POTB Wigwags (Oregon)

Oregon Wigwags

Banks
Timber

Port of Tillamook Bay

Banks
Note:
During the month of Oct, 2003, the Sellers Rd. wigwag sustained some serious
damage and may need to be removed. The Banks Rd.
wigwag was knocked down and will likely be replaced with modern signals.

Camron Settlemier snapped some photos and they can be viewed here.

Banks is located west of Portland (See map at bottom of page). The two wigwags are located on Sellers Road and Banks Road. The rail line on the left is the Port of Tillamook Bay (former SP).

Sellers Road...

Thanks to Camron Settlemier we now have pictures of the two wigwags in Banks and the one in Timber. This view shows the wigwag on Sellers Road.

Close up views of the Sellers Rd. wigwag. Not the chopped cantilever and beat up banner.
The bell appears to be a replacement. The X stripe on the banners seems
to be unique to the wigwags on this branch line.

Banks Road...

Views of Banks Road wigwag. Notice that both are on Magnetic Signal cases and
show their SP heritage with rubber hose "flex pipe" modifications on the banner pipes.

Another view of Banks Road wigwag.

	This view shows both wigwags, with Banks Road in the forground.

For a map of Banks, Click here.

Update 2/13/00: This wigwag has a new banner! The POTB Signal Dept.
scratch-built a new banner...check it out here.

Timber

Further west we find Timber OR just off highway 26. Follow Timber Road south until you get to the tracks. There you will find the third wigwag on the POTB.

Timber Road wigwag. How often do you see a wigwag with a ladder? This one has a Union Switch and Signal case, and is set up just like a target signal. Again, notice the X on the banner. Not sure why they chose to do that on this branch.

For a detail map of Timber, click here...

Map shows Banks in relation to Portland.
Timber is a little further west of Banks.

All photos by Camron Settlemier (11/1/99)

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