MP:  000388.610

 

Updated December 13, 2022

 

Total Accidents:   8
Crossing DOT #:  352567B
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   31   (AS OF 2020)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the CSX Boyles Terminal with the ATN having trackage rights over it.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signal #1 Signal #2
Bell: Safetran Type 3 electronic N/A
Base: Safetran Safetran
Light Frames: 4 - 12x24" Safetran w/ Leotek EV Series LEDs 4 - 12x24" Safetran w/ Leotek EV Series LEDs
Gate Lights: 3 - NEG LEDs 3 - RECO LEDs
Gate Mechanism: Safetran 2000s Safetran 2000s
Gate Striping: Vertical Vertical

 

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Overviews of the crossing.
The first signal.

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

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This signal has all Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs.
The bell here is a Safetran Type 3 e-bell.
The gate lights are RECO LEDs.

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The second signal.
It has another Safetran base.
Another Safetran gate mechanism.

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The emergency information.
More Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs on another Safetran bracket over here.

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More RECO LED gate lights on this signal.
The relay case.
Looking north towards CSX Boyles Yard, with a yard job seen switching on the right-hand track.

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The crossing activates!

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A northbound mixed freight rolls into Boyles Yard with a YN3 AC44CW leading a YN2 AC44CW!

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The train passes...

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...and the signals shut off.
The crossing is seen in action again from the other side!

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A pair of YN2 AC44CWs pull another northbound mixed freight through the crossing! This one continued through the yard and onto the S&NA North Sub, it appears.

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A return trip to the crossing on 5-19-21 finds that all of the Dialight Ball LEDs here have been replaced!

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The first signal now has all Leotek EV Series LEDs. This signal also received a new set of NEG LED gate lights to replace its RECO LED gate lights, though I didn't immediately notice them while I was here.

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The second signal now has more Leotek EV Series LEDs in its light-heads.

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The crossing activates!

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A CSX yard job pulls into the crossing with an SD40-2 leading an SD40-2!

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The train shoves back into Boyles Yard...

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...and the gates rise.

 

 

 

 

Pictures 1-72 and the first and second videos were taken on 1-16-20.

Pictures 73-104 and the third video were taken on 5-19-21.