3 - 8"x20" Safetran
incandescents
1 - 8"x20" Griswold Type B incandescent
4 - 8"x20" Safetran incandescents
Light Brackets:
Safetran
Safetran
Pictures 1-17 and the 1st video were
taken
on August 30, 2019, by Tommy McGowan.
Pictures 18-26 and the 2nd video were taken on September 3, 2022, by
Hopen111.
Pictures 27-35 were taken on September 1,
2024, by Hopen111.
This crossing is located on the Midwest Electric Railway which is
inside the county fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant.
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Overview of 2
bell-less and gateless signals facing south.
Overview facing north.
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The northern signal. Odd
to see one cast iron light mixed in.
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The
southern signal. This is the most normal looking of all the
signals on the MERY.
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The relay case which
is mounted on the southern signal.
A return visit by Hopen111 in September 2024 shows the southern signal is completely gone!
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Overview facing north.
Overview facing south.
Former location of the southern signal. It appears to now be stored in the Trolley Barns.
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The northern signal. The relay case was moved to this signal and the crossbuck is completely missing.
The crossing also appears to now only work 50% of the time, as I saw it
working fine when I was walking to here, but it failed to activate for
the next trolley.
