>>>>>>>>>>>>>>	Northern Signal	Southern Signal
Bell:	N/A	Bryant Zinc Mechanical!!
Base:	Unmarked 4" Clamped	Unmarked 4" Clamped
Light Brackets:	2 - Griswold	2 - Griswold
Lights:	6 - 8"x20" Griswold Type B incandescents	6 - 8"x20" Griswold Type B incandescents

 

Pictures 1-12 were taken on July 18, 2008, by mlgillson@hotmail.com.

Pictures 13-31 and the video were taken on October 22, 2022, by Hopen111.

Pictures 32-34 were taken on November 18, 2023, by Hopen111.

Pictures 35-39 were taken on October 18, 2024, by Hopen111.

Pictures 40-50 were taken on March 8, 2025, by Hopen111.

This crossing is located on the former IANR Cedar Falls Utilities Spur.

On August 26, 2022, the last freight train ran on this line. It picked up some rolling stock that was left in storage at the Cedar Falls Utilities (which was last placed there in the summer of 2020).
Later on December 12, 2023, marks when the final train used this line. It was in fact, a rare IANR business train for CN to do an inspection of the line, due to their recent interest of buying out IANR at the time.
Unfortunately, the last and only customer on this line has stopped business with IANR, and plans were made to rip up the rails in 2023, but the line still remains as of 2024.
No progress on ripping up the tracks have been done, and it appears the line and its crossings will remain for many more years, slowly rotting away.

 

1	2	3	4
Facing South.		The Southbound signal.	The relay case.

 

Train traffic on this line is very sporadic. The only traffic is an occasional coal train going to Cedar Falls Utilities.

 

5	6	7	8
This is a Bryant-Zinc (pre RRS/WRRS) bell.	All of the lights are Griswold Type-B.	Facing North.	The Northbound signal.

9	10	11	12
The sidelights on the Southbound signal.	Facing Southeast.	Facing West.	The sidelights on the Northbound signal.

A return visit in 2022 by Hopen111 shows that the only change to this crossing has been the addition of blue DOT tags.

Another return visit in 2023 by Hopen111 shows the begining of decay for these signals. The tracks on picture 34 have a noticeably higher amount of weeds growing on them than before.

As of October 2024, no changes have occurred.

A return visit in March 2025 by Hopen111 shows no changes have occurred. I got a lot more photos and tried getting some angles of the top of the bell from the library.