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Western Railroad Discussion > When were wigwags manufactured?Date: 02/02/18 22:58 When were wigwags manufactured? Author: brc600 How old ARE THEY NOW? I figure they must be old. How hard are parts to find? Thanks! brc600 (TIM)
Date: 02/02/18 23:11 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: JimBaker Check out the search function "Wig Wag Signals" on Bing.com for some photod and links to Wig Waga.
James R.(Jim) Baker Whittier, CA Date: 02/03/18 06:05 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: wigwag They were made in Los Angeles and Swissvale, PA that I know of.
Wigwags were made illegal for new installation in either 1949 or 1950. (Reports differ) So all wigwags date from before 1950. Date: 02/03/18 07:09 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: Milwaukee Search Wigwag and look at the Wikipedia article which provides a good history for them.
Date: 02/03/18 10:40 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: EtoinShrdlu The first wig-wag was patented in 1877.
Date: 02/03/18 13:33 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: PHall Magnetic Flagman is another good Google search term.
Date: 02/03/18 17:23 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: SD80MACfan wigwag Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > They were made in Los Angeles and Swissvale, PA > that I know of. > > Wigwags were made illegal for new installation in > either 1949 or 1950. (Reports differ) > > So all wigwags date from before 1950. Why were they made illegal? Date: 02/04/18 06:45 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: wigwag SD80MACfan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > > > Why were they made illegal? They weren't sufficient for grade crossing safety anymore since too many drivers were starting to ignore them. Date: 02/07/18 07:18 Re: When were wigwags manufactured? Author: SilverPeakRail wigwag Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > They were made in Los Angeles and Swissvale, PA > that I know of. > > Wigwags were made illegal for new installation in > either 1949 or 1950. (Reports differ) > > So all wigwags date from before 1950. They were also made in Minneapolis (Magnetic Flagman) and Chicago (Western RR Supply CO.). |