Crossing gates

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Still won of my all-time favorite portraits. I believe that this is the first N&W photo that he won an award for (in 1958); somebody can correct me on that. Truly an eerie but beautiful shot of night railroading at its finest!

Mike Weeks
Greenville NC


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I think this Link photo shows that. Wish it was not such an oblique angle.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2567355412_ff2c46cea3.jpg 


On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


	Faulty though my memory may be, I remember when N&W crossing gates in Roanoke had flashing neon tubing along practically the full length of each arm.  Here's where the faulty part comes in.  I think I remember that the neon tubes were in a zig-zag configuration, i.e., like a bolt of lightening.
	
	Gordon Hamilton
	
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	While we're on the subject, my memory growing up in Farmville during the
	1950's and 1960's is that the flashing lights on crossing gates then were
	neon tubes that ran the length of the gate.  Sections of clear glass
	alternated with sections that were painted black.  Of course, they flashed
	red in the clear sections.  Can anyone corroborate this, or is my memory
	faulty.
	
	Thanks,
	
	Sam Putney
	
	
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	The state pays for the installation of a new crossing.  Then it
	becomes the railroad's responsibility from then on to maintain it,
	test it, and keep it working.
	
	The oldest equipment I know of was the Magnetic Flagman, more commonly
	known as the wig-wag signal.  As for gate mechanisms and flashing
	lights, they used Western Railroad Supply (WRRS) quite a bit, as
	there's still some of that equipment out there.  They also used some
	Union Switch & Signal crossing equipment, Western Cullen Hayes, and
	Safetran.
	
	NS is currently using Safetran for its crossing equipment.
	
	Ben Blevins
	
	
	On 10/1/09, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
	

		Did the N&W or now NS show a preference for the type or manufacturer of
		crossing gates used? Are they the railroad's or highway
		dept's responsibility?
		Mike Shockley
		
		
		
		

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