Nostalgia & History > Taxi and wig-wags at Ft. Worth TX -1988

A taxi driver has stopped at the Santa Fe and SP crossings on the south side of Ft. Worth TX. 1988

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Broadway st passed over the SP main  and Broadway Yard  and then the Santa Fe.  All the SP stuff is now gone. .



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/22 12:11 by tomstp.

Nice shot with the wig-wags!

Larry

Yes, I like that shot with the wig-wags as well.

Matthew

Two things that are non-existant 

Nice one with the  wig wags . Thanks for sharing. 
Bet that Olds Delta 88 Royale gave a " big ride " to customers. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/22 06:30 by UP951West.

Is it SP or AT&SF?  The wigwags look like the way AT&SF set them up.

Stan Praisewater

Looking at old aerial photos, the buildings look right for Magnolia Ave. facing east.  Not much for comparison there now other than the right kind of pole line on the right and streetlight across the tracks:

https://goo.gl/maps/5TsY2KFEmevuqeVRA

If I'm reading the history at the following page correctly, the furthest track with the freight cars on it was MKT (now UP), the middle track was built by T&NO (SP) and the near track by GC&SF (Santa Fe).  However, in 1961 SP and Santa Fe moved their diamond a few blocks further south and swapped tracks between Rosedale St. and Allen Ave. to give SP more room to work the south end of Broadway Yard. 

http://txrrhistory.com/towers/053/053.htm

If all those assumptions are right, along with the assumption that not even SP was installing wigwags as late as 1961, the wigwags in the photo would be Santa Fe legacy.

Nice catch, one of my FW regrets. Believe this was on the SF...

JG

I agree that those were not originally installed by SP. They look pretty typical for Santa Fe.

sagehen Wrote:
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> Is it SP or AT&SF?  The wigwags look like the way
> AT&SF set them up.
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> Stan Praisewater