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Re: Wig Wags at auction

Author: Erik H.

Date: 04-27-2017 - 17:53

Tom McCann Wrote:
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> Were these the old Wig Wags off the SP West Side
> Line? I remember seeing a couple of them in
> McMinnville and one in Dallas before they were
> replaced with more modern signals.

No. All of the McMinnville wig-wags that P&W removed were donated. One of them resides at the Yaquina Pacific Railroad Museum in Toledo. One, possibly two, at the Oregon Zoo. Only one of the wig-wags up at auction were even of the lower quadrant style SP used; the basket-style wig-wag and the upper-quadrant wig-wag, to my knowledge, were never used in Oregon by anybody.

The 3rd Street wig-wag is unknown, since it was removed by SP crews shortly after the start of the W&P (since it was already scheduled and planned). I believe it might be the property of a certain in-the-know person.

The Dallas wig-wags, no idea, but my guess is high-up railroad employees.

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Erik H. Wrote:
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> Tom McCann Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Were these the old Wig Wags off the SP West
> Side
> > Line? I remember seeing a couple of them in
> > McMinnville and one in Dallas before they were
> > replaced with more modern signals.
> 
> No.  All of the McMinnville wig-wags that P&W
> removed were donated.  One of them resides at the
> Yaquina Pacific Railroad Museum in Toledo.  One,
> possibly two, at the Oregon Zoo.  Only one of the
> wig-wags up at auction were even of the lower
> quadrant style SP used; the basket-style wig-wag
> and the upper-quadrant wig-wag, to my knowledge,
> were never used in Oregon by anybody.
> 
> The 3rd Street wig-wag is unknown, since it was
> removed by SP crews shortly after the start of the
> W&P (since it was already scheduled and planned). 
> I believe it might be the property of a certain
> in-the-know person.
> 
> The Dallas wig-wags, no idea, but my guess is
> high-up railroad employees.

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