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Got up as early as I could (sometime before noon) and got ahold of Rick Perry. Planned a meet in Roseburg at his office a little after noon. Roseburg is about an hour and a half north of Medford where I was staying. Loaded my camera and a few maps and headed north. Another scorching hot day, I didn't even think to bring shorts! I figured Oregon would be cold and cloudy, I was sure in for a surprise. On the way up to Roseburg, I decided to make a quick run over to Glendale to see if I could locate the wigwag that was supposed to be on display at the recently moved and renovated depot. After driving all over town trying to find it, I gave in and called Rick from a pay phone. As it turned out, I was one block away from it! Same thing that just happened to me the day before when I was trying to find Gold Ray Dam. |
Glendale is actually off the freeway
a bit. Just take the Glendale exit off I-5
(see
map) and take Glendale Valley Road in to town.
Central Glendale
Downtown Glendale, facing north. |
Glendale, facing south |
I beleive the depot was originally
located here somewhere, someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
This is pretty much "downtown"
Glendale.
The restored depot now sits about a block from Molly St. |
And of course...the wigwag. This used to protect the Molly Street xing. |
Now running late to meet up with
Rick, we decide to meet at the Dole Road wigwag at Round Prairie (just
south of Roseburg).
Again, I get lost, thinking I overshot
the offramp, I pulled over at a truck stop and called Rick on his cell
phone( sure wish I had
one at the time!). He laughs, says
he's right accross the river from me...I could practically see him from
where I was calling from.
A minute later I'm at the Dole
Road wigwag, finally meeting Rick in person. He shows me the relay case
at the crossing and fires off the
wigwag for pictures. Then we're off to CORP headquarters in Roseburg.
Close up of banner. Yes, that's duct tape holding the lens in place! |
Close up of relay box at crossing. Lower level contains the battereys and rectifier, relays in upper level. |
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(Dunsmuir P1) |
(Dunsmuir P2) |
(Dunsmuir P3) |
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(Mt. Shasta) |
(Montague/Hornbrook) |
(Ashland/Talent) |
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(Tolo/Gold Hill/Hugo) |
(Glendale/Round Prairie) |
(Roseburg) |
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(Medford/Tolo p2) |
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