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 Western Signal
 Eastern Signal
Lincoln St. Signal
Bell:GS Type 2 E Bell
GS Type 2 E Bell
None
Base: US&S Single Sided
 Safetran Single Sided
WCH Single Sided
LED Types: Four Dialight Ball LEDs Four Dialight Ball LEDs Two Dialight Ball LEDs
Light Frames: Four 12"x24" US&S frames Four 12"x24" US&S frames Two older 12"x20" Safetran frames
Junction Box: US&S
 US&S
 Safetran
Gate Lights: 4" RECO LEDs
 4" RECO LEDs
4" RECO LEDs
Gate Mechanism: US&S Model 95 Style 1
 US&S Model 95 Style 1
 US&S Model 95 Style 2
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Crossbuck font:
 Normal font, double sided
 Normal font, double sided
Normal font, double sided
Bell Cycle: Rings for the whole duration
 Rings for the whole duration
N/A

Pictures 1-11 were taken on March 24, 2008.
Pictures 12-36 were taken on July 28, 2011.
Pictures 37-84 and the video were taken on March 14, 2015.
Pictures 85-91 were taken on December 19, 2015.
Pictures 92-97 and the 2nd video were taken on April 4, 2018.
All pictures and video were taken by Tommy McGowan.
This crossing is located on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub with UP having trackage rights on it as well.

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Photos from March 2008.  At the time, the signals on Division St. were older ones with 12"x20" Safetran incandescents, WRRS gate mechanisms, and 4" RECO incandescent gate lights.  The signals on Lincoln St. was the same way, except with a Safetran gate mechanism.

In late 2008, a new bungalow appeared behind the current bungalow, but this does not appear to be for the crossing.  I'm still not sure what it's for.
In late 2008, the signal on Lincoln St. received 4" RECO LED gate lights, but by 2010, were reverted back to incandescent!
By 2009, the gate light closest to the gate mechanism on the eastern signal was LED, while the rest were still incandescent.
In June 2009, the telegraph poles were removed.
By the end of 2010, all gate lights on the eastern signal were LED.

I had noted that by June 2011, all crossings around Coal City had received LEDs, except this one, which made me curious about the future of these signals.
On July 11, 2011, I noticed BNSF was going to close the crossing for repairs.  I went out to see the work and those videos can be seen here and here.

When I went past the crossing on July 17, new signals were installed on Division St., not just any signals, but they were the brand new signals that were installed at Oak St. just 2 years before.  Now that Oak St. closed, they moved those signals over to 113 as these were about the oldest crossing signals in Coal City and protected a very busy road.  Interestingly, the new eastern signal has the same Safetran base that the old signal had.

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Overview of the new signals facing west.
 Overview facing east.
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New eastern signal.  I believe this was also the eastern signal at Oak St. just with a GS Type 2 added to it and it's using the old Safetran base from the previous signal.
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The new western signal.
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The Lincoln St. signal just received an LED light upgrade.
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The grade is all concrete.  Some new concrete slabs were added to the western end of the crossing to replaced broken ones.
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The relay bungalows in the southeast quadrant
 Track view facing west towards the closed Oak St.
 Track view facing east at 1st Ave.

In 2012, the Lincoln St. signal received newer gate striping.  By 2013, the Division St. signals got the treatment.

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Overview facing west.
Overview facing east.
Overview facing south on Lincoln St.
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The eastern signal.
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The western signal.
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The Lincoln St. signal.
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The older RACO bungalow still stands. The PTMW shunt box is S/N 43324.
The grade is still all concrete.
Track view facing west towards Kankakee St.
Track view facing east at 1st Ave.
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Action shots from BNSF 6029 East.
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In December 2015, we see the crossbucks and track signs were replaced.  Blue DOT signs were added as well.

At some point between 2017 and 2018, the gate mechanism and the gate on the Lincoln St. signal were replaced.  The eastern signal for 113's gate was also replaced.

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Photos of the update.  Besides the eastern signal's gate, nothing else has changed with the 113 signals.