MP:  0031.40

 

Created January 25, 2021

 

Total Accidents:   0
Crossing DOT #:  348831A
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   12   (AS OF 2019)

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Northern Signal Southern Signal
Bell: Safetran Type 2 E-Bell Safetran Type 2 E-Bell
Base: Safetran Safetran
Lights: 4 - 12"x20" Safetran w/ Dialight Ball LEDs 4 - 12"x20" Safetran w/ Dialight Ball LEDs
Gate Lights: 4" NEG LEDs, 7" NEG LED 4" NEG LEDs
Gate Mechanism: Safetran 2000s Safetran 2000s
Gate Striping: Diagonal Striping Vertical Striping

 

Page created by: Ethan the Railfanner

This crossing is located on the Nashville and Eastern Railroad, with the Music City Star and Tennessee Central Railway Museum having trackage rights over it.

 

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Overviews of this crossing.
The southern signal.

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It has a Safetran base.
A Safetran gate mechanism.
The emergency information.
A Safetran junction box.

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The lights are Safetran 12x20s with Dialight Ball LEDs.
The bell here is a Safetran Type 2 E-Bell.
The gatelights are all NEG 4 inchers on this signal.

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The northern signal.
It has another Safetran base.
Another Safetran gate mechansim.

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The emergency information.
This signal has more Safetran 12x20 lights with Dialight Ball LEDs on another Safetran junction box.

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Another Safetran Type 2 E-Bell stands over here.
This signal has a mixture of 2 NEG 4 inch gatleights and a single NEG 7 inch gatelight.

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Track view facing east towards Greenwood Street.
Track view facing west towards Hidden Acres Road.
A speed limit sign stands near the crossing for freight and passenger trains.

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On August 25, 2023, freebrickproductions made a return trip to this crossing to find that the southern signal's gatelights were replaced with 4" NEG LEDs.

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The crossing activates! (For a time-out that is.)

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The crossing activates again!

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NERR 8585 leads NERR NE-03 through the crossing!

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The train clears the crossing...

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...and the signals deactivate.

 

 

 

 

Pictures 1-26 were taken on 1-19-18 by freebrickproductions.

The first video was taken on 3-31-18 by Ethan the Railfanner.

Pictures 27-61 and the second and third videos were taken on 8-25-23 by freebrickproductions.