I'm glad I got to see an overhead Griswold at work on the Penn Central in Kenton Ohio when I was really young.
@dancline21432 ай бұрын
Where in Kenton? On the US 68 crossing south of town. That is the only crossing that I am familiar with in town
@X_Male13 Жыл бұрын
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_playz337923 күн бұрын
Now the Delhi Wig wag sits at the Colorado Railroad Museum, which I actually saw today, I could see it wigging and wagging
@mackpines Жыл бұрын
The double wigwag was truly one of a kind. Never been able to find out if there were more examples that existed.
@anb74084 ай бұрын
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.
@carstrainsandcrossings86393 ай бұрын
@@anb7408 what was the location
@fmnutАй бұрын
@@carstrainsandcrossings8639 Roseburg IN. Every location is captioned at the start of the clip.
@railwaycityrails85525 жыл бұрын
Very nice footage of the Canada Southern. All removed track now. Thanks for posting.
@groundhog76528 жыл бұрын
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!
@PGHammer21A5 жыл бұрын
True, Groundhog; Griswolds at grade crossings are unheard-of - in fact, Griswolds *period* are rare air here.
@TempoDrift14804 жыл бұрын
Yeah me neither, looks like some thing you'd see in Germany or overseas.
@DieselElevators8 жыл бұрын
I love the twins at the end. Beautiful signals, beautiful locomotives, and an amazing horn to compliment it all.
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren4 жыл бұрын
I love how some of these wig wags are next to semaphore signals that are probably just as old.
@FPHfan-pz3th4 жыл бұрын
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-pz3th4 жыл бұрын
Because I saw a video of it
@thesierrastandard72816 жыл бұрын
4:40 is probably the best shot a railfanner could get! Looks straight out of the 50s
@SolidCold4 жыл бұрын
ikr
@TheFlyingmowerBusRailfan5 ай бұрын
F7A engine
@ubitmoosie20679 жыл бұрын
WOW i loved the Erie Mining Co and the Santa Fe at 8:30
@tornadochasingsiege2 ай бұрын
these old railroad crossing units have probably seen so many things before, so many cars, so many people
@giovanniprspotter6 жыл бұрын
3:45 that is one beautiful sounding horn
@MonkeyFilmProductions3 жыл бұрын
It is
@blackhawks81H3 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@luisp50368 ай бұрын
@@blackhawks81HIs a prime 920 horn kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5bbhGWjlMiCatksi=UJnxzm5YOU7t3PcJ
@AlexisGarcia-g8jАй бұрын
?/10
@JohnM1774 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video !!!! Thank you for your hard work putting this all together and sharing. A TRUE railfan.
@CGT8679 жыл бұрын
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.
@VictorianRailHeritage5 жыл бұрын
CGT867 I actually filmed one on puffing Billy recently
@rainbowrailroadcrossing77984 жыл бұрын
Link?
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@robfassi32975 жыл бұрын
That double wig wag was awesome, shame to see the tear drop bell didn’t work to well
@anb7408 Жыл бұрын
The mast on that one was converted to flashing lights. Sadly, it has all since disappeared, completely replaced with modern signals.
@pkhoury12122 жыл бұрын
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.
@gingerbread66145 жыл бұрын
Love the wigwams & griswalds. Thank you
@marksark11195 жыл бұрын
This stuff is great to see from a bygone era. NICE!
@Dronkey646 жыл бұрын
I really love the crossings with the cool turning stop signs! so creative! 😀🚨
@lindathrall51332 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF MY DAD HE WORKED ON THE RAILROAD
@MikeG422 жыл бұрын
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. 😁👍
@salag133 жыл бұрын
Great video! I had a wig wag in my hometown Dallas, OR which has sense been removed.
@proneczarniecki2833 Жыл бұрын
Love seeing wig wags in Wisconsin back in early 2000’s
@NicoleClarkAKPoptart8 жыл бұрын
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!
@fmnut8 жыл бұрын
+Nicole Clark That's why a lot of these devices have been replaced by gates. They were just too easy to ignore.
@lizggil1238 ай бұрын
@@fmnutthey sho7ld bring them back but with gates.
@LotusbandicootRR9 жыл бұрын
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-11847 жыл бұрын
LotusbandicootRR That means it was taken down by the company and was replaced with a modern crossing
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory3 жыл бұрын
someone stole them, thank god.
@katzlang5 жыл бұрын
The ones with the 'stop' signal were really interesting, I haven't seen anything like that down south in Argentina!
@eugeeropel55722 жыл бұрын
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.
