2 - 12"x24" MI w/ Leotek EV Series LEDs
4 - 12"x24" Safetran w/ Leotek EV Series LEDs
2 - 12"x24" MI w/ Leotek EV Series LEDs
4 - 12"x24" Safetran w/ Leotek EV Series LEDs
Junction Box:
1 - Transport Products 1 - Safetran
1 - US&S 1 - Safetran
Gate Lights:
3 - RECO 4" LEDs
3 - NEG 4" LEDs
Gate Mechanism:
Safetran Model 85 w/ Standard Mount
Safetran Model 85 (standard counterweights) w/ Standard Mount
Gate Striping:
Vertical Striping
Vertical Striping
Pictures 1-32 were taken on October 3, 2018, by Tommy McGowan.
The 1st video was taken on December 29, 2023, by Nicholas Miles/Northwestern Ohio Rail Productions.
The 2nd video was taken on January 11, 2026, by Nicholas Miles/Northwestern Ohio Rail Productions.
Pictures 33-48 were taken on February 15, 2026, by Nicholas Miles/Northwestern Ohio Rail Productions.
This crossing is located on the CF&E Lima Subdivision.
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Overview of 2 very old and nice looking gated cantilevers facing south.
Overview facing north.
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The
northern signal. It's nice to see this has retained a US&S
Teardrop for so many years. All the lights at this point were
incandescent with the mast lights being 8 inch Safetran ones and the
gate mechs being from WRRS.
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The southern
signal. The cantilever and gate mast are separated so far apart
due to the intersecting street next to the crossing.
In February 2026, Nicholas Miles
discovered all the
lights were upgraded to LED. But like older crossings on this route,
CF&E did it in an odd way. The light frames here on the mast are not
new and are
likely reused from somewhere, as they use MI frames instead of Safetran
ones. The gates
were also replaced, but in the process, the CF&E replaced the gate
mechanisms with reused Safetran Model 85 ones! Like the light frames,
they
were likely reused from somewhere. And perhaps the most cursed addition
for a Model 85 is the fact that the southern one has standard
counterweights instead of the Model 85's traditional one! I have no idea
why the CF&E chose to do it like that, and it looks weird, I know.
The track signs were also replaced, but thankfully, this crossing still
has its Teardrop Bell.
