My Vintage Level Crossing Wigwags (Project)
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2021
- This is another project that I was working on within the past year! These are my vintage level crossing wigwags that I bought from the TSR just over a year ago. The one on the left dated back to the mid-1980s I believe while the one on the right I believe dates back either to the 1970s or very early 1980s.
These wigwags did need some of TLC when I first got them, especially the one on the left as (as seen in a picture shown in this video) the backboard had rusted around the edge and behind the wigwag modules. The one on the right was also missing a red filter lens.
The wigwag on the left was given a complete repaint and is now in a restored condition, with the other wigwag getting a spare red lens that the TSR let us have.
Following on from that, I then went out of my way to get them working, with Yodalarms alongside. I did this by using an Arduino.
I’m not taking all the credit for this, so I’d like to give a shoutout to AutoUnder ( / autounder ) for suggesting using the Arduino to get them working and helping me along the way!
Hope you enjoy this video! 😁😁
Wow. This is incredibly cool! I really appreciate the effort you've put into this project, and the lengths you've gone to in order to make this as realistic as possible! 😁
Thanks! 😁👍👍
@@FlashingRedProductions sorry for the kate reply did you make these yourself?
@@MonsterJamFan69 he said he got them because they were being sold
Insane! It sounds like a real level crossing!
Thanks! 😁
It sounds like a real level crossing because the alarm sounders here are the exact same sort that are used on them! 👍
Great video Will. I'm really happy with how these turned out; pretty much as realistic as you can get! 😁
Thanks Dylan! 😁
Absolutely beautiful.
That is really cool! I would also very much like to own such! Have fun with these Wig Wags!
Thanks! 😁
This is great to see. I still need to buy and make up the electrical circuitry to power my one, so it's interesting to see your set up with Arduino and relays. The wig wags must be so heavy. My GEC wig wag was missing its backboard, but I opted for a sheet of ABS as it was more lightweight than replacing with steel sheet. Mine was also originally 230v AC, but each light had its own transformer to step the voltage down to 12V for 50W halogen capsule lamps.
Will can I just say I absolutely love this video and I love the way you rewire everything and I don’t even know how you get those wigwags from!😍 you should get LED wigwags and a working barriers as well and that way you get a level crossing feeling! Honestly Will, I don’t even know how you get it working!? Great video!😊 absolute loving the project! Wish I had it as well!😂
Wow Scriven, amazing video mate, can’t wait to see these for myself in person when I come over, you’ve really got stuck into this and made it as amazing as it can be, very realistic. Them Arduino things are also so clever, amazing that people can get there hands on them, and that they work for these too, I’d love to see that signal in operation one day too. 😁
Thanks Joe. 😁😁
Very Impressed with that maybe you should fit them for decoration in your garden and show them at night. Obviously with the sounders covered so it doesn’t upset the neighbours lol but very impressive!!!
I know I've said it before, but what an excellent grab there Will! Lot more bolts holding the front half of the light heads on 'em, lol. Any manufacturer markings on them, BTW?
Honestly glad you've got two variations on these classic wigwags, lol, and you also have a white-bordered one you can watch at anytime you want, lol.
Thanks! 😁
There’s no manufacture markings on them, except on the filter lenses - they read “GEC Traffic Automation”, although for some unknown reason the red lenses on the white bordered wigwag were made by an Austrian company, even though the amber lens was made by ‘GEC’.
That is awesome! It would be fantastic to have these!
Thanks! 😁👍👍
any chance you could post the code, i work on a miniature trainline and i am interested in building miniature wig wags, many thanks
The cleanest alarm sound ever 16:37
What happened to the barrier project?
That is actually really cool
I would like to see the lights on at night but without the alarms sounding
Thanks! 👍
Maybe I’ll do a follow-up video on this at some point… 😉
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I absolutely love it! Do you have a way of getting them?
I am so jealous!
Can you explain please about the burn and why it exists? Im not as clued up on wig wags.
Cool!
I love them wigwags they look cool. It would be nice to get a forest City wigwag.
Thanks! 😁👍
Excellent! Wish I could have one but can't afford one! XD XD
Wow! This is really impressive! How did you get all the parts?
Thanks! 😁
I used an Arduino UNO (which I programmed using the code I wrote up on the Arduino software), Arduino wires, solid state Arduino relays, an AC/DC adaptor (24vdc), and some clip-in terminals to ‘multiply’ the wires for each light. Bought those parts from Amazon and eBay.
@@FlashingRedProductions thanks
Will has Sherburn in Elmet at home 💀
Nice video Will! The yodalarms sound a bit like Claypole in 2014 before the upgrade
Thanks! 😁
I didn’t realise I made the Yodalarms sound like Claypole pre-LEDs until now. 😂😂
Flashing Red Productions no problem, I quite like then sounding like that tbh
Always thought a wigwag was a Native American’s tent!
1:12 the old look
now all you need to do is put them on your barrier project and make your own level crossing
Wow, this is very cool to see! Are you going to unscrew and remove the red and white borders so they both match?
Thanks! 😁👍
I’ll probably keep the clip-on borders on (for now) as the white border underneath has peeled off since I first got it (the picture of that wigwag with the clip-on border removed was taken around a year ago). I may restore the red and white borders though at some point because they’ve faded a fair bit.
@@FlashingRedProductions Ohh okay, Middlemere’s vertical wigwag has a peeled off white border too lol, the red one is coming off and I saw the underneath
Nice video. Did you give it to Panda_ btw?
How Much Does A Wigwag Like That Cost?
Where did you get these?
How much did you pay compared to a brand new one
Nice this is abandoned as well it don ' t have led yodal alarm nice video :) this is abandoned nice :)
railroad crossing
How much did you pay
put these with the gate you have
I can’t understand why Network Rail stopped using halogen lights if they’re as bright as you say they are.
Wouldn’t it be great to use these as a burglar alarm! Any potential burglar would absolutely 💩 themselves not just at the alarm, but also thinking there’s a train coming that they can’t see!
They may look bright in this video. But how bright they look just depends on the angle you look at them, as well as the light conditions - if sun was shining directly from behind or in front of them then they’d be more difficult to sight. I believe that’s why LEDs are more favourable I’ve halogens nowadays, and not to mention that halogen bulbs use more power than LEDs do.
@@FlashingRedProductions Fair enough that I guess.
Pre halogen! They're a rarity.
Man already now roblox lol