MP:  799.090

 

Updated December 13, 2022

 

Total Accidents:   4
Crossing DOT #:  728037E
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   6   (AS OF 2020)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the NS West End District with BNSF and CSX having trackage rights over it.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signal #1 Signal #2
Bell: Safetran Type 3 electronic General Signals Type 1 electronic
Base: SERRMI Peerless Manufacturing Corp.
Light Frames: 4 - 12x24" Safetran

3 - 12x20" Safetran

1 - 12x20" Hawker-Siddeley Safetran

 

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Overviews of the crossing.
The first signal.

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It has a SERRMI base.
The emergency information.
This signal has Safetran 12x24 inch lights.

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This signal uses a Safetran Type 3 e-bell.
The second signal.
It has a Peerless Manufacturing Corp. base!

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A GRS manual control switch.
The emergency information and an old SOU DOT tag!

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This signal has a mixture of Safetran 12x20 inch lights from the early to mid-90s.

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This bell is a General Signals Type 1 e-bell!
The relay case.
Looking southeast towards 2nd Avenue.
Looking northeast towards Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard #1.

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A return trip to this crossing on 11-12-20 catches the crossing in action!

 

I didn't realize it at the time, but the 12x24 inch signal here (Pictures 26 and 27) had its Safetran Type 3 e-bell replaced with an older one between my two visits!

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NS 329 comes north through the crossing with UP 1943 leading a vandalized UP SD70M!

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A UP AC45CCTE works as the mid-train DPU.

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NS 74G comes south with an ES44AC leading a Dash-9 on the head-end.

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NS 329 clears the crossing...

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...and eventually NS 74G clears it as well with an SD70ACe working as the rear-DPU.

 

 

 

Pictures 1-24 were taken on 3-18-20.

Pictures 25-98 and the first video were taken on 11-12-20.

The second video was taken on 10-10-21.