My Vintage Level Crossing Wigwags (Project)

[@ildj_jm19li43]

Very Impressed with that maybe you should fit them for decoration in your garden and show them at night. Obviously with the sounders covered so it doesn’t upset the neighbours lol but very impressive!!!

[@CheemsTheTransportGuy]

Well that is so good work! Hopefully it's finished.

[@natanek2206]

Insane! It sounds like a real level crossing!

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁 It sounds like a real level crossing because the alarm sounders here are the exact same sort that are used on them! 👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Wow. This is incredibly cool! I really appreciate the effort you've put into this project, and the lengths you've gone to in order to make this as realistic as possible! 😁

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁👍👍

[@Sayoriwastaken]

​@@FlashingRedProductions sorry for the kate reply did you make these yourself?

[@szymek_dude]

@@Sayoriwastaken he said he got them because they were being sold

[@ryguy2006]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@bayernbahn1549]

That is really cool! I would also very much like to own such! Have fun with these Wig Wags!

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁

[@davidriley9194]

Will can I just say I absolutely love this video and I love the way you rewire everything and I don’t even know how you get those wigwags from!😍 you should get LED wigwags and a working barriers as well and that way you get a level crossing feeling! Honestly Will, I don’t even know how you get it working!? Great video!😊 absolute loving the project! Wish I had it as well!😂

[@AutoUnder]

Great video Will. I'm really happy with how these turned out; pretty much as realistic as you can get! 😁

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks Dylan! 😁

[@AquaValet2009]

This is great to see. I still need to buy and make up the electrical circuitry to power my one, so it's interesting to see your set up with Arduino and relays. The wig wags must be so heavy. My GEC wig wag was missing its backboard, but I opted for a sheet of ABS as it was more lightweight than replacing with steel sheet. Mine was also originally 230v AC, but each light had its own transformer to step the voltage down to 12V for 50W halogen capsule lamps.

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Wow Scriven, amazing video mate, can’t wait to see these for myself in person when I come over, you’ve really got stuck into this and made it as amazing as it can be, very realistic. Them Arduino things are also so clever, amazing that people can get there hands on them, and that they work for these too, I’d love to see that signal in operation one day too. 😁

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks Joe. 😁😁

[@mkasrailwaysliftsmore8005]

That is actually really cool I would like to see the lights on at night but without the alarms sounding

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 👍 Maybe I’ll do a follow-up video on this at some point… 😉

[@ЗахарчикКащук]

@@FlashingRedProductions jk 0

[@alarmmuseum]

That is awesome! It would be fantastic to have these!

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁👍👍

[@jacobhardy121]

any chance you could post the code, i work on a miniature trainline and i am interested in building miniature wig wags, many thanks

[@Class82trainMan]

The cleanest alarm sound ever 16:37

[@timbervalleyproductions]

Excellent! Wish I could have one but can't afford one! XD XD

[@freebrickproductions]

I know I've said it before, but what an excellent grab there Will! Lot more bolts holding the front half of the light heads on 'em, lol. Any manufacturer markings on them, BTW? Honestly glad you've got two variations on these classic wigwags, lol, and you also have a white-bordered one you can watch at anytime you want, lol.

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁 There’s no manufacture markings on them, except on the filter lenses - they read “GEC Traffic Automation”, although for some unknown reason the red lenses on the white bordered wigwag were made by an Austrian company, even though the amber lens was made by ‘GEC’.

[@class_31clag]

Can you explain please about the burn and why it exists? Im not as clued up on wig wags.

[@andyclough5738]

I am so jealous!

[@nigelkthomas9501]

I can’t understand why Network Rail stopped using halogen lights if they’re as bright as you say they are. Wouldn’t it be great to use these as a burglar alarm! Any potential burglar would absolutely 💩 themselves not just at the alarm, but also thinking there’s a train coming that they can’t see!

[@FlashingRedProductions]

They may look bright in this video. But how bright they look just depends on the angle you look at them, as well as the light conditions - if sun was shining directly from behind or in front of them then they’d be more difficult to sight. I believe that’s why LEDs are more favourable I’ve halogens nowadays, and not to mention that halogen bulbs use more power than LEDs do.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

@@FlashingRedProductions Fair enough that I guess.

[@inactive-vlc]

What happened to the barrier project?

[@ThePoliteKitten]

I absolutely love it! Do you have a way of getting them?

[@AdamR1985]

Nice video Will! The yodalarms sound a bit like Claypole in 2014 before the upgrade

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁 I didn’t realise I made the Yodalarms sound like Claypole pre-LEDs until now. 😂😂

[@AdamR1985]

Flashing Red Productions no problem, I quite like then sounding like that tbh

[@janejuan8703]

Nice this is abandoned as well it don ' t have led yodal alarm nice video :) this is abandoned nice :)

[@frcdanoob9537]

now all you need to do is put them on your barrier project and make your own level crossing

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

Will has Sherburn in Elmet at home 💀

[@arthurvasey]

Always thought a wigwag was a Native American’s tent!

[@commentinspector728]

Wow! This is really impressive! How did you get all the parts?

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁 I used an Arduino UNO (which I programmed using the code I wrote up on the Arduino software), Arduino wires, solid state Arduino relays, an AC/DC adaptor (24vdc), and some clip-in terminals to ‘multiply’ the wires for each light. Bought those parts from Amazon and eBay.

[@commentinspector728]

@@FlashingRedProductions thanks

[@SN06BNF]

How Much Does A Wigwag Like That Cost?

[@class_31clag]

How much did you pay compared to a brand new one

[@hwankenzobriellediato5549]

1:12 the old look

[@SurreyTravellingandMore]

Nice video. Did you give it to Panda_ btw?

[@UKLevelCrossingsTrains]

Wow, this is very cool to see! Are you going to unscrew and remove the red and white borders so they both match?

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Thanks! 😁👍 I’ll probably keep the clip-on borders on (for now) as the white border underneath has peeled off since I first got it (the picture of that wigwag with the clip-on border removed was taken around a year ago). I may restore the red and white borders though at some point because they’ve faded a fair bit.

[@UKLevelCrossingsTrains]

@@FlashingRedProductions Ohh okay, Middlemere’s vertical wigwag has a peeled off white border too lol, the red one is coming off and I saw the underneath

[@LevelCrossingFan92]

Cool!

[@szymek_dude]

put these with the gate you have

[@LiamRussell-zg4pk]

How much did you pay

[@khosbilegkhosoo7854]

railroad crossing

[@Eddiecurrent2000]

Pre halogen! They're a rarity.

[@aceplayz22]

Man already now roblox lol