@chucutitan Жыл бұрын
I've been driving since 1962. For me, a wig wag gets my attention much quicker than red lights. Both is best.
@eugeeropel55723 жыл бұрын
Another EXCELLENT and unique video by fmnut. Thank you.
@blackbirdgaming81473 жыл бұрын
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.
@rikkichunn885610 ай бұрын
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!
@RailroadVideosofPA7 жыл бұрын
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!
@PGHammer21A5 жыл бұрын
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?
@MetraFan813 жыл бұрын
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.
@Damon810Railfan2 жыл бұрын
@@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)
@B8RC3 жыл бұрын
Awesome footage!!! These signals are a piece of railroad history.
@watchandreact16017 жыл бұрын
7:59 my favorite shot!
@SgtChip4 жыл бұрын
That one is pretty cool!
@razrramonel4077 Жыл бұрын
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.
@tylerkasuboski33665 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@jslasher18 жыл бұрын
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.
@vault214overseer28 жыл бұрын
19:12 omg best horn ever
@FPHfan-pz3th4 жыл бұрын
vault 214 overseer that’s a Leslie S3L
@SOU69003 жыл бұрын
I'm actually enjoying the highhoods more than I am the the old wig-wag signals.
@gingerbread66145 жыл бұрын
It’s so great you filmed them.
@TrainsofNortheastWisconsin8 жыл бұрын
19:12 best horn I've ever heard
@unity35963 жыл бұрын
i second that
@regionalrailvlogs48872 жыл бұрын
OH NO GO TO 3:13 YOULLL LOVE IT HEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEH
@lizggil12310 ай бұрын
@@regionalrailvlogs4887fair point it's a beautiful p3
@TheFlyingmowerBusRailfan3 ай бұрын
24:46
@jovetj5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful footage! Thank you so much for sharing!
@geordieceltic2 Жыл бұрын
Wow, never seen these before, fanscinating.
@freebrickproductions9 жыл бұрын
Wow! That Teardrop sounds like it was almost completely dead! It likely only needed some adjustment though.
@VictorianRailHeritage5 жыл бұрын
freebrickproductions yep
@VictorianRailHeritage5 жыл бұрын
freebrickproductions it’s gone now anyway
@alexmcface4 жыл бұрын
9:10 I love this part I watched it when I was 3
@theromulanwarhawk2 жыл бұрын
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!
@fmnut2 жыл бұрын
This is historical footage. Nearly every wig wag in this video is gone. I believe the Griswolds in Hibbing are still there.
@theromulanwarhawk2 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut that's kind of sad. We have high tech, but there's no character. Thanks for the update.
@fmnut2 жыл бұрын
@@theromulanwarhawk the almighty dollar always wins
@TweezersUnlimited2 жыл бұрын
RIP Delhi, CO wig wag not that long ago.
@Woah.its.alex_6 жыл бұрын
omg dude, right off the bat a Warbonnet, a fake bonnet and a santa fe sd70 mac, AMAZING!
@Woah.its.alex_ Жыл бұрын
Calm down nerd
@vincentking35148 жыл бұрын
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?
@fmnut8 жыл бұрын
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.
@vincentking35147 жыл бұрын
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
@garrettkessler18954 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@ParrotGaming123 Жыл бұрын
At 1:48, what’s the train horn? I know it’s by Leslie, but I dunno what it is…
@fmnut Жыл бұрын
Leslie RS3L
@vidwilzvids95876 жыл бұрын
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.
@xirabolt3 жыл бұрын
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.
@stphinkle4 жыл бұрын
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.
@tedcartwright31839 жыл бұрын
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.
@fmnut9 жыл бұрын
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.
@garysprandel18173 жыл бұрын
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.
@Damon810Railfan4 жыл бұрын
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)
@terryboyer13423 жыл бұрын
I remember a wig wag as a young kid in Carrollton Mi. It was removed in the 70s.
@suecurtis83135 жыл бұрын
I love wig wags and Griswods crossing sue!
@anb7409 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!! Diehard proof that what is here today maybe gone tomorrow. And photos/videos is all that we'll have left.
@alco251b96 жыл бұрын
anb740 yep
@anb7406 жыл бұрын
Sadly, not even the tracks survived at the 12th St. location in Fond du Lac, WI.
@CrazyMarioRailfan21052 ай бұрын
At 1:04 , I get déjá vú because i saw this very exact train but phase 4. It has box cars
@csrrjefflloyd64964 ай бұрын
I enjoyed seeing all the older locos and a lot of fallen flags.
