Wig Wags and Griswolds from Coast to Coast

[@X_Male13]

For those who don’t remember why wigwags were removed but they left the one in delhi it was a traffic issue so they had to upgrade it for there to be a wigwag there has to be very less traffic so for there being so much traffic over the years they had to be replaced and delhi’s wigwag stood for a long time bc there wasnt that much traffic in delhi

[@oliver_playz3379]

Now the Delhi Wig wag sits at the Colorado Railroad Museum, which I actually saw today, I could see it wigging and wagging

[@lilasims3646]

@@oliver_playz3379which delhi

[@MShep-mh5xo]

I'm glad I got to see an overhead Griswold at work on the Penn Central in Kenton Ohio when I was really young.

[@dancline2143]

Where in Kenton? On the US 68 crossing south of town. That is the only crossing that I am familiar with in town

[@DieselElevators]

I love the twins at the end. Beautiful signals, beautiful locomotives, and an amazing horn to compliment it all.

[@groundhog7652]

THIS IS SUCH A TREAT FOR ME! I live on the East coast, NC, Va. I have never seen any of these signals, and I am a bit of a RR fan. I like these signals almost as much as I do the trains!

[@PGHammer21A]

True, Groundhog; Griswolds at grade crossings are unheard-of - in fact, Griswolds *period* are rare air here.

[@TempoDrift1480]

Yeah me neither, looks like some thing you'd see in Germany or overseas.

[@mackpines]

The double wigwag was truly one of a kind. Never been able to find out if there were more examples that existed.

[@anb7408]

There was another in California. The mast of the one in this video survived the wigwags it held for a bit longer, with regular highway flashers on it. It was recently removed entirely, so yet another piece of history gone.

[@carstrainsandcrossings8639]

@@anb7408 what was the location

[@fmnut]

@@carstrainsandcrossings8639 Roseburg IN. Every location is captioned at the start of the clip.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

I love how some of these wig wags are next to semaphore signals that are probably just as old.

[@FPHfan-pz3th]

Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions hey I think you can find some at a museum I need to see what it’s called cuz I don’t know what it’s called

[@FPHfan-pz3th]

Because I saw a video of it

[@railwaycityrails8552]

Very nice footage of the Canada Southern. All removed track now. Thanks for posting.

[@giovanniprspotter]

3:45 that is one beautiful sounding horn

[@MonkeyFilmProductions]

It is

[@blackhawks81H]

@@MonkeyFilmProductions Yes! I was just gonna say this... Plenty loud, but a much softer tone thats less grating to the ears than a lot of the more common train horns. It's weird, I worked on boats for a while. And it almost sounds like a Kahlenberg D2... Which would be a really weird horn for a train. I wonder if anyone here can identify it?

[@luisp5036]

​​@@blackhawks81HIs a prime 920 horn kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5bbhGWjlMiCatksi=UJnxzm5YOU7t3PcJ

[@AlexisGarcia-g8j]

?/10

[@BluebirdICbustrainorganfan]

24:48

[@thesierrastandard7281]

4:40 is probably the best shot a railfanner could get! Looks straight out of the 50s

[@SolidCold]

ikr

[@BluebirdICbustrainorganfan]

F7 unit engine??

[@CGT867]

Near my school in Melbourne Australia in the early 1960's we had a Mechanical Flagman like the final one shown but it had an "Out of Order " banner that swung down below it if the power went off.The banner was held out of sight by an electromagnet under a cover on the support arm, and swung down under gravity if the magnet was de-energised.

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

CGT867 I actually filmed one on puffing Billy recently

[@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798]

Link?

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[@pkhoury1212]

Pretty cool video. Even more interesting as I've acquired two Magnetic Flagmans this year that I'm trying to get restored back to operation.

