MP:  0095.90

 

Updated March 6, 2021

 

Total Accidents:   4
Crossing DOT #:  353151P
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   2   (ESTIMATED)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the ATN Guntersville Branch.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signal #1 Signal #2
Bell: General Signals Type 1 electronic General Signals Type 3 electronic
Cantilever: Harmon Harmon
Light Frames:

8 - 12x24" Harmon

2 - 12x24" Safetran

8 - 12x24" Harmon

2 - 12x24" Safetran

Base: Safetran Safetran
Gate Lights: 3 - NEG LEDs 3 - General Signals
Gate Mechanism: Safetran 2000s Safetran 2000s
Gate Striping: Vertical Vertical

 

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Overviews of the crossing.
The first signal.
It's a Harmon cantilever.

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All of the lights on the cantilever are Harmon 12x24 inch lights.

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A Safetran base.
A Safetran gate mechanism.
The DOT tag.
The lights on the gate mast are Safetran 12x24 inch lights.

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This signal has a General Signals Type-1 electronic bell.
This signal has NEG LED gate lights.
The second signal.

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It's another Harmon cantilever.
The mast lights are another pair of Harmon 12x24 inch lights.

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The overhead lights are more Harmon 12x24 inch lights.
A Safetran base.
Another Safetran gate mechanism.

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The DOT tag.
The gate mast has another pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights.
This signal has another General Signals Type-1 e-bell, which was dead.

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This signal has General Signals gate lights.
The relay case.
Track view facing south towards Sand Mountain Drive #1.
Action shots.

 

Apparently I had forgotten to get a picture facing north. The next crossing to the north is Sand Mountain Drive #2.

 

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A return trip on 10-12-19 shows that the dead General Signals Type 1 was replaced! There is now a General Signals Type 3 e-bell here.

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A return trip on the evening of 12-9-19 catches the crossing in action once again!

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An ex-BN SD40-2 shoves a train through the crossing.

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The gates rise once the train has passed.

 

 

 

Pictures 1-44 and the first video were taken on 3-25-16.

Pictures 45-48 were taken on 10-12-19.

Pictures 49-66 and the second video were taken on 12-9-19.