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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/21 14:37 by switchlamp.

Check out Dans Wigwag website. Lots of pics and info their.

I'd sure love to get some measurements and more detail photos of that...

That is a wind stabilizer. It was most common in the windy California Central Valley. Hard to explain this quickly, but if the banner is pushed too far in either direction from the wind (when not in use), the electrical contacts no longer make contact. This would cause the signal to fail when it comes time to warn motorists. This modification seems to be something that only Southern Pacific did.

The photo below is one such banner from Baning, Ca. Photo thanks to Larry Granfield.

What a cool find! Thanks for posting that.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/16 22:51 by danf.

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Hi Dan ;
Sent you a PM and can provide whatever you need in photos or measurements,
Tom

Not many people would know what that thing was if they saw it.