[@Dronkey64]

I really love the crossings with the cool turning stop signs! so creative! 😀🚨

[@ubitmoosie2067]

WOW i loved the Erie Mining Co and the Santa Fe at 8:30

[@BluebirdICbustrainorganfan]

4:33

[@salag13]

Great video! I had a wig wag in my hometown Dallas, OR which has sense been removed.

[@razrramonel4077]

There used to be a Wig-Wag Railroad Crossing in West Point, Kentucky when the Louisville Section of Southwestern Jefferson, & Hardin Counties in West Point was served by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, the street name is Main Street in West Point, Kentucky and it is the 1st Crossing tracks offf of Dixie Highway.

[@tylerkasuboski3366]

8:20-8:52 (the Murdock Ave. SOO Line crossing in Oshkosh, WI) is the crossing which made me love railroads. Those Wig wags were almost hypnotic. Oshkosh (and the Fox Valley in general) was a buffet for Wig wag and Griswold crossings in the 70's-90's. All gone now.... At least there's still a ton (even more than ever) of freight which blasts through the city every 30-40 minutes at 40mph guarded by high tech, very imposing, gated crossings. Yet, every year the same number of drunken college students, winos, etc. pass out on the tracks during the winter and get hamburgerized. It has nothing to do with the signals but rather stupidity and lack of respect for the caution required around all trains and railroad tracks (even those which SEEM abandoned). Also, during several of the Wisconsin crossing shots we see the same kind of strange passenger train (with locomotives at the front and rear). Did you film this during EAA by any chance? Because each year around the massive EAA convention in Oshkosh (during this time frame) I would see a train very similar and those tracks were not typically utilized for passenger service. Also, there still might be an existing Wig wag in Plymouth, WI though it's been a few years since I last drove through. Thank you SO much for this utterly awesome collection!!!

[@Stevelikestrains]

Once again another EXCELLENT video by fmnut, especially the passenger cars at 17:26 and twice again + or - a minute and another minute past with people on the end solarium car. Thank you fmnut and please keep them coming.

[@MikeG42]

What a great video. I love the Wig-wags they are fun to watch especially with the many types featured in this video. The Caso Sub , Roseburg , Wisconsin and even Australia. The Griswold signals are pretty cool also. I love the stop sign that spins around. Excellent video Fmnut. 😁👍

[@katzlang]

The ones with the 'stop' signal were really interesting, I haven't seen anything like that down south in Argentina!

[@NicoleClarkAKPoptart]

15:49 wtf? Jeep driver trying to die? O.o Love this video! Never saw any of these signals in action, and am now scouring my childhood memories for any memory of seeing any of the out of the way ones in Oregon. Great work!

[@fmnut]

+Nicole Clark That's why a lot of these devices have been replaced by gates. They were just too easy to ignore.

[@lizggil123]

@@fmnutthey sho7ld bring them back but with gates.

[@JohnM1774]

Excellent video !!!! Thank you for your hard work putting this all together and sharing. A TRUE railfan.

[@jslasher1]

I recall the wig-wags in several locations in California in the 1950s. I believe there was a one on the Pacific Electric line to Santa Monica.

[@blackbirdgaming8147]

Thanks for sharing this. I’ve always loved wig wags. We used to have a couple functional wig wags in the Santa Ana/Anaheim, CA area for a long time, but they were removed a few years ago.

[@rikkichunn8856]

I remember those very signals! There were one right outside my bedroom window at West St. where the old Southern Pacific turned off the right of way onto Santa Ana St. I can remember it clanging up a storm--and the train usually blew "Whistle Crossing" for good measure. Could really wake me up in the middle of the night!

[@gingerbread6614]

Love the wigwams & griswalds. Thank you

[@robfassi3297]

That double wig wag was awesome, shame to see the tear drop bell didn’t work to well

[@anb7408]

The mast on that one was converted to flashing lights. Sadly, it has all since disappeared, completely replaced with modern signals.

[@RailroadVideosofPA]

I miss wig wags I never got to see any but, I guess they are a thing of the past. Thank you for getting video of the Wig Wags and Griswolds while they were still alive. Great Video!

