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THE FRA STILL LISTS THIS CROSSING AS OWNED BY THE TULARE VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, WHICH WENT DEFUNCT IN 1994.
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This is another one of those crossings that faces a possible abandonment. There are two 12"x24" WCH cantilevers without rear facing mast lights. There is one WCH mechanical bell, and a RACO/Griswold mechanical bell on top of both gates of both signals.
Check picture 1, at the top of the gate is the only 7" gate light. All other gates are 4".
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Facing East. |
There are flashing red lights above the 4-way intersection, meaning STOP. |
This signal has lots of side lights. Quite a bit of overkill for hardly any traffic if any. |
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Another view of the crossing. |
A side view. |
There's something really wrong with this crossing. Both signals say there are 3 tracks at this crossing, but there's only one.
There used to be 3 tracks in the past, but the two spur tracks were taken out a long time ago. As a matter of fact, the latest FRA report from the TJVR from 1995 shows 3 tracks, but 2 gateless mast signals instead. I wonder why the cantilever was never moved closer?
Picture 9 shows how far back the cantilever is from the main track.
All pictures were taken October 21, 2005.
