Oregon_trip6

Oregon_trip6 Ashland, Talent

So after I was finished with Hornbrook, it was time to hurry on to Medford.
Had plans to meet up with Larry Tuttle. After racing through the pass just before
Ashland, I couldn't resist pulling into town to locate the wigwag on Oak Street.
After seemingly driving all over town, I finally found it!

Here it stands, on Oak Street. First thing I noticed was the stop sign in front of it.
I later noticed that they do that with all of the wigwags in Oregon, I guess they just
aren't considered to be adequate warning of an approaching train.

I can't tell you how I got here, but hopefully this map will help!
Note I-5 in top right corner.

Right after getting shots of the wigwag, I figured I should try to hit the highway...
still running late. But then I came across this sad sight. A color light installed by
Southern Pacific shortly before pulling out of the Siskiyou line. The semaphore foundations
are still in place. Now I really need to get to Medford, already an hour late! But then...

My first set of blades! As I was heading out of town on old 99, I just about swerved off the road when I saw these. I
was able to pull into a parking lot to get these shots. Signal number 4302 puts these at mile post 430.

From that point on, semaphores kept popping up left
and right. Larry's going to have to wait!
(sorry Larry...sure you understand)
This set of blades are located in Talent, signal #4347.

The very next set, less than a
mile north, signal # 4352

So I promised myself before making this trip that I was not going to shoot pictures of every set of blades that I came across...
but that's certainly not how it turned out. So I finally got back on my way, passing through Phoenix on old 99 and
then to Medford. After checking in, I got a hold of Larry, and we planned a rendezvous at where else?...The Tolo wigwag!

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Page One (Dunsmuir P1)	Page Two (Dunsmuir P2)	Page Three (Dunsmuir P3)
Page Four (Mt. Shasta)	Page Five (Montague/Hornbrook)	Page Six (Ashland/Talent)
Page Seven (Tolo/Gold Hill/Hugo)	Page Eight (Glendale/Round Prairie)	Page Nine (Roseburg)
	Page 10 (Medford/Tolo p2)

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