The wigwag is an antiquated type of railroad crossing signal which was phased out in the 1970s and 80s across the country.
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Shortly thereafter, these signals were replaced with standard flashers and gates due to safety concerns and lack of available wigwag parts.
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This is a reduction from 1983 information from the Federal Highway Administration ( FRA ) that showed 2, 618 crossings equipped with wigwags.
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The two upper-quadrant wigwags are the last of their kind paired together in active use, and are on land that the BNSF plans to develop.
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According to information recently posted at Dan's Wigwag Site ( see below ), the crossing will be updated with gates, modern flashers and bells.
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Even in the Civil War, the wigwag system, restricted to line-of-sight communications, was waning in the face of the electric telegraph.
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Five articles were de-featured last week : Wigwag ( railroad ), Markup language, London congestion charge, Richard O'Connor and ATLAS experiment.
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A single lower-quadrant wigwag in the industrial city of Vernon, California, protects a crossing on 49th Street with nine separate tracks on the BNSF Harbor Subdivision.
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The wigwags at the crossing that mark the location of the western terminus of the BNSF in Richmond, California became pawns in a fight over local control in 2003.
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Soon, Rocky and Mugsy's car stops in front of a railroad grade crossing protected by a swinging " wigwag " signal warning of the approach of a train.
