MP:  0733.20

 

Created November 25, 2019

 

Total Accidents:   2
Crossing DOT #:  639601D
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   2   (ESTIMATED)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the ATN Birmingham Subdivision.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signal #1 Signal #2
Bell: General Signals Type 3 electronic N/A
Cantilever: N/A Premier Products
Light Frames: 4 - 12x24" Hawker-Siddeley Safetran

7 - 12x24" WCH

1 - 12x24" Safetran

Base: Safetran N/A

 

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Overviews of the crossing.

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The first signal.
It has a Safetran base.
The emergency information.

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This signal uses all Safetran 12x24 inch lights.
The lone bell here is a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell.

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The second signal.
It's a Premier Products cantilever.
The emergency information.

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The mast lights here are a mixture of Safetran and WCH 12x24 inch lights!

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The overhead lights are more WCH 12x24 inch lights!

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Track view looking east towards 2nd Avenue in Irondale.

 

Apparently I somehow forgot to get photos of the relay case and a track view looking towards the west while I was here on my first visit. To the west is 56th Street #1. The relay case can also be seen in Pictures 43, 44, and 45below.

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A return trip on the morning of 4-3-19 catches the crossing in action with ATN Z390 rolling through!

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Another return to the crossing later that afternoon catches the crossing in action again!

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ATN Z389 comes through heading north to Ragland with a pair of GP40-2LWs leading an ex-BN SD40-2 and an SD40R!

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The train passes.

 

 

Pictures 1-21 were taken on 3-27-19.

Pictures 22-68 and the video were taken on 4-3-19.