[@PGHammer21A]

Thing is, I see where the wig-wags (and even the Griswolds) can be re-used - passenger stations (MARC, for example). It could even spark interest among passengers (or would-be passengers) in"rail-riding" again - and what's bad about that?

[@MetraFan81]

Wig wags are in fact not a thing of the past. There are 17 left in the United States; 14 in California and 1 in Illinois, Oregon and Washington each. As for Griswolds, the last one (Faribault, Minnesota) was removed in 2019.

[@damon810railfan]

@@MetraFan81 Interesting, kinda sad that the last stop sign griswolds in Hibbing have been replaced a while back But as for wig wags, there's barely any left like you said, but at least we can still see em in some places. There is in fact another one left in Lansing, MI. (which I live an hour away from), but it's all rusted and beat up, and the banner has been stolen from it. But it is on a shortline that's active (seldom) And on that same line, there's a pair of Girswold cantilever signals as well! (I made tour vids on both of those)

[@tornadochasingsiege]

these old railroad crossing units have probably seen so many things before, so many cars, so many people

[@marksark1119]

This stuff is great to see from a bygone era. NICE!

[@B8RC]

Awesome footage!!! These signals are a piece of railroad history.

[@freebrickproductions]

Wow! That Teardrop sounds like it was almost completely dead! It likely only needed some adjustment though.

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

freebrickproductions yep

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

freebrickproductions it’s gone now anyway

[@LotusbandicootRR]

My dad and I visited Roseburg, IN in 2010... the wig wags had been stolen. The mast is still there, but now it just has a set of flashers and an E-bell. Good thing you got that footage while you did!

[@mcdonnelldouglasmd-1184]

LotusbandicootRR That means it was taken down by the company and was replaced with a modern crossing

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

someone stole them, thank god.

[@Stevelikestrains]

Another EXCELLENT and unique video by fmnut. Thank you.

[@stevechurch2222]

The Griswold EM Gate Pedestal Mount Crossing Signal with wishbone gate arms are my favorite Griswold signal second is the Griswold Crossing signal with stop sign

[@watchandreact1601]

7:59 my favorite shot!

[@SgtPotatoChip6356]

That one is pretty cool!

[@MikeSiordia]

Where’s the bell

[@gingerbread6614]

It’s so great you filmed them.

[@vault214overseer2]

19:12 omg best horn ever

[@FPHfan-pz3th]

vault 214 overseer that’s a Leslie S3L

[@BluebirdICbustrainorganfan]

24:49

[@TrainsofNortheastWisconsin]

19:12 best horn I've ever heard

[@unity3596]

i second that

[@regionalrailvlogs4887]

OH NO GO TO 3:13 YOULLL LOVE IT HEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEH

[@lizggil123]

@@regionalrailvlogs4887fair point it's a beautiful p3

[@BluebirdICbustrainorganfan]

24:46

[@jovetj]

Absolutely wonderful footage! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@vidwilzvids9587]

Wonderful. Again. great camera work and editing. I remember seeing a Griswold (though I didn't know they were called that) back in the late 60's somewhere near Rondout, I think. Also enjoyed all the WC footage.

[@lindathrall5133]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF MY DAD HE WORKED ON THE RAILROAD

[@theromulanwarhawk]

These were great to see! I didn't even think there were any of these signals still around. Certainly none where I life. Just LED wig-wags. Thanks for this!

[@fmnut]

This is historical footage. Nearly every wig wag in this video is gone. I believe the Griswolds in Hibbing are still there.

[@theromulanwarhawk]

@@fmnut that's kind of sad. We have high tech, but there's no character. Thanks for the update.

[@fmnut]

@@theromulanwarhawk the almighty dollar always wins

[@TweezersUnlimited]

RIP Delhi, CO wig wag not that long ago.

