Julie Johnson sends in the following 4 photos and tells us a bit about them...
"All five of the wig wags are fully in operation. The two Magnetic
Flagmen are at Depot Street south of the station building on the east
leg of the wye, part of the streetcar loop. The two "banjo" or "harp"
style autoflags are on Central Ave, also used by the streetcar line.
(One is a WRRS, the other a Bryant-Zinc). The fifth single wigwag is on
the west leg of the wye near the ticket booth and tower. This track is
used in some moves, and traffic into the "L" Station."

Above - 2 Magnetic Signal Company upper quadrant wigwags.
Julie adds...
"And I might mention that all wig wags are operated by track circuits,
and operate on a daily basis. The concrete bases under  the M-S are from plans used on the
Chicago South Shore and South Bend RR in 1925, and the yet to be painted "scare" stripes are cast in."

This signal originated from the CB&Q in Missouri.
Above 4 photos - Julie Johnson 2007

From 2000...

One of the Harpes wigwags before restoration.
Photo by Joe Stachler  (9/00)

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Photo by Joe Stachler  (9/00)

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