Nostalgia & History > SP caboose and a wig-wag

At Ft.Worth in April 88

Gary

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Looks like that caboose has been dragged thru a retarder a few times.

-LD

Very Nice!

LarryDoyle Wrote:
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> Looks like that caboose has been dragged thru a
> retarder a few times.
>
> -LD

Maybe a self guarding switch frog or two too.

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

refarkas Wrote:
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> 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

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

refarkas Wrote:
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> 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.

Nice two-for-one photo from a vanished railroad scene.
Thanks for the photo post.
ALLEN
 

Looks like just east of the stockyards in Fort Worth.

Ricky