[@chucutitan]

I've been driving since 1962. For me, a wig wag gets my attention much quicker than red lights. Both is best.

[@anb740]

Awesome video!!! Diehard proof that what is here today maybe gone tomorrow. And photos/videos is all that we'll have left.

[@alco251b9]

anb740 yep

[@herbcraven7146]

I took a look at the current Google street view of the closest of these wig wags to me in Roseburg, Indiana, and indeed the wig wags have been replaced, but they kept the cross beam (which sits in the middle of the road) and simply tacked some conventional oscilating lights on to the main pole. An odd signal arrangement to be sure, but still a bit of a let down from the original set.

[@proneczarniecki2833]

Love seeing wig wags in Wisconsin back in early 2000’s

[@anb740]

Sadly, not even the tracks survived at the 12th St. location in Fond du Lac, WI.

[@molossis]

Locations for every crossing from first to last shown (also some of these are guesses may be wrong): 64460 CO-96, Fowler, Colorado Bond St, Wagon Mound, New Mexico *The Perris CA one is in some sort of museum* 5504 NE Dole Rd, Myrtle Creek, Oregon *Yoncalla Oregon crossing doesn't exist anymore, same with Central Point* 959 Old Hwy 61, Two Harbors, Minnesota 1323 State Hwy 1, Finland, Minnesota (i think) 1926 1st Ave, Hibbing, Minnesota (first clip) *Another museum signal* *Couldnt find crossing in Oshkosh* *Murdock crossing does not exist anymore* Viaduct Rd, Van Dyne, Wisconsin *Couldn't find much in Fond du Lac* *The clips from Fond du Lac to Neenah are strange, couldn't find crossing(s)* 176 N Water St, Neenah, Wisconsin *Between Green St and Draper St. Crossing does not exist anymore* 718 Cedar St, De Pere, Wisconsin 1617 S Broadway, Green Bay, Wisconsin *Kaukauna crossing is gone* *Van Dyne crossing again* *Fond du Lac crossings again* 9221 Biggar Rd, Niagara Falls, Ontario 9730 Yarmouth Centre Rd, St Thomas, Ontario (this took ages) 9765 Yarmouth Centre Rd, St Thomas, Ontario 9763 Tower Rd, St Thomas, Ontario 2101 S 300 W, Marion, Indiana it would be helpful if you corrected me or found the missing crossings uh i did this for absolutely no reason and this probably means nothing

[@myrealghostbusters]

8:43 I remember when Wisconsin Central was one of the main railroad companies in Wisconsin before Canadian National. I believe CN bought the railroad from them.

[@xirabolt]

Oh man, surprised to see the signals I passed every morning on my way to school in this video. I grew up on 12th St in Fond du Lac so these were very familiar to me. Kind of surprising that you managed to film a train on the west tracks -- those weren't used very often compared to the east tracks.

[@terryboyer1342]

I remember a wig wag as a young kid in Carrollton Mi. It was removed in the 70s.

[@Woah.its.alex_]

omg dude, right off the bat a Warbonnet, a fake bonnet and a santa fe sd70 mac, AMAZING!

[@Woah.its.alex_]

Calm down nerd

[@garysprandel1817]

Those FRV shots are now nothing but future bike trail and Wisconsin is now 100% wig wag free as UP retired the last former CNW Harps last year.

[@davidhollfelder9940]

The first wig-wag signal I saw was an animation done during the Tex Avery era. It was a cuckoo clock with a wig-wag pendulum, with a bell, then cuckoo sound, alternating as the wag-wag swung left and right .. with tic tok sound as well.

[@anb7408]

The Delhi wigwag was the last one on a mainline, and even it has sadly now succumbed. Thankfully, it was saved, unlike most of the others in this video.

