"Here I forward you one of the promised pictures of a
Swiss wig-wag, it is this one which was installed at Samstagern (located
South of Zurich Lake) on the Swiss Southeastern Railroad. A second one
was also on this private rail line. Two other wig-wags have been in use
on level-crossings on lines of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), one of
which was located a few miles East of the city of Rapperswil (on Zurich
Lake) on the Rapperswil-Uznach line. This
wig-wag protected a small road leading to a monastery.
The road and the monastery are still there, but later (after 1941 in any
case) this wig-wag was replaced by a simple cross-buck, flashing lights
and a bell. The picture added here, is the only one known of a Swiss wig-wag
and has been forwarded to me from my friend Markus Vollack, from his archives." |
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