Magnetic Flagman wig wag crossing signal at the Brown St. crossing in Hanford Calif. on June 6th, 2006. Steve Crise Photo. © Scrise.com.

Magnetic Flagman wig wag crossing signal at the Brown St. crossing in Hanford Calif. on June 6th, 2006. Steve Crise Photo. © Scrise.com.

Soo Line 1003 makes a run by for a photo charter sponsored by Historic Transport Preservation and Soo Line 1003, LLP. Trip was run on the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad. 1003 races past a wig wag s... (more)

A loaded taconite ore train passes the the Wig-Wag crossing protection on the north side of Escanaba, Michigan.

Classic IC power heading past the last wig-wag on this stretch of railroad. The CN conductor is ringing up the BNSF La Crosse Dispatcher seeking permission to get on the BNSF double-track at Port... (more)

A plow extra heads west through Lima Center past the wig-wag and the M-of-W truck chasing the extra making sure crossings are clear. WSOX 9 is being shoved by WSOR 4006.

On New Year's Day, 1996, ATSF 681 leads a train down the Harbor Subdivision past the wig-wag at Malabar yard.

Illinois Terminal 415 heads around the trolley loop. Notice the wig-wag in the background, which is now in working order.

Still protecting a grade crossing in Anaheim, California, in 2007 is an ancient Southern Pacific "magnetic flagman" wig-wag signal. The line is now part of the Union Pacific.

The soon to be moved wig-wag is shown at 10:00 pm in this 25 second exposure.

One of two remaining, and working, wig-wag signals on 9th St in Colton. Idecided to shoot this on a cloudy as it added a more dramatic effect to the signal and photo, black and white without being... (more)

Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA Freight Train with an all-black (and no yellow frame stripes!) engine consist: IC 1020, IC 6007, IC 1033, IC 6004. A pretty rare occurence these days - as is the wig-wa... (more)

20th Century Club "Galena Limited" Amtrak excursion train from Chicago to Galena backs up the CN from Portage to Galena past the last wig-wag and over the Galena River.

A WSOR grain train pops into the sunlight past an old wig wag dating back to the Milwaukee Road days.

A BNSF GP60M has been paired with a WC SD45 to bring the daily M338 train through Galena past a wig-wag crossing signal.