Kirkwood Rd. #1 (Kirkwood, MO)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>	*Northern Signal*	*Southern Signal*
Bell:	GS Type 2 E-Bell	WCH E-Bell
Cantilever:	Harmon	Harmon
Base:	WCH 5" Single Sided	WCH 5" Single Sided
Light Brackets:	1 - WRRS 3 - Harmon	2 - WRRS 3 - Harmon
Lights:	2 - 12"x20" WCH w/ Electro-Tech LEDs 10 - 12"x20" Harmon w/ Electro-Tech LEDs	3 - 12"x20" WCH w/ Electro-Tech LEDs 1 - 12"x20" WCH w/ WCH/Miller 2nd Gen LEDs 10 - 12"x20" Harmon w/ Electro-Tech LEDs
Gate Lights:	3 - Alstom Aurora 4" LEDs	3 - Alstom Aurora 4" LEDs
Gate Mechanism:	WCH Style 3.5	WCH Style 3.5
Gate Striping:	Vertical Striping	Vertical Striping

Pictures 1-11 were taken by TrainmanKight sometime in 2003.

The 1st video was taken by TrainmanKight on June 2, 2007.

The 2nd video was taken by TrainmanKight on October 25, 2007.

Pictures 12-28 were taken by TrainmanKight on September 11, 2008.

Pictures 29-78 were taken by TrainmanKight on October 6, 2010.

The 3rd video was taken by Crossingman18 Productions on November 6, 2011.

The 4th video was taken by UPking on June 11, 2021.

The 5th video was taken by UPking on March 31, 2022.

The 6th video was taken by UPking on July 12, 2022.

Pictures 79-126 were taken by UPking on March 13, 2024.

This crossing is located on the UP Jefferson City Subdivision.

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Overviews of the crossing with WCH and Harmon 12"x20" frames and two WCH mechanical bells.			Here's a young TrainmanKight at 10 years old.
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A UP train comes by in pictures 6-8 and the signals activate. The bells sound from activation to when the gates lower, and again from rising to deactivation.

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The train crosses, and the gates rise.

Pictures 1-11 were taken sometime in 2003.

The crossing was made quiet sometime in 2000 or 2001.

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This is a quiet crossing. Be prepared to pay up if you go around the gates here.

More views of the crossing, with little to no changes.

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A view of cantilever lights.	I still dislike this kind of setup.	Here are one of the two WCH mechanical bells.	The crossbuck is double-sided, and the lights are on WRRS brackets.

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A side view of the one cantilever signal.	Facing East.	Facing West.	A view of the other signal.
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This signal is identical to the other, except with another pair of sidelights seen in picture 25.
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Here's a railroad station that was built sometime in the 1890s.

Pictures 12-28 were taken by TrainmanKight on September 11, 2008.

CLICK THE ICON TO THE LEFT TO HEAR THE CROSSING IN ACTION.
(RECORDED OCTOBER 18, 2007 BY TRAINMANKIGHT)

In late December 2008, UP changed the bells at this crossing so that they would ring from startup to deactivation, rather than the old way, which was having the bells ringing from startup to when the gates lower, and rise to deactivation. Unfortunately, that caused the bell that was ringing poorly in picture 15 to completely die in February 2009, and was replaced by a WCH electronic bell on April 24, 2009.

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A few vehicles stopped on the tracks while waiting for the lights to change.			Notice the traffic light that's supposed to stop drivers before the crossing...
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As you saw above in pictures 30 and 31, the vast majority of drivers ignore this signal.			Overview of the crossing.
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There have been a couple of changes at the crossing, many of them pretty recent. All 12"x20" frames now have UP LEDs inside of them, and the gate lights are now Alstom-Aurora LED gate lights.
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In picture 43, you can see a spring on the gate, which means this gate motor has a gate guard by General Signals.
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All lights attached to the Harmon cantilevers have Harmon light frames. The lights attached to the gate masts all have WCH frames. Picture 47 shows the WCH e-bell that replaced a WCH mechanical back on April 24, 2009.
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An unusual angle of one of the signals.	Track views.		Here's a traffic light at an intersection.
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Continuing from picture 52...	Note the older "DON'T WALK" pedestrian signal here.	Looking back at the crossing...
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The pedestrian signal is pre-empted in case the signals activate during the "WALK" cycle.	More views of the crossing. The WCH mechanical is still alive and well as seen in picture 60.

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A view of the lone WCH mechanical bell.

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UP 3985 arrives on the scene and stops at the Amtrak station for a short rest. Notice the turnout of people that showed up to see the train.			Here's the crossing in action.
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After a two-minute rest (and keeping the crossing activated in the process), UP 3985 begins to pull out in picture 73.
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