Robert S. Butler posted:They were probably too embarrassed . An examination of almost any other crossing by other manufacturers during the same time period indicates this crossing was the absolute bottom of the barrel with respect to quality.
I would say early / "primitive" ... given the skeletal appearance and low catalog number ? The same lot included first-generation manual switches, and some VERY early (?) terminal-track (individual fahnstock clips clamped to the center and outer rail).
Probably by 1925 (catalog above), this was the entry-level X-over ?