My top vote was GS Type 2. I grew up with them, and I don't mind their tone. Here's how the other's stack up in my opinion (reaons on are carrots, good and bad reasons seperated by ":".): 1. GS Type 2 <Enjoyable sound, durable, simple, and looks fine : nothing> 2. Safetran Type 1 <Very neat sound, e...

Very informative post, Kody. I learned a bit from it. Mind if I ask a couple of comparison questions? How do these mechanism stack up in terms of differences and preformance? - Transport Products - RACO (the non Hydralic ones) - GRS Model D - Safetran (early) They all look very identical to me, but ...

S-60 Gate Mechanism by Invensys:
http://www.invensysrail.com/downloads/1 ... 5JVBJE.pdf

S-40 Gate Mechanism by Invensys:
http://www.invensysrail.com/downloads/1 ... 7dIM0d.pdf

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Joshua

I heard these are the new "Safetran" mechanisms and that yes, more are coming.

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Joshua

Huh, I wonder how it would look if the mechanism was opened up.

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Joshua

Hmm... signal test box?

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Joshua

Those backgrounds were faded.

http://g.co/maps/q8y9h

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Joshua

I really need to crack down and get pages done. Good thing spring break is next week. Here's a list of crossings categorized by railroad subdivision. UP Villa Grove Subdivision: Sollitt Road ; Grant Park, IL Highway 58 ; Grant Park, IL Whitaker Road ; Grant Park, IL Greenwood Street ; Grant Park, IL...

Probably worth saying that my dad took me out there today. Still there. Documented the crossing.

I'll see about getting a picture posted here.

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Joshua

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZd9H3TUXlk BTW, StreetView got it: http://maps.google.com/?ll=40.753288,-88.292055&spn=0.011167,0.022724&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.753181,-88.292062&panoid=Le3VKO86SBa57skwDlNCPg&cbp=12,3.74,,0,4.59 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887_Great_Chatsworth_train_wreck ^ Look...