This wig wag hasn't been serviced in years. The light doesn't work, the bell doesn't work, it needs a serious paint job.... the railroad has essentially abandoned it. One day it will stop swinging, and the railroad will scrap it. What a sad ending for a piece of American railroad history.

6:38 the shadow of the wig wag on the tank car is beautiful!

Thanks for catching the last few days of a class one wig-wag still in use...sad to seem them go... Hopefully the mechanism and banner won't end up in a scrap heap, and it'll be saved by someone.

The last Wig-Wag stop and warning signal for our area, was taken down by Clinchfield Railroad in 1975, in the little town of Coeburn, VA. The tracks have since been torn out of the ties, and removed by railcar, effectively rendering this crossing null and void for future historians of this type warning device. Its good to see some are still in operation.

Snuffy, I don't know how you do it, but Please Know that fans of LA railroading and switching from Far and Wide Thank You for the clips you post! For some of us, we will never get to see these things in person, so your efforts are very Very VERY much appreciated!!!!

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+profklyzlr Thank you, I appreciate your kind comment.

They should stop junking all the wig wags, they should keep the wig wag but install new gates beside it.

@VictorianRailHeritage

5 жыл бұрын

TheBrantfordRailfan they actually shouldn’t even add crossing gates at all because drivers can still drive around the gates so it doesn’t change anything

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan

4 жыл бұрын

That's actually a great idea add some crossing gates to a wig wag signal I know one place that has a gated wig wag Check out this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/l5x918itaaSnYdY.html

@jackboerner1901

4 жыл бұрын

There’s a wig wag hybrid in Hanford, CA near Fresno on the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.

@carstrainsandcrossings8639

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@odinconnor-randomvideos5267

3 жыл бұрын

@@VictorianRailHeritage not if they install quad gates

Where there's a wig there's a wag.

Sad. Should live on for another 60 years.

@unionpacificsd70ace.9

3 жыл бұрын

Atleast we have em now.

@littleexperience2.._._._._._..

Жыл бұрын

They would be incredibly hard to maintain however.

Great video. Thanks for posting it. I used to see these Magnetic Signal Company wigwags in suburban Adelaide, Australia, in the mid 50s. Theirs looked better, because the just had white paint surrounding the red light. The reason that they had them was because, at one time, the South Australian Railways was headed up by an American called Webb. As a result, there were these wigwags, steam locos with American roaring whistles, and clerestory topped carriages. I miss all that. The wigwags were replaced by boring double light warnings, which did NOT prevent nasty accidents - so that gets rid of that old argument. The steam trains lasted until about 1964 on peak hour suburban runs. That loco in your video, as with many in the States, is damn loud. Far too many toots on the horn. Tell the drivers: "Ok, ok, we get the idea." A couple of toots would suffice. I'm glad I don't live near a North American rail line.

@AVeryRandomPerson

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, the FRA will come and probably sue any RR out of existence if they didn't do a crossing sequence at a non QZed crossing. That's why there's so much horn.

@notafanofthegovernment9982

Жыл бұрын

fuck the FRA💀

I Think It UP Needs to Repaint there Locos I Don't Mind seeing Marked Cars with Graffiti but when it comes to the Locos then its a different story. Great Videos!

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Northern Ohio Railroad Action Thanks. Yea, I agree that locomotives need to be repainted.

Still seems to be in service as of 07/05/16.

Nice catch Snuffy love the wig wag

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Sacramento Rail Productions Thanks.

@user-ji1om9cu9h

6 жыл бұрын

My too but now I like the the other country rail crossing now

Hawthorne! Home! 😍😍😍😍 Great catch!

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+k5lta Thanks.

Amazing video! I subscribed!

Those engines are *really* tagged up! =S

Beautiful.

Fantastic video, thumbs up and subscribed

Nice catches Snuffy

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+UPDetector Thanks.

Nice Video Snuffy

Awesome photo!!! I tried to purchase HO scale versions of these vintage wig wags. Unfortunately, they are no longer in production and no longer available.

@dragondancer1814

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a sad commentary on railroad history when you can’t even find model railroad wig-wags anymore! 😕

@epacm50

3 жыл бұрын

The only option these days is finding those signals through 3D printing and painting them .

That thing's bell sounds terrible. Nice video, though!

@ag6371

3 жыл бұрын

Jovet The bell is probably worn out because of it’s age

Great video!!!

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Elisamuel Rivera Thanks.