[@CrazyMarioRailfan2105]

At 1:04 , I get déjá vú because i saw this very exact train but phase 4. It has box cars

[@Damonlive783OfficialTM]

I Really liked the Fond Du Lac. WI wig wags. Because Of the mixture of the griswold(?) mechanical bell and the WRRS Mini bell sounded beautiful! Also, sadly, According to google maps, the tracks ranging from fond du lac to van dyne WI. (Around there) had been taken out, the signals had been removed and been asphalted over and got turned into a bicycle path

[@alexmcface]

9:10 I love this part I watched it when I was 3

[@SOU6900]

I'm actually enjoying the highhoods more than I am the the old wig-wag signals.

[@Brandonvilches0721]

24:21 that wig wag looks so weird!

[@NS_5350]

Whoever designed that one probably had negative IQ

[@paytongauthier6452]

Considering it has a teardrop Bell its probably built by US&S

[@himlogicc]

It’s long gone now

[@tedcartwright3183]

I'm no young scamp by any standard, but I can't say I've ever seen a Wig-wag. Maybe I just never thought of looking. Thanks for sharing something I would have otherwise been blind to.

[@fmnut]

Ted Cartwright Ted, don't feel left out. Depending on which part of the country you live in and what your local railroad was, there may not have been any of these in your area. They were mostly gone from heavily traveled routes by the 1980's, and survived only in areas where both train and vehicular traffic was low density, thus not being a priority for funding for replacement. Liability concerns have now pretty much forced the wig wag from active rail lines, the few examples left being in museums. You can see several instances of people totally ignoring the moving banners in the video.

[@F59PHI]

24:36 That poor teardrop bell's gong has warped and sadly the bell cannot ring.

[@TriStateRailfan]

9:18 LOL blinking so fast ditchlights

[@reggiemasanque7305]

And also listen the that sweet leslie sm2 :D

[@FPHFan]

Santa Fe’s ditchlights don’t blink

[@TrainsofChicagoland]

Beautiful video! It’s a shame tons of wig wags aren’t on mainline railroad use anymore

[@lizggil123]

Wig wags should make a comeback

[@damon810railfan]

Now, this is pretty much why I LOVE the older railroad days This, was a golden era in my eyes (And, pretty much so is the steam era, lol) And you guys can also tell that I don't like change, and the modern railroads are not really as appealing to the eyes and my opinion at least, but hey. At least some of these kinds of things still stand to this day! (Well, kinda)

[@stampycatfan01lol]

Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, TX, has some functional wig-wags. However, my favorite crossing signal there is the one that has a WC Hayes Type 2 E-BELL!

[@molossis]

Those Dash-8s are pretty cool

[@robertglennienz]

The front of the loco's in the clip starting at 1:38 bears a resemblance to some of the locomotives used by Kiwi Rail in New Zealand, as does the first second of the horn tone.

[@paulnorman3709]

I would never believe those were still in use anywhere.

[@megatop412]

Wow, the Erie Mining Company! I have that trainset as an add-on to Microsoft Train Simulator. Neat to see it in real life. Unfortunately the add-on always crashes before I can get to the end of the run.

[@microbusss]

the one at Fowler,CO is the last one in Colorado & I'd love to have it but it'd go directly to the Colorado Railroad Museum anyway & they have one at the entrance even the semaphores on the ex Santa Fe lines have been replaced

[@microbusss]

course I do want a Griswold Rotating Stop Sign signal too!

[@microbusss]

lots of them have been replaced or tracks abandoned

[@suecurtis8313]

I love wig wags and Griswods crossing sue!

[@Rocktecho]

really good video loved seeing those black wigwags thanks

[@concorde2003]

That's a lot of wiggin and waggin. Thanks for your efforts. Great videeyo.

[@microbusss]

oh I should mention that the wig wag in Fowler, CO is the LAST one in the state operating there is one at the Colorado Railroad Museum & its manually controlled

[@PlyingKibbles89]

The Fowler wigwag has been gone for many decades now. You're probably thinking of the one at Delhi, CO.

