Attached are a few pictures I took on November 31, 2014 while on a Wichita Sub tour with our friend Bob Hoover (friscofriend). The gate protected the former SLSF / ATSF crossing, MP 414.0. It is just north of West Washington Street.
Thanks for the good photos, Keith. I'm not sure I've ever actually seen a Frisco crossing gate up close. I've taken a lot of photos of the old MoP (Iron Mountain) gate at the SSW crossing in Delta, MO and I see distinct differences. Anyone ever model one of these, in any scale? Better yet, has anyone modeled one that operates? I don't believe there was a crossing gate for the SL-SF interchange/wye at Olathe, but I'm inclined to add on, especially since I did't have room to model the north leg of the wye. Best Regards,
Here's the one that I built. It operated by means of a bell crank and push rod. http://www.frisco.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8947&d=1253141440
Dave Salamon has a gate on his Deep River and Southern N scale pike. I think it's manual. I protects the DRS main from a Frisco branch.
Very nice, Karl - I recall the photo somewhere (maybe in the FMIG) but never noticed the crossing gate. I think I'll add this to my list of detail projects. Need to finish track in Olathe and then get a "Tower 4" scene going. Best Regards,
I had posted these from Kansas Memory (Kansas Historical Society) http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/96-at-fredonia-ks.12191/ Here, about half-way down the thread: http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/fredonia-ks-track-plan.1831/#post-74257 Hope this helps. -Bob T.
Wow that was way back, when I worked there not much was left. Thoughts always come into my mind, I used to drive out on Sunday evening to Wichita in July and August. About every other town had a big tent with a revival going on. It reminded me of the movie with Steve Martin in it. Are we going to have a miracle. It was just like that. !