by trainsinmaine
The thread about wig-wags leads me to another question. Back in the '70s, most New England railroad replaced the wooden crossbucks that had been made and painted by their own in-house maintenance shops with the generic metal crossing signs that are now seen all over the country. I'm wondering if there are any original hand-painted crossbucks still standing on any New England rail line. I know of one, at the MEC Somerset Branch's Old Norridgewock Road crossing in Madison, Maine.
The B&M used to have very attractive signage when I was a kid, with unique block lettering and a distinctive black base on the bottom of each white sign.
The B&M used to have very attractive signage when I was a kid, with unique block lettering and a distinctive black base on the bottom of each white sign.