[@microbusss]

@@PlyingKibbles89 yeah sorry oops

[@stphinkle]

I heard that Griswold signals no longer exists as a company. They were bought by Railroad Accessories Corporation in the 1964. Later they merged with Marquart to become Safetran.

[@kh7cz]

Way beyond Cool! Thanks for posting.

[@HarrisonPeloso]

Thinking by now a lot of these funky crossings have Been upgraded with full gates, bells, and lights. Honestly who knows what’s still original.

[@fmnut]

Pretty much everything you see in the video is gone with the exception of the ones in museums.

[@geordieceltic2]

Wow, never seen these before, fanscinating.

[@christopherangel6690]

Back in the 1970s there was a pair of wig wags just before you get to Waverly, Ohio. I remember the wig wag part was red and said stop on it.

[@tonyboloni64]

At a crossing in Piketon OH, along the Norfolk and Western, just south of Waverly OH

[@BAKU2K2]

Surprised to see a wig-wag still with the red "STOP" banner well into the 70's, instead of the black & white "cross" pattern standardized in the 1930's

[@ParrotGaming123]

At 1:48, what’s the train horn? I know it’s by Leslie, but I dunno what it is…

[@fmnut]

Leslie RS3L

[@Nautical_Parsnip]

At 18:30 that train be like "gotta go fast"

[@fresnocaliforniarailfan280]

0:59 I love that P42 or P40 horn

[@LJRailfan-Gamer_07.]

It’s a P40DC. The difference between this and the P42 is that the P42 has a solid phase 3 paint scheme where as the P40’s have a faded paint scheme

[@T128Productions]

⁠@@LJRailfan-Gamer_07. Too bad we can’t tell the difference anymore now that they have the infamous Phase 5 paint scheme. What’s even more unfortunate is that many of them will retire when the Siemens ALC-42 & SC-44 Charger locomotives would start replacing them altogether.

[@TheDurnans]

The shot of 12th and Morris is of Morris, looking north, just north of 12th. That line has been gone for a long time. No tracks or anything there anymore.

[@Chasingrail]

Wisconsin galore in the comments... I’ll add one to add another... Nice video! Love wig-wags!

[@MikeG42]

21:27 All those wig-wags Awesome !

[@haroldfannin9554]

I absolutely love this video!

[@lukaspoplin949]

14:56 looks like the one at the irm

[@kyleb06]

There's quite a few there, and the ones you're talking about are red and shorter. But yes, same model.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

@@kyleb06 C&NW used these mostly, which is why there used to be so many in Wisconsin, Illinois, and why theres some at IRM and West Chicago.

[@jorgeburgos3405]

0:57 P40DC awesome horn

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

I enjoyed seeing all the older locos and a lot of fallen flags.

[@freebrickproductions]

Where is the wig-wag at 1:09, BTW?

[@fmnut]

Wagon Mound NM. Just a different view than the one prior.

[@RailPreserver2K]

and what i meant by old warriors i meant the old f7A like units on the head end of the train at 4:59 engine number 4213, And finnaly 4223

[@fmnut]

+Railroad,Preserver,2000 See my comments below.

[@RailPreserver2K]

okay

[@Targetsignal2]

OMG towards the last part talk about classic horse power!!!

[@Dach61707]

the first train you see, one of the engines had a fake bonnet

[@SantaFe19484]

Awesome video! I wonder why the crossing lights have changed.

[@fmnut]

SantaFe19484 These older style signals are obsolete. Parts are no longer available except by cannibalizing. And modern solid state signals have no moving parts to be maintained.

[@willvaszocz2469]

Such a shame all this is gone.

[@TrainsofNortheastWisconsin]

Lucky me there are still 3 crossings with wig wags within a 2 hour radius :D

[@kylebusch8758]

We still got delhi Colorado wig wag

[@moonprincess500]

One possibly in Beaverton, Michigan.

