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ericr · 03-31-2020, 04:02 PM

I am not sure that warning signals ("wig-wags") were all that prevalent in the '20s or '30s, except maybe in highly populated areas. AT some locations railroads would provide live-in shacks for employees who had gotten handicapped. These guys would either throw switches, or signal auto traffic about oncoming trains, etc.

Certainly the overall noise and whistles of steam locomotives would be terrifying to a motorist stalled on a track.

03-31-2020, 04:02 PM	#12
ericr Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,542	Re: Anecdotes About Stalling on Train Tracks in the Model "A" Era I am not sure that warning signals ("wig-wags") were all that prevalent in the '20s or '30s, except maybe in highly populated areas. AT some locations railroads would provide live-in shacks for employees who had gotten handicapped. These guys would either throw switches, or signal auto traffic about oncoming trains, etc. Certainly the overall noise and whistles of steam locomotives would be terrifying to a motorist stalled on a track.