Nostalgia & History > Crossing Gates

Cranking down the gates by hand at South Amboy, NJ.
Ed K. cp Laurel Run

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Very neat old school shots! I think I see the famous van in the background...

Andy

Excellent shot of the crossing tender. I remember them well on the B&M.

AndyBrown Wrote:
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> Very neat old school shots! I think I see the
> famous van in the background...
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> Andy

Yep, that's "Silver Streak" alright, hung out at SA a lot in them days.
Ed K.

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Railroad Supply Co manually operated gates. There's a rod right in front of the crossing guard's feet which runs to the gate on the other side of the crossing. Whether the other two gates were also connect to this isn't exactly clear, although it's quite possible there was a second guard with his own shanty off to the right who operated those.

Kalamazoo made an electrically operated version which looks very similar, and I've seen an air operated version.

m1bprr Wrote:
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> Cranking down the gates by hand at South Amboy,
> NJ.
> Ed K. cp Laurel Run

OK, what dates?

My dream Job.

That was the Augusta Street crossing.

Here is a present day street view:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.484132,-74.279717,3a,31y,177.18h,87.43t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sM1vgnGENJcX27F87muc0Tg!2e0

HotWater Wrote:
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> m1bprr Wrote:
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> > Cranking down the gates by hand at South Amboy,
> > NJ.
> > Ed K. cp Laurel Run
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> OK, what dates?

1982 Ed K.