[@vincentking3514]

There's something I don't get. Although I don't like to see wigwags be taken out of service, I can understand that they want to upgrade them to make them safer. Yet I've seen at many places where a crossing is protected buy a cross-buck and a wigwag, that they'll take the wigwag (and it's bell) out and leave the crossing protected only buy a sign (in some cases not even that). Isn't that technically down grading the crossing as it was arguably safer with the wig wag?

[@fmnut]

Most people outside the rail industry don't know this fact: at any given crossing the railroad is not LEGALLY obligated to provide any protection beyond crossbucks on both sides. A lot of the older crossing protection (pre 1970's) was installed and maintained by the railroad at their expense for 2 reasons: 1) to increase train speeds by not having to slow down or stop at crossings without protection or 2) to reduce the potential for train service interruptions due to accidents at crossings on busier roads. A lot of crossings have received protection since those days as formerly rural areas became suburbs, but only from public funds. Initial construction cost is funded by Federal/State/Local programs and the railroad then agrees to maintain the crossing thereafter. Upgrades, such as from flashers only to flashers with gates, are handled the same way. In 36 years in the rail industry I can't think of a single instance where the railroad installed crossing protection at its own expense. In the case of removing a wig-wag, chances are it is probably on a low-density rail line already or it would have been replaced long ago. A railroad would probably forego the cost of maintenance/replacement in favor of slowing down or stopping trains at the intersection in question, especially if the track speed is already less than 20mph.

[@vincentking3514]

I think I did here that somewhere and just forget. But still thanks for replying. And I forgot to mention in the first comment: Great video

[@garrettkessler1895]

Exactly

[@TriStateRailfan]

TRIPLE AMTRAK HERITAGE UNIT! NICE CATCH 1:08

[@fmnut]

They weren't heritage units in 1995, they were just painted like that.

[@TriStateRailfan]

But today they are Imagine seeing that in 2016 A Triple HU And they had dash 8s? And 9s back then?

[@cookode]

do you not understand that they arent heritage units? its impossible to see these in 2016 because all of them are repainted. and even if it was that way today, they still wouldnt be heritage units, they would just be unrepainted phase 3 engines. they would have to be painted specifically to celebrate the history of amtrak to be heritage units, and also carry some recognition that its a heritage unit, like "40 years" or "1971-2016" or something like that. they only had dash 8s not 9s but stll have the 8s today

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

24:24 Those wig wags on the cantilever are gone now the cantilever is still there but the wig wags have been replaced with flashing lights and an e bell

[@kyleb06]

And now the T mast was replaced by two normal gateless signals.

[@lizggil123]

The should bring back that t mast wig-wag

[@atsf47legit]

I did the old time machine technique on Google maps and saw on the oldest date that the T-Mast was still there. The wig-wags we're removed and there was a set of lights in the middle of the pole, with a GS E-bell at the top, replacing the old mechanical bell it used to have. Most recent date shows that they removed the T-mast, and put gateless crossing signals on each side.

[@williammckinstry8293]

Sad most if not all these are gone now. And I see part of the reason they're gone and replaced with modern crossing gates. Look at how many idiots ignored them and crossed the tracks with the train coming.

[@GaryCameron780]

What is with that diamond at 23:58? Something looks really odd with the track work. Like it's supposed to be a slip switch or something but not quite.

[@fmnut]

It's called a movable point crossing or diamond. They're often used for shallow intersection angles less than 45 degrees. Same components as a slip switch but without the slips. They require special switch machines with two sets of lock rods.

[@GaryCameron780]

@@fmnut In nearly 50 years of being a rail fan this isn't something I've ever encountered before. Thank you. :)

[@blackbirdgaming8147]

@@fmnut So does it work like one train goes across and then it switches positions to “bridge” between the other track?

[@fmnut]

@@blackbirdgaming8147 no, it functions just like a rigid crossing diamond. Straight through one way, or straight through the other. To go from one side to the other you need a slip switch.