Wigwag (railroad)
RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING SIGNAL
Magnetic Flagman; Wig wag (train); Wig wag (train).; Wig wag (crossing); Wig-wag (crossing)
Wigwag is a nickname for a type of railroad grade crossing signal once common in North America, referring to its pendulum-like motion that signaled the approach of a train. The device is generally credited to Albert Hunt, a mechanical engineer at Southern California's Pacific Electric (PE) interurban streetcar railroad, who invented it in 1909 for safer railroad grade crossings.