Bay Area wigwags in service
San Francisco Bay Area Wigwags
Point Richmond Part
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| I recently heard that BNSF is looking to upgrade this
crossing, so I decided to get more shots of these while I can. I lucked
out while I was there. Within 10 minutes of when I arrived, a train of
empty container flat cars were being switched in the yard and had to move
across this crossing to clear a switch. I hadn't seen these operate for
more than 10 years! (Just bad timing on my part) |
General overview of BNSF W. Richmond Avenue Crossing
with BNSF 2618 doing some yard switching work.
Detail shots (11/23/99)
Click on any thumbnail for larger view.
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Close up of north
wigwag banner.
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Rear view of north wigwag.
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Rear view of south wigwag.
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Counterweight detail.
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South side action...
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Get pictures while you can, this
may be the
last set of double upper quadrant
wigwags
in existence!
All photos by Dan Furtado, 11/23/99
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