MP:  A364.20

 

Updated November 12, 2023

 

Total Accidents:   4
Crossing DOT #:  731853D
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   23   (AS OF 2014)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the NS Memphis District East End.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signal #1 Signal #2
Bell: Safetran Type 3 electronic Dying Safetran mechanical
Base: Safetran Safetran
Light Frames: 4 - 12x20" Safetran 4 - 12x20" Safetran
Gate Lights: RECO RECO LED
Gate Mechanism: 90s Safetran 90s Safetran
Gate Striping: Vertical Vertical

 

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Overviews of the crossing.
The first signal.
It has a Safetran base.

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It also has a Safetran gate mechanism.
The emergency information.
The lights on this signal are Safetran 12x20 inch lights.

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The bell on this signal is a Safetran mechanical bell.
The second signal.
This signal also has a Safetran base.

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It also has another Safetran gate mechanism.
The emergency information.
This signal has more Safetran 12x20 inch lights.

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The bell on this signal is also a Safetran mechanical bell.
The relay case.

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Looking west along the tracks towards McEntire Lane along the main line.

Looking east along the tracks towards Memorial Drive.

 

Spur/branch line crossings to the west of here are: 5th Street (Liquid Air Lead), Joe Wheeler Highway #1 (Alt. US 72/AL 20) (Denbo Lead), Joe Wheeler Highway #2 (Alt. US 72/AL 20) (Monsanto Lead), and Beltline Road (AL 67) (3M-Amoco Lead).

 

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A return trip on 12-27-15 catches the crossing in action.

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NS 325 passes the crossing with seven engines.

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Still passing...

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Two UP engines trail at the end of the lash-up.

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Another return trip to the crossing on 12-31-22 finds a couple changes here...

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No changes to the first signal, yet.

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The second signal has had the front-right light replaced with a newer Safetran 12x20!

 

I believe around this time, NS also upgraded the gate lights on this signal to the RECO LEDs, as I can make-out one of them behind the crossbuck, but I don't think I'd noticed at the time, so no close-up pictures of them exist.

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A third return trip to the crossing on 7-14-23 finds that the first signal has had its Safetran mechanical bell replaced with a Safetran Type 3 e-bell!

 

Admittedly, I wasn't too surprised by this, as the bells here had started to die the month before, with this one sounding especially weak, but it's still a shame to see one of them get replaced.

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A fourth return trip on 7-24-23 catches the crossing in action again! The remaining Safetran mechanical bell here is still dying, unsurprisingly.

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NS A04 trundles through with a lone SD40-2, running lite.

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The locomotive passes...

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...and the crossing deactivates...

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...only to reactivate just a few minutes later!

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NS 286 comes through with a pair of AC44C6Ms for power.

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The train passes...

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...and the signals deactivate once again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures 1-21 were taken on 8-31-14.

Pictures 22-41 and the first video were taken on 12-27-15.

The second video was taken on 1-21-17.

The third video was taken on 5-20-17.

The fourth video was taken on 7-28-17.

The fifth video was taken on 11-26-17.

The sixth video was taken on 11-1-20.

The seventh video was taken on 1-29-21.

Pictures 42-51 were taken on 12-31-22.

The eighth video was taken on 4-12-23.

Pictures 52-55 were taken on 7-14-23.

Pictures 56-129 and the ninth and tenth videos were taken on 7-24-23.