Nice catches. Although the wig wag is really cool, I don't think it is really safe. It is for the better that it is to be replaced. It angers me how much graffiti is on those Gensets.

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+maxrailroad Thanks.

@TheCandoRailfan

8 жыл бұрын

No! Keep the old equipment!

@thebrantfordrailfan

8 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if they could keep the old equipment but most people probably don't even know what a wig wag is and just drive through the crossing. I think they should keep the wig wag but install modern equipment to supplement it.

@TheCandoRailfan

8 жыл бұрын

I know there are a couple videos out there of a wig wag, and flashing lights on the same signal. And it is a freight crossing.

@Nautical_Parsnip

7 жыл бұрын

maxrailroad looks like that poor wig wag has seen better days

Do you know what happened to this crossing after it was torn down? Did it go through an auction?

Fantastic UP with an incredible, powerful horn! Hopefully it will be repainted so it can show of its beautiful american flags again.

@WestCoastRailroadProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I was there when they took it down, i did ask for it but they didn’t let me take it. Then it went to a scrap yard in LA, RIP Hybrid wigwag!

@frozenfan538

2 жыл бұрын

@@WestCoastRailroadProductions I meant that I hope the train gets repainted to remove the graffiti, but It's also awesome that you tried to save a piece of history.

@WestCoastRailroadProductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@frozenfan538 yeah

1. How hard could it possibly be to save wig wags when they are replaced? 2. Can we just preserve them instead of junkies them? 3. Was the delhi wig wag preserved 4. Are there any wig wags in Florida?

Bell sounds like someone hitting a stake into the ground with a sledge! Lol

The bell sounds like cutleries on a plate

In 2018 The Wig Wag Was Replaced With Gated Signals

cool love the videos ☺

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Brycen B (A&WDrink72) Thanks.

!Nice video, Like!

is it still there as of november 2016?

Were they hanging new signals here?

The wig wag in 2022: 🪦

@Fullertontrains2024

Ай бұрын

RIP

It's gone as of 2018 ;(

@deleteddeleted172

4 жыл бұрын

So is the line

Boy is that one beat! Light only lighting when wag is left. Bell striker out of adjustment .

Right near Hawthorne High School. Hopefully it'll still be up next week when I'm back home in LA.

I think this one is still in service along with the Anaheim wig wags

Ya think 60 years is long, there was a wig wag in Dane WI that was installed in 1908. It was removed in 2012

lol The Bell sounds sick lol

It eventually went away sometime between December of 2017 and March of 2018 according to Google streetview.

5:50 I can appreciate the flagger signaling that passenger car who was thinking about running the crossing.

nice video

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Justin Diaz Thanks.

This was a classic one to see. Looks like maybe the light was out on it. OMG, I had NEVER seen before that much graffiti on train engines. 😐🤔

Quick! Someone swipe it before it gets thrown out carelessly!

Appalling. This is the first time I've seen a locomotive that's been redecorated with several cans of Krylon.

@evanwest1929

2 жыл бұрын

Just a picture of the future…

NO NO NOO! What are they THINKING!? This signal is a piece of history AND THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT!!! I mean BNSF And Northfolk Southern Cares about historic Signals! :(

@armankordi

8 жыл бұрын

+Damonlive783 it's also incredibly unsafe.

@alco251b9

5 жыл бұрын

If the spsf merger happened I bet there would be a lot more wig wags

@thesierrastandard7281

5 жыл бұрын

@@alco251b9 Espee Productions you are a genius like me LOL I was thinking the same thing I wonder if that would actually be true though

this is definitely a pacific electric install

Seems the crossing was retired in 2018. December 2017 street view shows it active, however you can see the new signal on the other side installed, but not active. www.google.com/maps/@33.9191429,-118.3591135,3a,75y,2.06h,92.89t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgge_a0lRYZ5exVJEusIEKw!2e0!5s20171201T000000!7i16384!8i8192

If that thing could talk, what stories it could tell!

all though it hate that there getting rid of the wigwags it's it's gust sick it's just wrong 😠😢😟

My Brazil Must Have Wig Wag

Really sad this one is gone now.

New meets old: Genset meets WigWag. Plus a lot of graffiti on those locomotives... and the rare car

Bell dying

Up CPDX local C701 ( Old L829 ) in Hawthrone CA

I thank we should have a wig wag level crossing place thank u

they need to fix the bell its barely sounding

Yet another CPDX train U703 with 2704 leading!

