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Re: (erielack) Mudcut Crossing on Sussex Branch (was) Steamtown Images--June 13, 2013 (C2836 thru C2840)



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Ed,

Actually it was the Mudcut Crossing in Lafayette. Augusta didn't have 
flashers or a bell.  The picture I've attached comes from Richard L. 
Johnson.  I know it's not exactly in focus, but you can still see that 
the cross buck has a bell and flashers added to it.

Dave Rutan

On 6/13/2013 7:58 AM, Ed Montgomery wrote:
>
> The wooden crossbucks with a warning  bell are interesting.  I saw one
> still in service while riding the last Sunday Train to Branchville in
> 1966.  It protected a road around Augusta.  It had probably been there 50
> years.
>
> Ed Montgomery

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