>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Western Signal Eastern Signal
Bell: N/A NEG E-Bell
Base: Safetran Safetran
Lights: 4 - 12"x24" Hawker-Safetran w/ Leotek EV series LEDs 4 - 12"x24" Hawker-Safetran w/ Leotek EV series LEDs
Gate Lights: 4" NEG LEDs 4" NEG LEDs
Gate Mechanism: Safetran 1990s Safetran 1990s
Gate Striping: Vertical Striping Vertical Striping

 

Pictures 1-38 were taken by TrainmanKight.

Pictures 39-58, 140, and 141 and the second video were taken by Ethan the Railfanner.

Pictures 59-139 and the first and third videos were taken by freebrickproductions.

 

This crossing is located on the CSX Chattanooga Subdivision.

 

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A look at the crossing and one signal. All 3 pictures face SouthWest.

You can see a GS electronic bell on top of the signal in picture 3. It produces a type 1 sound.

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The main lights have Safetran 12"x24" incandescent lights on a bracket.

Facing South.
Facing North.

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The rear view of the signal.

Here's the other signal, facing East. It's identical in features to the other signal.

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A CSX DOT sign.
A view of one of the signals.
Facing North again.

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More views of both signals.

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A Safetran signal base.
Twilight shots of one signal.

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More pictures of the rear lights.
Here are some gate counterweights.
The relay case with DOT information.

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More views facing North.

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Pictures 1-29 were taken on November 28, 2008.

 

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Active shots of the crossing taken sometime in 2009. The GS type 1 e-bell only sounds from startup to when the gates fully lower.

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A return trip on 6-14-20 by Ethan the railfanner doesn't show many changes to this crossing.

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The eastern signal.
It has a Safetran base.
A Safetran gate mechanism.

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The lights still remain as Hawker-Safetran 12x24 incandescents.
The gate has been restriped and now has NEG gatelights.
The western signal.

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It has another Safetran base.
Another Safetran gate mechanism.
The lights also still remain as Hawker-Safetran 12x24 incandescents.

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The General Signals Type 1 E-Bell still remains.
The gate has also been restriped and now has more NEG gatelights.
The relay bungalow.

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Track view facing south towards Rucker Road.
Track view facing north towards Butler Road.

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On May 28, 2022, freebrickproductions made a return trip to this crossing to see it in action.

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CSX 3434, an ET44AH, leads a northbound coal train through the crossing!

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CSX 3179, an ES44AH, serves as the mid-DPU.

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The train clears the crossing...

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...and the signal deactivate.

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On May 28, 2024, exactly two years later, freebrickproductions made a return trip to this crossing to see a Leotek EV series LED upgrade!

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The western signal.

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The eastern signal.

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A holdout signal stands nearby the crossing.

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The crossing activates! Sadly, the General Signals Type 1 E-Bell died at that time.

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CSX 7279, an CM44AC, leads CSX M280 through the crossing!

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Being a very short train, it clears the crossing...

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...and the signals deactivate.

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On July 11, 2024, Ethan the Railfanner made a return trip to this crossing for a close-up of the new NEG E-Bell that replaced the dead General Signals Type 1 E-Bell here.

 

 

 

 

Pictures 38-58 were taken on June 14, 2020.

Pictures 60-94 and the first and second video were taken on May 28, 2022.

Pictures 95-139 and the third video were taken on May 28, 2024.

Pictures 140 and 141 were taken on July 11, 2024.