Re: Vacaville's "Onion Plant" & Sacramento Northern ...
Author: SN00PY
Date: 08-01-2011 - 22:51
Freddie Wrote:
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> Actually, prior to construction of the Interstate,
> the track crossed old US 40 at grade. The
> crossing was protected by a quartet of Griswold
> flasher signals, the type with the rotating STOP
> signs. I grew up in Vacaville and clearly
> remember once seeing them work.
>
> The overpass now carries I-80 over a bike path
> where the ROW was, I'm pretty sure.
Mine is a ~50-year-old memory in an older body. It is of a RXR sign hanging over the eastbound-side of the highway (US 40)? The background was white. The symbols were black, outlined in red tubing. Alas, I never got to see it lighted. I also remember being disappointed at not seeing rails crossing the pavement. There was only that sign, hinting at what might have been there.