Delhi CO Wig Wag Jan 1, 2021
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2020
- The Delhi, CO wig wag rings in the new year on the morning of January 1, 2021. Since I was back in Colorado for the holidays, I decided to pay it a visit, especially because the ever-persistent rumors of its impending retirement seem to have more credibility this time around. I even "shake its hand" at the end of the video.
Apologies for the shaky camerawork-it was cold out there!
UPDATE 3/10/21:
The wig wag was retired on 3/9/21. Here is an image of the retirement in process: www.trainweb.org/dansrailpix/W...
Is it just me or does anyone else love the sound of the old mechanism clicking?
Your not alone
It’s so satisfying
I really want to see these wigwags from "Cars" out in the USA again. I miss 'em
I hope that it gets saved and put in a railroad museum somewhere!
It did
Sadly and rather very unfortunately, this wig wag is going to be replaced with the modern signals within days. A real shame since I never got to travel to Delhi to see the wig wag in action myself (where I live, we only have 4 wig wag crossings left that are still in service, and even then train travel is mostly scarce since they're on a shortline).
However it's going to be preserved in the Colorado Railroad Museum in the city of Golden. So while the crossing itself may not be signaling any oncoming BNSF or Amtrak trains anymore, it's at least nice to hear that the wig wag itself will not be going to scrap like most of these crossings do; a happy ending to a long and prosperous career.
So my question is did BNSF decide to donate it to the museum or did the Museum ask them specifically if they could get it ?
@@RailPreserver2K Likely the museum asked BNSF if they could have it, though I don't live anywhere near Colorado so I wouldn't know for sure.
It is confirmed to be slated if it hasn't already. Rumors are in a signal group it's going to a Santa Fe museum somewhere which would make sense due to BNSF donating all the Semaphores on the line they are removing.
Where are they donating them? I would love to see them!
The recent addition of the steel-clad concrete panels on the grade crossing along with the yield signs are deeply troubling.
I'm pretty sure the end is near.
Yep, there’s a reason why I went out of my way to see it-who knows if it’ll still be around next time I’m in the area. Maybe I was not paying attention, but I didn’t see any steel clad concrete panels on the crossing.
Edit: After looking through my footage again, I see there is indeed a steel clad concrete panel on the crossing farther away from the wig wag.
starkj92 I wouldn’t be surprised if someone steals it before BNSF removes it
@@TexasRailfan2008 I would. That thing's much larger than it looks on screen, and it's from an era when things were built to last (i.e., heavy). Anybody attempting to take it would be incredibly conspicuous, and even though Delhi's in the middle of nowhere, there are still people around. Nobody's going to give that wig wag a five-finger discount.
starkj92 yeah, I’ve been there and seen it, and I’ve handled many H5 searchlights... which are about 130 lbs.
The wig wag has been removed. But hopefully it will be put in a museum.
this signal should have never been retired. it would last until the end of time.
New relay case and foundations for new signals have been put in
Nice
Nice doppler effect at 2:16!
Give me more videos of the Delhi Wig-Wag
Hey, is it possible if I could use this footage for a tribute video that I'm making? I'll be sure to credit you.
Sure, you are free to use this footage or footage from any of my other videos.
I wonder why BNSF installed new signals here instead of just keeping the crossbucks and wig-wag up. This road probably only gets a few cars per day and two trains per day, so the new signals are a waste of time and money.
The Cares act of 2020 funded all the TIGER grants in relation to PTC modernization of this line for the Southwest Chief.
The FRA has been beating several railroads on the head demanding they remove wig wags citing disrepair/unserviceable and lack of yield signs for "unprotected" crossings. The last pair in WI and the last one in MO disappeared in 2020 due to this pressure. Even Delhi, CO was affected: yield signs added in September 2020 indicating it was an "unprotected" crossing.
I would not be surprised if all the wig wags are found by the FRA and ordered to be removed.
@@Sunset4Semaphores the FRA needs to chill out. That crossing probably sees less than a dozen cars per day and most have probably never even see the signal activate since the town died off...
@@NS_5350 agreed. why not just move the wig wag to the left side of the road and grandfather it? it is a great redundancy
I just noticed, why does it not ring the bell correctly when it swings onto its right side?
I believe that had something to do with the cold weather-it was 22° F that morning. If you check out other videos of that wig wag, you'll see the bell functioned normally during summer months.
@@starkj92 I think the hammer might have froze
This signal is gone now, Busdriver2435 does not approve of this.🤨😢😠🤔
How long his this signal been there?