@TrainsofChicagoland4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video! It’s a shame tons of wig wags aren’t on mainline railroad use anymore
@lizggil1238 ай бұрын
Wig wags should make a comeback
@stevechurch22224 жыл бұрын
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
@herbcraven71463 жыл бұрын
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.
@paulnorman37095 жыл бұрын
I would never believe those were still in use anywhere.
@Damonlive783OfficialTM8 жыл бұрын
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
@davidhollfelder9940 Жыл бұрын
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.
@myrealghostbusters7 ай бұрын
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.
@pittsfordredfox9 жыл бұрын
Very nice video! Did you ever shoot the ones in Baraboo or Devils Lake Wisconsin? I hear the ones in Baraboo are to be replaced soon and are the only ones left on the Wisconsin Central.
@fmnut9 жыл бұрын
pittsfordredfox Sorry, never got there.
@megatop4123 жыл бұрын
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.
@molossis2 жыл бұрын
Those Dash-8s are pretty cool
@Chasingrail6 жыл бұрын
Wisconsin galore in the comments... I’ll add one to add another... Nice video! Love wig-wags!
@RaisedLetter4 жыл бұрын
12:02 where's the Griswold Bell coming from? I can hear the WRRS mini bell faintly though.
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
12:02 The louder bell sound is coming from behind me, must be a Griswold bell on a WRRS wig wag because there were no Griswolds at this location.
@anb7408 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Brandonvilches07215 жыл бұрын
24:21 that wig wag looks so weird!
@NS_53503 жыл бұрын
Whoever designed that one probably had negative IQ
@paytongauthier64525 ай бұрын
Considering it has a teardrop Bell its probably built by US&S
@himlogiccАй бұрын
It’s long gone now
@Targetsignal27 жыл бұрын
OMG towards the last part talk about classic horse power!!!
@Damonlive783OfficialTM9 жыл бұрын
1:15 ? an amtrak frieght train!? nice catch! 0 EDIT: Those were amtrak mail cars. But amtrak retired them a while back... RIP
@Trainlover19959 жыл бұрын
+Damonlive783 williams Those are Material Handling Cars (MHC), used for carrying mail. Amtrak doesn't use them anymore after the USPS rescinded the contract.
@unionfossilautomatic89355 жыл бұрын
@@Trainlover1995 yeah your right the Amtrak train brings those car for the ups for the best delivery!👍🙂
@jorgeburgos34053 жыл бұрын
The material handling cars are being replaced Amtrak autorack for the Auto Train from Lorton to Sanford
@jorgeburgos34053 жыл бұрын
Let's call them roadrailer
@SantaFe194847 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I wonder why the crossing lights have changed.
@fmnut7 жыл бұрын
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.
@freebrickproductions9 жыл бұрын
Where is the wig-wag at 1:09, BTW?
@fmnut9 жыл бұрын
Wagon Mound NM. Just a different view than the one prior.
@TriStateRailfan9 жыл бұрын
9:18 LOL blinking so fast ditchlights
@reggiemasanque73055 жыл бұрын
And also listen the that sweet leslie sm2 :D
@FPHFan4 жыл бұрын
Santa Fe’s ditchlights don’t blink
@kh7cz8 жыл бұрын
Way beyond Cool! Thanks for posting.
@MikeG422 жыл бұрын
21:27 All those wig-wags Awesome !
@GaryCameron7805 жыл бұрын
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.
@fmnut5 жыл бұрын
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.
@GaryCameron7805 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut In nearly 50 years of being a rail fan this isn't something I've ever encountered before. Thank you. :)
@blackbirdgaming81473 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut So does it work like one train goes across and then it switches positions to “bridge” between the other track?
@fmnut3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Rocktecho9 жыл бұрын
really good video loved seeing those black wigwags thanks
@F59PHI3 жыл бұрын
24:36 That poor teardrop bell's gong has warped and sadly the bell cannot ring.
@HarrisonPeloso Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Pretty much everything you see in the video is gone with the exception of the ones in museums.
@willvaszocz24699 жыл бұрын
Such a shame all this is gone.
@TrainsofNortheastWisconsin8 жыл бұрын
Lucky me there are still 3 crossings with wig wags within a 2 hour radius :D
@kylebusch87585 жыл бұрын
We still got delhi Colorado wig wag
@moonprincess5003 жыл бұрын
One possibly in Beaverton, Michigan.
@hoscaleconstuction9 жыл бұрын
Why don't the WC trains blow their horns?
@fmnut9 жыл бұрын
The WC scenes are from Oshkosh, WI. At the time the local community had a whistle/horn restriction that only permitted ringing the bell within city limits. The FRA has since prohibited this unless special equipment is installed at all xings.
