street a little and look at these weirdos

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 95177&z=18

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 95177&z=18

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 97589&z=19

Those one's with the short cantilever almost look as though they could have been wig wags at one time. Maybe they just re-used the post and cantilever?

They probably were wigwags back in the day and just reused them as small cantilevers. The one on the far end from the 3rd link I can understand because of the telephone pole, but the closest one on the 3rd link had to have been a wigwag at one time.