Even back in the age of steam there were few engineers who took pride in blowing the whistle as an art one example was a former seeing oh engineer who got to be at the throttle of Chessie 2101 who is referred to as the greatest whistle man in the south I forget his name but when 2101 was on the return trip of the excursion on Sand patch grade he blew the whistle in a spectacular fashion while working against the brakes and a 10 mile restriction giving an impressive stack talk it’s mentioned in the documentary about 2101 called The Train To Everywhere
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan I believe some of the engineers retired from a railroad company and they just work for a little extra money at six flags like older guys
@@gradymcclintock6160 Charlie Jefferson Patton retired from the Texas and pacific railroad and he worked for the Six Flags train for 20 seasons from 1961 to 1981 I’m friends with a few people who actually knew him in person
Yeah, only tourist Railroads and RailRoad Museum’s allow wig wag crossing signals the only main line railroad where you can see wigwags operates is the Santa Cruz big trees and pacific railroad on the street running section of town, there are a couple of wig wag signals still operating.
The wishbone gates have been replaced at this crossing with fibreglass pedestrian type gates The last 2 crossings that have wishbone gates are the Railroad Roundhouse crossing and Shockwave crossing
When I was a kid these were standard crossing. They had just phased out the actual guy that would manually put the gates down for the city just after I was born. Really amazing how much has changed.
This video is now a memory now the gates have changed the a frame wishbone type gates were removed due to deterioration in the wood and were replaced with single bar fibreglass pedestrian type gates
I know right why can't we have wigwags with gate mechanisms like that This is a custom signal made by the Six flags and Texas railroad Consisting of a magnetic flagmen company wig wag and bracket mounted on a Western Railroad Supply double Pole gate mechanism this crossing was originally an railroad bridge with a underpass pathway until Boomtown depot was relocated to its current location in 1997 According to the railroad staff it's the easiest wigwag out of the 2 wigwags signals on the railroad to maintain The wigwag at the shockwave crossing is a little bit difficult it rarely ever works at all but it has been repainted on all of the parts all the signals have been re painted you only thing that's not redone is the crossbuck sign on this wigwag at boomtown
@@Ih8kone wow, it almost feels like americans have to have an air raid siren activate whenever a train crosses a road (and even then some of them may ignore it)
Technically the wig wag wasn't working at first and then while me and TexasRailfanProductions we're having lunch at the burger joint in Gotham City he caught that the wig work was working the next time the crossing gates activated
Six Flags Railroad and Boomtown crossing and TexasRailfan21 Channel update: For those who don't know Good news the Six Flags & Texas Railroad is back in service with the General Sam Houston Making her debut just in time for Holiday in the Park. The Boomtown crossing has got a new change with the installation of Pedestrian type gates which will be repeated Black and white. The reason is after many years of service the Wooden Wishbone A Frame type gate wood was starting to deteriate And therefore they were replaced with gates made of fibreglass but despite those changes everything on that crossing including the wig wag signal is working flawlessly. Due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19 I can't go to Six Flags right now but don't worry I will be back there to Railfan starting next Spring 2021 when I will be getting an all year Season Pass. I want to say a special thanks to all my followers and Subscribers for all your support to my Channel TexasRailfan21 until then I will be railfanning at other places mostly I'll be out the capture Fort Worth and Western Railroad Action at Walton Ave Crossing off of Granbury Rd in Fort Worth Texas as well as Railfanning on Trainz A New Era and Update videos on the build of my Santa Fe and Pacific Grand Valley HO Scale layout Stay safe stay well and stay tuned for more railroad entertainment
@Oliver Reynolds My friend Mike actually told me the reason why the wishbone gates were replaced was age They were starting to deteriorate and that's why they were replaced with fibreglass pedestrian type gates With simple straight pad gate rests
@Oliver Reynolds Because the wood is still in great shape on the crossing gates they were only replaced because the wood was deteriorating Now there are only 3 crossings left with wishbone type gates
I live in a town with no crossing and In all my years of life, never stopped at one. Im from the northern Massachusetts area. And the T train is only a couple miles south of us. But we never go down there.
Sadly, the pinewood on those gates were deteriorating, so they replaced them with single pedestrian type bar, fiberglass gates I honestly wish they would repaint the red stripes black to match the fiberglass gates on the bugs bunny boomtown Crossing
its unfair that you have a real steam locomotive with real railroad crossings that existed in the past while in my area i get fake railroad crossings and a train that runs with a lawn mower motor.
I'm sorry that you feel that way I truly am You should come to Six flags over Texas once the park opens backup and the railroad reopens To be honest the railroad has been shut down because they replaced the old aquaman splash down ride and now because of Covid-19 the park Hasn't been open that much And the railroad can't run because part of the track is dismantled it has to be relayed differently because the new ride is in the path of the old grade hopefully the railroad will come back soon
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Watching these trains go by is alot of fun especially when the engineers blow the whistle like crazy
Even back in the age of steam there were few engineers who took pride in blowing the whistle as an art one example was a former seeing oh engineer who got to be at the throttle of Chessie 2101 who is referred to as the greatest whistle man in the south I forget his name but when 2101 was on the return trip of the excursion on Sand patch grade he blew the whistle in a spectacular fashion while working against the brakes and a 10 mile restriction giving an impressive stack talk it’s mentioned in the documentary about 2101 called The Train To Everywhere
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan I believe some of the engineers retired from a railroad company and they just work for a little extra money at six flags like older guys
@@gradymcclintock6160 Charlie Jefferson Patton retired from the Texas and pacific railroad and he worked for the Six Flags train for 20 seasons from 1961 to 1981 I’m friends with a few people who actually knew him in person
I used to watch it when it was broken thanks for fixing it
He didn’t fix it, and he doesn’t work at Six Flags.
