These pictures were taken by WEHRAR17 on September 5, 2009.

 

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An overview of the crossing looking approximately south.
Views of the southbound (north) crossbuck.
A look at the WRRS mechanical bell.

 

Thresherman's Park near Edgerton has a 2' gauge steam-powered tourist railway running around the grounds. This is one of 7 places where the unpaved park roads cross the tracks, but it's the only one with any active warning device (a bell on the north crossbuck). Both crossbucks are the old cat's-eye ones, but the north one is incorrectly assembled.
 
The railroad only operates on Labor Day weekend (4 days), the first weekend in June, and on weekends in October. On the 14 or so days a year the train runs, it goes through the crossing approximately 36 times.

 

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Another look at the WRRS mechanical bell.
The correctly assembled south crossbuck.
Track views.

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The train that goes through the crossing. The locomotive is a German industrial tank engine modified to resemble a classic 19th century American locomotive.

 

The train and the railroad are known as "The Rock River Cannonball."
 There are no track circuits, the bell is manually activated by an operator who watches for the train from the depot, and rings slowly like a US&S Teardrop.

 

CLICK THE ICON TO THE LEFT TO HEAR THE CROSSING IN ACTION.
(RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 2009)