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Nostalgia & History > SP caboose and a wig-wagDate: 01/25/20 12:03 SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: gcm Date: 01/25/20 12:48 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: LarryDoyle Looks like that caboose has been dragged thru a retarder a few times.
-LD Date: 01/25/20 13:08 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: SP8595 Very Nice!
Date: 01/25/20 13:36 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: PHall LarryDoyle Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like that caboose has been dragged thru a > retarder a few times. > > -LD Maybe a self guarding switch frog or two too. Date: 01/25/20 14:00 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: refarkas It looks like two railroads came through here. Behind the caboose are two regular crossing signals as if guarding another railroad. You made the right choice in photographing the wig-wag. Imagine how you would have felt if you got home and saw the wig-wag in the background of your photo.
Bob Date: 01/25/20 14:22 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: gcm refarkas Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It looks like two railroads came through here. > Behind the caboose are two regular crossing > signals as if guarding another railroad. You made > the right choice in photographing the wig-wag. > Imagine how you would have felt if you got home > and saw the wig-wag in the background of your > photo. > Bob I think that was the Santa Fe in the background. Gary Date: 01/25/20 20:54 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: UP951West Gary, thanks for posting this slide of a SP caboose and the SP style wig-wag. There was one of those at S. 15th St. on the outskirts of Corsicana , TX alond with a pair of style B double semaphores prior to 1973 or so. --Kelly
Date: 01/25/20 21:36 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: EricSP refarkas Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It looks like two railroads came through here. > Behind the caboose are two regular crossing > signals as if guarding another railroad. You made > the right choice in photographing the wig-wag. > Imagine how you would have felt if you got home > and saw the wig-wag in the background of your > photo. > Bob There is also a train in the background. Date: 01/26/20 00:21 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: krm152 Nice two-for-one photo from a vanished railroad scene.
Thanks for the photo post. ALLEN Date: 01/27/20 09:19 Re: SP caboose and a wig-wag Author: TexasEagle77 Looks like just east of the stockyards in Fort Worth.
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