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CNW SD40 #843 - Mankato MN - Aug 25, 1985
“Flagging the Crossing” - Crossing flaggers and crossing shanties at busy railroad and roadway intersections were once common on US railroads. Technology in the form of crossing signals and gates eventually replaced the flaggers and shanties. Yet surprisingly the practice lasted longer than one would have expected in some locations. One of these was in Mankato, MN on the Chicago & North Western. As seen here back in 1985, the flagger has left his shanty and is protecting motorists from a CNW freight that came southbound out of the Twin Cities on the former Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) route.
CNW SD40 #843 - Mankato MN - Aug 25, 1985
“Flagging the Crossing” - Crossing flaggers and crossing shanties at busy railroad and roadway intersections were once common on US railroads. Technology in the form of crossing signals and gates eventually replaced the flaggers and shanties. Yet surprisingly the practice lasted longer than one would have expected in some locations. One of these was in Mankato, MN on the Chicago & North Western. As seen here back in 1985, the flagger has left his shanty and is protecting motorists from a CNW freight that came southbound out of the Twin Cities on the former Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) route.