Western Railway Museum
Rio Vista Junction
The Western
Railway Museum is located at Rio Vista Junction, off Highway 12 between
Fairfield and Rio Vista Ca.
They currently have two wig wags, but they seem to be
on "static display" only. I've yet to see them operating.
One is an "upper quadrant" signal, while the other is
a classic Southern Pacific style wig wag, complete with original box and
mast.
This is the wig wag that protects the driveway to the
parking lot. This is a good example of a
complete signal with original mast. Note the extremely
rare "Stop When Swinging" sign attached.
I finally located the pictures
that I took of the other wigwag. It's an upper quadrant wigwag with a set
of rare cast iron crossbucks.
I don't know if they have this
one hooked up yet, but when I last visited, it was not working.
Bridge unit # 182 passes through
the crossing.
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