Love wig wags, they should come back just like in the past. More attention and beautiful operation. Flashers do not make many people stop at all.
Sadly the FRA disagrees about it coming back.
Sad
Yeah, only tourist Railroads and RailRoad Museum’s allow wig wag crossing signals the only main line railroad where you can see wigwags operates is the Santa Cruz big trees and pacific railroad on the street running section of town, there are a couple of wig wag signals still operating.
AND wishbone gates. Cool.
The wishbone gates have been replaced at this crossing with fibreglass pedestrian type gates The last 2 crossings that have wishbone gates are the Railroad Roundhouse crossing and Shockwave crossing
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan I remember when we used to have them in different places on all Class I’s. Now everything is so monotonous.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
When I was a kid these were standard crossing.
They had just phased out the actual guy that would manually put the gates down for the city just after I was born.
Really amazing how much has changed.
This video is now a memory now the gates have changed the a frame wishbone type gates were removed due to deterioration in the wood and were replaced with single bar fibreglass pedestrian type gates
Such an amazing setup for a crossing !
I know right why can't we have wigwags with gate mechanisms like that This is a custom signal made by the Six flags and Texas railroad Consisting of a magnetic flagmen company wig wag and bracket mounted on a Western Railroad Supply double Pole gate mechanism this crossing was originally an railroad bridge with a underpass pathway until Boomtown depot was relocated to its current location in 1997 According to the railroad staff it's the easiest wigwag out of the 2 wigwags signals on the railroad to maintain The wigwag at the shockwave crossing is a little bit difficult it rarely ever works at all but it has been repainted on all of the parts all the signals have been re painted you only thing that's not redone is the crossbuck sign on this wigwag at boomtown
You almost have 100,000 views!
The railroad should bring back the wigwag and add it to the present light system.
I agree why did we stop manufacturing the wigwags in reality it seems like a good signal to keep on making
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan The FRA has deemed them to be not enough warning.
@@Ih8kone wow, it almost feels like americans have to have an air raid siren activate whenever a train crosses a road (and even then some of them may ignore it)
Awesome that they fixed it! Great video!
Technically the wig wag wasn't working at first and then while me and TexasRailfanProductions we're having lunch at the burger joint in Gotham City he caught that the wig work was working the next time the crossing gates activated
Great
Six Flags Railroad and Boomtown crossing and TexasRailfan21 Channel update:
For those who don't know Good news the Six Flags & Texas Railroad is back in service with the General Sam Houston Making her debut just in time for Holiday in the Park. The Boomtown crossing has got a new change with the installation of Pedestrian type gates which will be repeated Black and white. The reason is after many years of service the Wooden Wishbone A Frame type gate wood was starting to deteriate And therefore they were replaced with gates made of fibreglass but despite those changes everything on that crossing including the wig wag signal is working flawlessly. Due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19 I can't go to Six Flags right now but don't worry I will be back there to Railfan starting next Spring 2021 when I will be getting an all year Season Pass. I want to say a special thanks to all my followers and Subscribers for all your support to my Channel TexasRailfan21 until then I will be railfanning at other places mostly I'll be out the capture Fort Worth and Western Railroad Action at Walton Ave Crossing off of Granbury Rd in Fort Worth Texas as well as Railfanning on Trainz A New Era and Update videos on the build of my Santa Fe and Pacific Grand Valley HO Scale layout Stay safe stay well and stay tuned for more railroad entertainment
@Oliver Reynolds My friend Mike actually told me the reason why the wishbone gates were replaced was age They were starting to deteriorate and that's why they were replaced with fibreglass pedestrian type gates With simple straight pad gate rests
@Oliver Reynolds Because the wood is still in great shape on the crossing gates they were only replaced because the wood was deteriorating Now there are only 3 crossings left with wishbone type gates
teardrop and wig wag
Cool crossing!
very nice..👍
AMAIZING AND AWESOME
Rare to find a teardrop bell, alternating lights and wigwag together
Indeed
I live in a town with no crossing and In all my years of life, never stopped at one. Im from the northern Massachusetts area. And the T train is only a couple miles south of us. But we never go down there.
Arlington TX?
Yes
Cool
Nice
Awesome!!
is it in San Antonio
Arlington, Texas in between Dallas and Fort Worth
Are these trains actually powered by coal?
No they burn diesel fuel oil
They did burn wood before they started running at the park
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan Isn't that the same for UP 844?
The wishbone gates are gone now.
Damn it!
The wooden gates rotted hence they got replaced
Sadly, the pinewood on those gates were deteriorating, so they replaced them with single pedestrian type bar, fiberglass gates I honestly wish they would repaint the red stripes black to match the fiberglass gates on the bugs bunny boomtown Crossing
its unfair that you have a real steam locomotive with real railroad crossings that existed in the past while in my area i get fake railroad crossings and a train that runs with a lawn mower motor.
I'm sorry that you feel that way I truly am You should come to Six flags over Texas once the park opens backup and the railroad reopens To be honest the railroad has been shut down because they replaced the old aquaman splash down ride and now because of Covid-19 the park Hasn't been open that much And the railroad can't run because part of the track is dismantled it has to be relayed differently because the new ride is in the path of the old grade hopefully the railroad will come back soon
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan well the railroad is back and the track don't look like it's changed much
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Six flags Over Texas amusement park located in Arlington,Texas