| Ian Harris tells us about this wigwag on display...
"I know of two wig wag's in Museums up here in Canada. One is at the
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Center's "Prescott Park"
with their steam locomotive in Capreol, Ontario. It looks in rather rough
shape.
The other one I know about is at the Halton County radial Railway
(HCRR) in Milton, Ontario. (Bout an hour and a half from Toronto). The
HCRR is a streetcar museum that I am a member of. Their wig wag is in good
shape and in working order. It is not in use. Currently it's just a static
display pending wiring. Years ago when I first joined the museum, it was
running, but when we changed the poles for our over head wire the wigwag
was not rewired. It's one of those jobs on the long list of things to do.
In the enclosed picture you can see the concrete footing for the signal
box is ready and you can see the signal box sitting in the field
behind to the right of the wigwag and to the left of the pile of rail is
sitting ready to be installed. Unfortunately keeping our streetcars running
has kept us busy so we haven't been able to hook it up again." |