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dan the ca railfan
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by dan the ca railfan » Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:37 pm
very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!
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by WRRS-Chicago » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:59 am
In South Bend, Indiana there's a rather curious installation at an intersection with an active crossing. But this mast and crossbuck is probably from ancient days of the freight use. Today it is primarily interurban passenger. The crossing signal equipment along this short run is interesting in itself. A mix of modern Safetran and some older Griswold cantilevers down the road, plus a pair of No Right Turn flashers at this crossing. But that's a post for another day.
A few things stand out for this item. I've never seen this base before. I can't make out the markings. But that design looks like it was meant to last, and it has. I know South Shore had a lot of US&S equipment. The post is also sort of interesting when you see the round (not oval) hole for mounting the crossarm assembly. The top was obviously to take overhead electric instead of up through the ground. Anyway, see what you think...
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by dan the ca railfan » Wed Aug 08, 2018 1:06 am
WRRS-Chicago wrote:In South Bend, Indiana there's a rather curious installation at an intersection with an active crossing. But this mast and crossbuck is probably from ancient days of the freight use. Today it is primarily interurban passenger. The crossing signal equipment along this short run is interesting in itself. A mix of modern Safetran and some older Griswold cantilevers down the road, plus a pair of No Right Turn flashers at this crossing. But that's a post for another day.
A few things stand out for this item. I've never seen this base before. I can't make out the markings. But that design looks like it was meant to last, and it has. I know South Shore had a lot of US&S equipment. The post is also sort of interesting when you see the round (not oval) hole for mounting the crossarm assembly. The top was obviously to take overhead electric instead of up through the ground. Anyway, see what you think...
nice find!!!!!!
very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!
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by ZachL » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:53 pm
WRRS-Chicago wrote:In South Bend, Indiana there's a rather curious installation at an intersection with an active crossing. But this mast and crossbuck is probably from ancient days of the freight use. Today it is primarily interurban passenger. The crossing signal equipment along this short run is interesting in itself. A mix of modern Safetran and some older Griswold cantilevers down the road, plus a pair of No Right Turn flashers at this crossing. But that's a post for another day.
A few things stand out for this item. I've never seen this base before. I can't make out the markings. But that design looks like it was meant to last, and it has. I know South Shore had a lot of US&S equipment. The post is also sort of interesting when you see the round (not oval) hole for mounting the crossarm assembly. The top was obviously to take overhead electric instead of up through the ground. Anyway, see what you think...
Wonder what the hole in the center is there. Hopefully it's not rotting
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by freebrickproductions » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:25 pm
ZachL wrote:WRRS-Chicago wrote:In South Bend, Indiana there's a rather curious installation at an intersection with an active crossing. But this mast and crossbuck is probably from ancient days of the freight use. Today it is primarily interurban passenger. The crossing signal equipment along this short run is interesting in itself. A mix of modern Safetran and some older Griswold cantilevers down the road, plus a pair of No Right Turn flashers at this crossing. But that's a post for another day.
A few things stand out for this item. I've never seen this base before. I can't make out the markings. But that design looks like it was meant to last, and it has. I know South Shore had a lot of US&S equipment. The post is also sort of interesting when you see the round (not oval) hole for mounting the crossarm assembly. The top was obviously to take overhead electric instead of up through the ground. Anyway, see what you think...
Wonder what the hole in the center is there. Hopefully it's not rotting
Likely where the lights were mounted.
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by WRRS-Chicago » Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:27 am
I figured out why that old mast is where it is. Going back a-ways, when it was a freight line, it ran down the center of the street -- street running. I saw old satellite photos from the 50s and 60s. So that was an active flashing signal for that intersection/railroad crossing.
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by ZachL » Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:01 pm
Now I'm curious to know how old the crossbuck itself is. Obviously it's been neglected some, but it's good to see it still standing
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dan the ca railfan
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by dan the ca railfan » Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:28 am
very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!