Main Street (AL 36) (Hartselle, AL)

MP: 000319.87

Updated November 12, 2023

Total Accidents: 3
Crossing DOT #: 352110G
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS: 28 (AS OF 2014)

Page created by: freebrickproductions

This crossing is located on the CSX S&NA North Subdivision.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>	Signal #1	Signal #2
Bell:	N/A	General Signals Type 1 electronic
Base:	5 inch WCH	4 inch Modern Industries clamp 5 inch Modern Industries
Light Frames:	4 - 12x24" WCH w/ Leotek EV Series LEDs	6 - 12x24" Safetran w/ WCH 2nd Gen LEDs
Gate Lights:	NEG LED	NEG LED
Gate Mechanism:	Invensys Rail	Safetran 2000s
Gate Striping:	Vertical	Vertical

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

5	6	7	8
It has a Safetran base.	A Safetran gate mech.	The DOT tag.	The lights are 12x24 inch with WCH 2nd Gen LEDs.

9	10	11	12
The lightheads are from Safetran.	RECO LED gate lights over here.	The second signal, which is an old L&N install.

13	14	15	16
A Modern Industries base.	The DOT tag.	This signal has more Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Gen LEDs in them.

17	18	19	20
The bell here is a General Signals Type-1.	This base is also from Modern Industries.	Another Safetran gate mechanism over here.	This signal has more RECO LED gate lights.

21	22	23	24
The relay case.	Looking north towards Chestnut Street #1.	Looking south towards Hickory Street.	Action shots from the western side of the crossing..

25	26	27	28
			The train has an SD40-2 leading it!

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Action shots from the eastern side of the crossing.

41	42
A return trip on 6-11-17 shows a couple of changes to this crossing.

43	44	45	46
The L&N signal had the gate arm replaced and now has NEG LED gate lights on it.

47	48	49	50
The newer CSX signal has had the same change done to it.

51	52
Track views.

53	54	55
A second return trip on 7-11-17 catches the crossing in action again!

56	57	58
The train is a southbound coal train with two AC44CWs leading an ES40DC!

65	66	67	68
			The train passes...

69	70	71	72
...and the gates rise.

73	74
A couple of distant action shots of the crossing later in the day on 7-11-17.

75	76
A third return trip to this crossing on 3-19-23 finds that the first signal was replaced! It appears a car hit the old signal, as street view used to show it laying on the ground in some imagery from summer of 2022, but it seems those images were sadly taken down.

81	82	83	84
The new signal. At the time, this had a Siemens imprinted gate mech, and the base was installed sideways like the previous signal.

85	86
No changes to the second signal here, thankfully.

87	88
Track views.

89	90
The crumpled remains of a gate arm laid next to the crossing, with a lone NEG LED gate light on it.

91	92	93	94
The crossing activates!

95	96	97	98
	CSX C052 comes south through the crossing with a pair of ES44AHs for power.

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113

114	115	116	117
The loaded coal train passes...

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120

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...and the gates rise.

124	125	126
A fourth return trip to this crossing on 8-5-23 finds some more changes to the first signal here!

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128

The signal appears to have been remounted onto a new foundation, with it being rotated 90° to match other modern CSX installs, and the gate mechanism was replaced with a reused Invensys Rail one.

Admittedly, I ain't entirely sure if the signal is still the same one, or if this is another newer one. Given how similar the two are, it's quite hard to tell.

The one in Pictures 75 - 123 has a bit of electrical tape around the top of the mast while the one in the above (and below) pictures does not, but I'm not sure if the tape was just simply removed when reinstalling the signal.

Either way, I'm guessing something had hit this signal again, as CSX has also had a small concrete block placed in front of it.