Unusual power leading the CN Train from Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)

The HJ is normally a nocturnal train getting into Milton , Wi in the early morning. This train is on its 2nd crew and will take the train into Milton and double its traffic up with the JMA cars to... (more)

Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)

A GP50 running down 9th St passes one of the few operational wig-wag signals working in California.

The WSOR is in the process of having a contractor rebuild a crossing in Baraboo, accounting for the timbers on the track. They have elected to leave the wig wags in (thankfully!), and the midday a... (more)

20th Century Railroad Club of Chicago's chartered Amtrak train from Chicago, IL - Galena, IL. This is the last wig-wag on this part of the CN (ex-IC). (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)

Escondido Local passes the wig wag at midnight. Ongoing Sprinter track rebuilding nears this antique.

Last operating wig-wag grade crossing signal in Colorado. The Magnetic Signal Company designed grade crossing device likely was built in the late 1940's. The company was bought out by Griswold an... (more)

This Wig Wag sits in Baraboo, WI basking in the sun.

WSOR 2056 splits functioning wig-wags in Dane, WI on the ex-C&NW. The right wig-wag just happened to be at the bottom of its arc.

Amtrak's eastbound San Francisco Zephyr passes a wig-wag at Dutch Flat as it grinds up the Donner grade.

At Alton, IL there remains a two-of-a-kind crossing signal. This ancient wig-wag signal is one of the last two still in service in the general St. Louis area. All others are gone.

Wig-wag at grade crossing.

Wig-Wag on the K&O (ex MoPac) line out of Winfield.

A scrungy SP SD9 passes a wig wag crossing signal on the outskirts of Klamath Falls. Texum is the junction of the Modoc Line and the Black Butte Sub mainline. The Copic local worked as far as Tu... (more)