Crawford St. (Fairfield, AL)

MP*: 0010.90, 0397.33

Updated September 25, 2020

Total Accidents*: 12, 8
Crossing DOT #*: 728100U, 352539X
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS*: 6 (AS OF 1994), 2 (AS OF 2014)

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*The first one of each of these numbers is for the BHRR's DOT number. The second one of each is for CSX's DOT number.

This crossing is located on the BHRR S-A Subdivision and the CSX Birmingham Mineral Subdivision.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>	Signal #1	Signal #2	Signal #3	Signal #4	Signal #5	Signal #6
Bell:	General Signals Type 2 electronic	N/A	N/A	General Signals Type 3 electronic	N/A	General Signals Type 2 electronic
Cantilever:	Harmon	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Harmon
Light Frames:	12 - 12x20" GRS Lex-Cs	4 - 12x20" GRS Lex-Cs (1 w/ LED)	2 - 12x20" WCH w/ WCH 2nd Gen LEDs 2 - 12x20" GRS Lex-Cs	2 - 12x20" WCH w/ WCH 2nd Gen LEDs 2 - 12x20" GRS Lex-Cs	6 - 12x20" GRS Lex-Cs	10 - 12x20" GRS Lex-Cs (2 w/ LEDs)
Base:	N/A	Harmon	Harmon	Harmon	Harmon	N/A

1	2	3	4
Overviews of the crossings.		The first signal.

5	6	7	8
It's a Harmon cantilever.	All of the lights on this signal are 12x20 inch GRS Lex-C lights.

9	10	11	12
	The bell on this signal is a General Signals Type 2 e-bell.	The second signal.

13	14	15	16
It has a Harmon base.	The lights on this signal are more 12x20 inch GRS Lex-C lights.		The third signal.

17	18	19	20
	It has another Harmon base.	The emergency information.

21	22	23	24
The front lights are WCH 12x20 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs in them.		The rear lights are even more GRS Lex-C 12x20 inch lights.

25	26	27	28
The fourth signal.		It has yet another Harmon base.	The emergency information again.

29	30	31	32
The front lights are more WCH 12x20 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs in them.			The rear lights are some more GRS Lex-C 12x20 inch lights.

33	34	35	36
	The bell on this signal is another General Signals Type 2 e-bell.	The fifth signal.

37	38	39	40
It also has a Harmon base.	All of the lights on this signal are even more 12x20 inch GRS Lex-C lights.		The sixth, and final, signal.

41	42	43	44
	It's a Harmon cantilever.	The mast lights on this signal are more 12x20 inch GRS Lex-C lights.

45	46	47	48
The overhead lights on this signal are yet even more 12x20 inch GRS Lex-C lights.		The bell on this signal is also a General Signals Type 2 e-bell.	The relay case.

49	50	51	52
The BHRR's emergency info. "46th St." is incorrect.	Track views looking northeast towards Avenue F #2 in Birmingham.

53	54	55	56
Track views looking southwest towards Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive in Hueytown and Tin Mill Road in Westfield.			Action shots.

57	58	59	60
	This light actually has an LED in it.

65	66	67	68
Yes, that is a dragon on the side of the cab.			A sign for the BHRR's yard limits.

69	70	71	72
A return trip to the crossing on 2-8-20 finds a few changes to the crossing.		The first signal.	It has some new emergency information.

73	74	75	76
The second signal.	It has more new emergency information.	The third signal.

77	78	79	80
It has more new emergency information, but kept the old & rare vertical CSX emergency information!		The fourth signal.

81	82	83	84
It too has more new emergency information, but the old CSX emergency information was kept here as well!			It also now has a GS Type 3 e-bell.

85	86	87	88
The fifth signal.	It has even more new emergency information.	The sixth signal.	More new emergency information.

89	90	91	92
The crossing activates! Turns out every crossing here activates, no matter which track the train is on. However, the lights on the crossings facing the active one will remain off. Speaking of lights, the one lit-up in Picture 91 still retains an LED in it.

93	94	95	96
A BHRR (WAMX) SD40-2 pulls a train through the crossing!

100

101

102

103

104

105	106	107	108
The train passes.

109	110	111	112
The crossing is caught in action again later in the day, this time on the other side! The pair of lights in Pictures 110 and 111 are both LED as well!