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| Clovis Branch Wigwags | Broadway and Cherry
Hamilton and Fulton O Street |
 This signal is located at Broadway and Cherry Aves. View looking north. San Joaqhin Railroad engine waits for duty nearby. |
 Another view of the same signal. According to Ernest, this wigwag replaced an upper quadrant signal several years ago. Notice how beat up the cantilever is here. If the cross support were bent just a little more, it would surely collapse from the weight of the 300 lb motor! |
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one block down the track at Hamilton and Fulton we find another! This one
is in far better shape. Notice locomotive and above wigwag in background.
Photo - Ernest Sanchez - 1999 |
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down the line we arrive at this wigwag. This one is located at O Street,
one block south of Highway 41. View looking south. Notice the beat up banner.
This is the reason so many existing wigwags have had their banner poles
spliced with rubber tubing. This allows some give for whenever a truck
driver forgets how tall his trailer is!
Photo - Ernest Sanchez - 1999 |
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Ernest
Sanchez caught the O St. wigwag in action in Feb. 2000.
This is a San Juaquin RR freight waiting to take the BNSF main and move towards the Clovis Branch. The train blocked this crossing for about 30 minutes (every wigwag fan's dream!) According to Ernest, the bell is really "flat" sounding. Photo - Ernest Sanchez - 2/2000 |
A video of this wigwag
was posted to YouTube by frozencoffee-
to view the video, click
on logo below:
Update - 6/2006
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Denny Dollahon reported that the O St. wigwag is missing
its banner.
Scott Thomas sent in these 3 photos that he took last
March that explains why.
It looks like the banner straps failed and the disk was
just hanging by 2 wires.
The wires eventually broke and the disk fell to the ground.
Hopefully the
disk was saved. Let's hope they have a spare banner to
hang on this
signal...
Above 3 photos - Scott Thomas - 3/13/06
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