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Great contrast and cool to see
Is that a wood switch target?
Yes it is. They seemed to be fairly common on the CPR. There was one at the south end of the downtown/Alice Street wye in Guelph that lasted until about 2018.
Paul, we had a lot of wooden targets on CP. I only recall seeing them on branchlines. It was only the large oval part that was wood, of course. I saw yellow ones in yards sometimes too.
Thanks for that info RonaldB.
I’m looking through some old photos from the 50′s, 60′s, and 70′s when we lived near the CN tracks in Concord, Hornepayne, Washago, and Jarvis, ON, but I have yet to spot a wood switch stand target. I do recall seeing wood restricted clearance signs (yellow) back in the day.
Hello again Paul, here’s another shot of a yellow wooden target at Guelph. Across the street, you can see one of the cast metal targets that CP used on some yard switches. http://www.railpictures.ca/upload/taking-a-step-across-alice-street-from-last-weeks-posting-a-wider-view-of-the-cpr-guelph-engine-house-facilities-on-the-fibreglass-spur-in-guelph-cpr-mlw-s11-6617-is-assigned-as-the-guelph-yard-e
Thanks Ron. After making my last comment, my brother Terry (also a retired railroader) started to remind me of all the wood signs along CN’s right-of-way. He sent me a few photos and BOOM! my recall of the various signs is now running wild. There were so many that I had forgotten. Just about anything that is metal, or fiberglass today was once made of wood. Snowplow/flanger signs, grade crossing ‘crossbucks’, mile boards, station name signs, yard limits, and so on.