Nostalgia & History > Wig-Wag Wednesday

Just a  brief look at some Wig Wags I have seen and photographed

#1.....West of Azusa on the connector track PE built so the remnant of the Glendora Line could be  abandoned.
          Taken in 1986 and have noticed it is gone today. The pole mounted Wig Wags are my favorite, It smells
          of the Pacific Electric.
#2.....Taken in Gardena on the spur to the lumber company on Western.2008

#3.....Taken in Alta Loma 1990

I know the remaining Wig Wags will disappear soon, long live our wig wags

Thanks for looking

Jay

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one more, I found this one in Ellensburg, WA at the BNSF maintenance yard entrance.

Wonder if it was used in Ellensburg ?

Thanks

Jay

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Thanks Jay - It was fun times chasing the PE. Bob B.

I do not think #2 is in Gardena. Western Ave goes all the way through. and has for a long time.

Cool shots

The spur go's all the way over to Western off the Torrance line

This was just  a side street where the Wig Wag Was


Jay

#2 still appears on Google Street view. (on Hobart)
There is another one pictured a block east on Denker as well.
Edit: #4 still appears on Google street view as well.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/15 10:44 by jtbrandt.

Those wig-wags in Irwindale on the former PE Rivas Cutoff were close enough to my home in Duarte (on the other side of the San Gabriel River) that I could hear them on a quiet day.  I think the busiest time for that line was in the mid-70s, when the Miller Brewing Co. plant in Milwaukee was shut down by a strike and they cranked up the output of the Azusa brewery (the former Lucky Lager plant).  The Azusa facility was abandoned some time in the 1980s when the present Irwindale facility was built.
 

Always enjoy wig-wag pictures, makes me feel like a kid again!

Larry

I miss those beautiful things.
TAH