Hey I got me a question what does a W crossed out mean

[railfan619]

Hey everyone I went a cross a set of tracks today and as I looked down.The tracks
and saw a circle with a W crossed out in the middle of this circle and kinda wondered what that ment. My guess is that no westbound trains are allowed down that track or what and if you case you are wondering this was at the 65th st crossing on the CP/Amtrak line that runs though Wauatosa. [%-)][%-)]

[SID6FIVE]

probably means a no whistle zone...

[ericsp]

It means that the hobos are not allowed to drink whiskey in that area. [;)]

[adrianspeeder]

A sign on a post, or on the ground? Metal?

Adrianspeeder

[Anonymous]

Well, this may be treading on dangerous ground but Adrianspeeder's post reminds me of this very old item:
Q What do you get when you cut a bra in half?
A. Two yarmulkes with chin straps.
You get the best humor from thems that lives it. The humor I've learned from the Irish could not be told nowadays. Not PC.
And the Pope's beanie has a different name: zucchetto (stem of the word is also the stem of zucchini).
Art

[vsmith]

Out here it usually means someone dont like the President.

[CShaveRR]

Controlling my laughter and picking myself up from the floor, I have to say that I'm pretty sure that the sign is used in places where whistling for grade crossings is banned.

[Anonymous]

A "Quiet Zone" All trains are not to use their horns. bells might be used, but how the folks know if there is a train coming?[?][%-)]

[fuzzybroken]

Railfan619,

I regularly drive past the crossings in question, and this is a "no-whistle" post. If you look elsewhere in Milwaukeeland on the CP, you will see similar signs without the red-restriction circle, that are whistle posts. CP has had a long-standing agreement with Wauwatosa and Elm Grove on not whistling for the crossings in these communities, hence the "no-whistle" posts.

Happy railroading!
-Mark
www.fuzzyworld3.com

[selector]

Means 'No winkling." (Cross between Weeing and Tinkling). Too many complaints about crew members standing on the footboards with their rats hanging out taking a pee while the train passes through neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Maybe some anal-retentive wanted to replace "W"histle with "H"orn but ran out of paint after painting just the crosspiece of the aitch....

[fuzzybroken]

Hey, I got me a picture of one of these!!! Click link below:
www.fuzzyworld3.com/rr05.html#no-whistle

-Mark

[shanson2]

Lone Byrd asks: how the folks know if there is a train coming?

On a gate that our train passes, an electronic speaker simulates the bell and horn. It's sounding close to the automobiles, who are the ones who need to hear it, rather than the neighbors two blocks from the crossing!

[Anonymous]

You know, I wonder if some of the bell-clangers at RR crossings get their sound from electronics rather than real bells? Once in a while I run into one that doesn't quite sound like a real bell. If I'm totally wrong on this please accuse me of bad hearing (which is true) and not paranoia (hope not!).

[fuzzybroken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626

You know, I wonder if some of the bell-clangers at RR crossings get their sound from electronics rather than real bells? Once in a while I run into one that doesn't quite sound like a real bell. If I'm totally wrong on this please accuse me of bad hearing (which is true) and not paranoia (hope not!).

Take a look sometime at your local crossing dinger. A lot of them around these parts have the old C&NW/DT&I nose-bell style dinger, while some of the newer ones have something that looks like a tin can, cut in half, with some screening in between -- these are those horrible electronic bells that I detest greatly. (What the heck is wrong with a normal bell I say???)

Oh, and I even have a picture!!! On www.fuzzyworld3.com/jvl03.html take a look at the second picture, click on it and you can see a larger picture, click on it again to see a full-size picture of a crossing with "those horrible electronic bells"!!!

-Mark
www.fuzzyworld3.com

[Anonymous]

Thanks, fuzzy, I saw your pix. Read it and learn (or weep for demise of real bells).