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Wigwags in Victoria  

Taken from an article written by the late John Sinnatt for SOMERSAULT,
the journal of the SIGNALLING RECORD SOCIETY (VICTORIA), and published in 1989.


Wig Wags
TABLE 4.1: WIG-WAG SIGNALS (SUBURBAN AND OUTER SUBURBAN)
Anderson Road   Sunshine - Albion               1927    26 Jan  F1936
Bakers Road     Batman - Merlynston             1926    24 Feb  F1959
Amess Street    Nth Carlton - Nth Fitzroy       1923    27 Aug  F1944
Lower Plenty Rd Rosanna (D)                     1925/1926 *     F1958
Grimshaw Road   Watsonia - Greensborough        1926    1 Mar   F1959
William Street  Watsonia - Greensborough        1925    4 Jun   F1959
Rooks Road      Nunawading - Mitcham            1927    12 Aug  F1956
Mitcham Road    Mitcham (D)                     1925    12 May  F1953
Bedford Road    Ringwood - Heathmont            1925    28 Oct  F1962
Dublin Road     Ringwood East (U)               1929    5 Mar   F1962
Main Street     Croydon (D)                     1928    1 Jun   F1957
Warburton Road  Launching Place (U)             1926    11 Jun  C1965
Warburton Road  Launching Place (D)             1924    23 Dec  C1965
Yarra Glen Road Yarra Glen (D)                  1927    27 Apr  F1970
Exley Road      Moorabbin - Highett             1927    28 Jul  X1952
Station Street  Mordialloc - Aspendale          1926    31 Mar  F1965
Nepean Highway  Moorooduc - Mornington          1924    29 Jul  F1943
Hastings Road   Baxter - Somerville             1924    27 Sep  F1962

TABLE 4.2: WIG-WAG SIGNALS (COUNTRY)
Princes Highway Colac (U)                       1924    14 Nov  F1942
Church Street   Colac (U)                       1924    14 Nov  F1971
Chanters Road   Tylden - Fernhill               1943    20 Jan  F1974
Rowe Street     Castlemaine - Maldon Jcn        1927    21 Jun  F1958
Anderson St     Euroa (U)                       1927    29 Jun  G1961
Beaconsfield St Glenrowan (U)                   1941    17 Jul  F1958
Hume Highway    Glenrowan - Wangaratta          1926    21 May  F1941
Roy Street      Wangaratta (U)                  1936    13 Aug  G1961
Rowan Street    Wangaratta <D)                  1929    16 Oct  G1961
Templeton St    Wangaratta CD)                  1929    16 Oct  F1961
Beechworth Rd   Wooragee - Yackandandah         1925/1926 *     C1954
Ovens Highway   Gapstead - Myrtleford           1925/1926 *     F1950
Bena - Koru Rd  Bena - Whitelaw                 1928    19 Jan  F1969
Warragul Road   Korumburra (U)                  1930    31 Jul  F1970

Column Headings are fairly logical but they are:-
Roadway, Section in or Station at, Date Installed, Replaced by
Other code letters are - B - Boom Barriers, C - Line Closed, F -
Flashing Lights,
G - Grade Separation, 0 - became Open Crossing, X - Crossing Closed,
* -  Exact date not known


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