Nostalgia & History > a couple at Devon

In October '90, the northbound "Coast Starlight" was passing the "magnetic flagman" at the road crossing at Devon, CA, on SP's Coast Line, a few miles south of Guadalupe. Is this wig wag still operational?
JB

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And, also in Oct '90, SP's northbound LABA about to enter the Devon Block at the east end of Devon siding. This is the second siding south of Guadalupe. During this period of time, there were basically two "regular" trains each direction on the Coast route, an intermodal each direction between LA and Oakland and a manifest each way. The intermodal, LABA, usually left LA just ahead of, or just behind Amtrak's Coast Starlight, making it a daylight train westbound up the coast. Here, it is running an hour or so ahead of Amtrak.
JB

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Great photos of the old days of the Coast. Amtrak seemed to have a better chance of keeping its schedule. Those trains would be the LABAF, WCWSM, BALAF, WSWCM…

Is this wig wag still
> operational?
> JB


Sure looks that way to me... shot this from the train in December '04, and it's still there now. =)

-andrew

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Excellent info, thanks.
JB

is located at a private (oil company) road crossing; enter area at your own risk!


AM

3rdswitch Wrote:
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> In October '90, the northbound "Coast Starlight"
> was passing the "magnetic flagman" at the road
> crossing at Devon, CA, on SP's Coast Line, a few
> miles south of Guadalupe. Is this wig wag still
> operational?
> JB


See this link:

http://www.trainweb.org/dansrailpix/WIG_WAG_PAGE1c.htm