07-17-2013, 09:15 PM
Matt:
Will depend on how busy your road and spur are. I'm sure that there was a level crossing on either the 401 or QEW that was protected by flashing lights.
In the 50s, In Perth, the main line was protected by flashing lights on one street and by a Wigwag (banjo signal) on the next. There were a couple of spurs to the town's main factories that had minimal protection -- probably a crossbuck -- crossing a minor street.
In Brampton, in the 70s, the CPR line had flashing lights. Most of the CNR main line crossings had been turned into underpasses. A couple of small streets had lights. The street at the end of the station platform had gates. There was another street that CN wanted to put gates on but that was beside the hospital and they objected because they didn't want ambulances delayed if they could zip across right in front of the trains. (That's how I read it.) That was replaced by an underpass. Spur lines into industrial areas would have flashing lights or crossbucks and flagmen.
Will depend on how busy your road and spur are. I'm sure that there was a level crossing on either the 401 or QEW that was protected by flashing lights.
In the 50s, In Perth, the main line was protected by flashing lights on one street and by a Wigwag (banjo signal) on the next. There were a couple of spurs to the town's main factories that had minimal protection -- probably a crossbuck -- crossing a minor street.
In Brampton, in the 70s, the CPR line had flashing lights. Most of the CNR main line crossings had been turned into underpasses. A couple of small streets had lights. The street at the end of the station platform had gates. There was another street that CN wanted to put gates on but that was beside the hospital and they objected because they didn't want ambulances delayed if they could zip across right in front of the trains. (That's how I read it.) That was replaced by an underpass. Spur lines into industrial areas would have flashing lights or crossbucks and flagmen.
David
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Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
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Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.