@Nautical_Parsnip7 жыл бұрын
That double wig wag was pretty cool why are they two different colors?
@fmnut7 жыл бұрын
puppy67726 Gaming The red color was to the left no matter which side you approached from to denote you were going around the wrong side if you were to the left of the island.
@Nautical_Parsnip7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@MPRail3 жыл бұрын
First train is BNSF with ATSF power.
@DaringDramis8 жыл бұрын
Very interesting stuff, I loved watching it! I've never seen any of these in Quebec province, as my oldest souvenirs are from mid 70's. Before the internet came in my life, I believed these signals were existing only in Looney Tunes cartoons. Unfortunately, although these devices have historical value and even nostalgia value for some of us, they don't have their place in modern life anymore. That was sufficient for the early 20th century, when the vehicules were slower and people had kind of civilian respect; nowadays, as vehicules are faster and people have more time pressure, even with modern signals with tons of lights, sounds and even physical gates, some people still manage to get hit by a train, and I'm not talking about the disturbing cell phone plague.
@Damon810Railfan3 жыл бұрын
I 100% agree. I guess we can all be thankful that we had this rather neat generation of rail transport and grade crossing protection while they were still relevant and in service lol (Execpt, I wasnt born to see all of that stuff all still in service and in its place, sadly)
@fresnocaliforniarailfan280 Жыл бұрын
0:59 I love that P42 or P40 horn
@LJRailfan-Gamer_07.7 ай бұрын
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
@T128Productions28 күн бұрын
@@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.
@shariys17 жыл бұрын
I have never in my not-so-short life seen either one of these! I guess I just haven't been through the right little towns.
@fmnut7 жыл бұрын
shariys1 Well, in your defense, there aren't many left. Most of the ones on this video are gone.
@shariys17 жыл бұрын
fmnut - the cars are so obviously dated in the clips. Great collection of this piece of history!
@christopherangel66902 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
At a crossing in Piketon OH, along the Norfolk and Western, just south of Waverly OH
@BAKU2K2 Жыл бұрын
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
@Shinyarc6 жыл бұрын
Wig-Wags don't seem very effective compared to the lights and gates of today, but it would be nice if we got more wig-wag and gate combos. Perhaps older crossings should be replaced with brand-new wig-wags and gates?
@fmnut6 жыл бұрын
ShinyArceusGames50 nice idea, but it will never be adopted. Adding more complexity and maintenance expense is the exact opposite of what is stressed in today's business climate. That's the main reason they're replacing lights with LEDs in signal devices. It's all about the cost of labor to replace bulbs and energy use. The fact that they're safer is just a side effect.
@Shinyarc6 жыл бұрын
fmnut At least one or two crossings?
@fmnut6 жыл бұрын
ShinyArceusGames50 remember also that when wig wags were new tech,o most cars had a top speed in the 40mph range and were driven open top. Windows up with the air con on and the stereo blasting was years in the future.
@fmnut6 жыл бұрын
ShinyArceusGames50 Tooling costs and legal fees for obrtaining government approval by NHTSA would make a small production run prohibitively expensive. It all about the money.
@Targetsignal24 жыл бұрын
Hi FMNUT, What railroad do you work for as my dad is retired from The D&H, The Battenkill,Amtrak and The UHRR.
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
Conrail and Norfolk Southern
@Targetsignal24 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut Thats pretty cool!!! You should see a crossing in Barre,VT it has a wishbone style crossing gate!
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
@@Targetsignal2 yes, they are extremely rare.
@ronspanbauer11689 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video. I grew up in Oshkosh and Fond du Lac in the 70's and 80's and not only have you captured many of the signals that I remember but all of the video of these two cities show track and railroads that are no longer there. Thanks for the memories! Do you have any more video from trains in these two cities?
@fmnut9 жыл бұрын
Yes, I have more on Oskosh, Fond du Lac and Byron Hill.
@ronspanbauer11689 жыл бұрын
Could you share some of the other video? Also, would you have any pictures or video of the Milwaukee Road in Oshkosh?
@fmnut9 жыл бұрын
Ron Spanbauer I will put those videos on the list to do. I have nothing on the MILW unfortunately.
@Nautical_Parsnip8 жыл бұрын
At 18:30 that train be like "gotta go fast"
@LirrRailfan3920Ай бұрын
This video was my childhood!
@BobTheRailfan8 жыл бұрын
I like the first location of the video for one reason..
@williammckinstry82933 жыл бұрын
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.
@haroldfannin95545 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this video!
@robertglennienz4 ай бұрын
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.