Replaced with gates as of 2017

The train sound like it was beat boxing

the bell is dieing

as of 5/15/2019 the wig wag is gone

@cynthiapickett7403

4 жыл бұрын

I live a few miles east of that area; must have been overlooked due to its residential area.

Old rail road crossing

When will this end. 2:30

l love American Railroad Signal !

Is it still there?

@AmericanBall_Boi

7 ай бұрын

not anymore

@kimoclyde

7 ай бұрын

@@AmericanBall_Boi 😔

It's likely been there since the 1920s.

@deleteddeleted172

4 жыл бұрын

60 years would have been the 50s..

@AVeryRandomPerson

3 жыл бұрын

@@deleteddeleted172 Yeah, but Wig-Wags had to be installed before 1949.

dink dink dink dink dink dink dink dink dink

Nice video, were the UP workers working on the process of installing new signals?

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Erik Alfaro Productions Thanks. Yes.

@ErikAlfaroProductionsOfficial

8 жыл бұрын

*****​ Thanks for the information.

What does wigwag removed I don’t know

@voidjavelin23

10 ай бұрын

Theyre mechanical nightmare

nvm

Hawthorne ny?

@fnln544

4 жыл бұрын

California. But I've been told it was removed by 2019. Best wishes.

everyone guess the year

When The Gates Set Up

@TheCandoRailfan

8 жыл бұрын

I wish never

I like how they scrap the wig wags but let locomotives that look like that, roll around anywhere...

@crewleaderprods

2 жыл бұрын

As long as the locomotives make the railroad money who cares what they look like.

with CPDX train!

Rip the train

10000000% old crossing

Needs a tune up 😢

Holy crap, the graffiti on those locomotives...Hawthorne is not a good place, and that makes it apparent. If the wigwag's still there (which it's probably not by now), why not put it in a museum?

@hakeemsd70m

5 жыл бұрын

The outright disrespect of other people's property is still somehow surprising to me in 2019, even with the self-important culture of today. Shameful huh?

@ag6371

3 жыл бұрын

There are exactly the same wigwams in the IRM

Rip

How the fuck did locomotives get that much graffiti? I can only recall seeing a locomotive with graffiti once, and it was just a small amount.

@deloreanman14

7 жыл бұрын

Los Angeles....nothing is safe from taggers down there. It's bad.

Is The Wig Wag Still Here?

@AVeryRandomPerson

3 жыл бұрын

No.

UP local L800

I have never seen locomotives with that much graffiti on them before, awful

Is it still there

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Trainlover4472 yes. As far as I know.

@user-vm2qh8rl8e

7 жыл бұрын

Mm,

@Trainlover4472

7 жыл бұрын

Ok thx

@microbusss

7 жыл бұрын

maaan wish I go o get these , restore & preserve them grrrrr

@thesierrastandard7281

7 жыл бұрын

They changed the light bulb in there right?

I WISH I COULD GIVE GIVE YOU .......A MEDAL!!!!!.......WIGWAGS AND GENSETS.....MAKE ME......SOOOOO....HAPPY!!!!! GOD BLESS.......................SANTA FE......R.I.P.

@radioxdeath

8 жыл бұрын

+Ivan McKinney Don't drown in the foam ocean there slick. LOL

@singwith

8 жыл бұрын

+Ivan McKinney Thanks.

While this is a very cool device, and has a lot of history, it needs to be replaced, for the sake of safety

@janettemcclelland2959

8 жыл бұрын

Surprised it wasn't replaced sooner.

Up local L114

Wonder if somebody will get hold of it.

@mbta1000

8 жыл бұрын

+xray606 Probably the easiest way to save equipment is be there the day they do it, and ask nicely.

I call train graffiti train tattoos.

I wish I could reply to all the people talking about leaving the wig wag there. It's an incredibly unsafe and outdated piece of technology, even if it were refurbished. A set of gates and regular crossings would be 100x safer.

@sirepower8009

6 жыл бұрын

ikr THE WIGWAG SIGNAL IS FAKE ALSO I CAN TELL

@AVeryRandomPerson

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirepower8009 How is it fake?

Not worth it to the railroad to keep these things. They are eletro-mechanical, too maintenance intensive and can't get parts for them anymore. Just give them all to me.

?ihifii

why people want to graffiti trains like that ? smdh😕😕😕😕

@Tiredoldchannel

7 жыл бұрын

Erik Max Q Mcc Because they dont respect other people's property