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MP: A339.80 |
Updated December 13, 2022
Total Accidents: 18
Crossing
DOT #: 731810K
TOTAL
DAILY TRAINS: 9 (AS OF 2014)
Page created by: freebrickproductions
This crossing is located on the NS Memphis District East End.
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Overviews of the crossing. |
The first signal. |
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It has a Safetran base. |
The gate mechanism on it is a Safetran gate mech. |
The DOT tags and emergency information. |
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The lights on this signal are Safetran 12x20 inch lights. |
The second signal. |
It also has a Safetran base. |
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The gate mechanism is also from Safetran. |
The lights here are more Safetran 12x20 inch lights. |
The bell at this crossing is a Safetran mechancial bell. |
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Track views. Picture 18 looks east towards Holmes Avenue #1. Picture 19 looks west towards Private Crossing #4. |
The relay case. |
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Action shots. |
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A return trip on 11-14-17 shows there's been a change to the crossing! |
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The signal with the bell was replaced with one of the old signals from Mooresville Road in Bella Mina! |
The SERRMI base. |
The Safetran gate mechanism. |
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The emergency information. |
The lights are all Safetran 12x20 inch lights, but a mixture from the mid-1990s lights on the original signal and the newer lights on the ex-Bella Mina signal. |
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The Safetran mechanical bell. |
The gate arm was replaced and this signal now has RECO LED gate lights as well! |
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The bell-less signal remains unchanged. |
Track views. |
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It appears that the one signal was replaced due to the older mid-1990s signal being knocked-down.
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Another return trip on 12-11-17 catches the crossing in action during the day! (I had caught the crossing in action at night a few days prior, but didn't get any good pictures.) |
NS 23N comes through with all UP power! |
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The crossing activates again! |
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An eastbound loaded coal train comes through with a BNSF ES44AC leading a BNSF SD70MAC in "executive" paint! |
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The DPUs, an NS AC44C6M and an NS ET44AC, pass through the crossing and the signals deactivate. |
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Yet another return trip on 2-12-21 finds that the bell-less signal has RECO incandescent gate lights. This had actually occurred back in 2018, but I didn't notice it until earlier this year. |
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Pictures 1-20 were taken on 3-28-13.
Pictures 21-30 and the first video were taken on 8-4-14.
The second video was taken on 5-28-15.
The third video was taken on 12-30-15.
The fourth video was taken on 5-20-16.
The fifth video was taken on 8-5-16.
The sixth video was taken on 10-22-16.
The seventh video was taken on 6-27-17.
Pictures 31-48 were taken on 11-14-17.
The eighth video was taken on 11-26-17.
Pictures 49-84 and the ninth video were taken on 12-11-17.
The tenth video was taken on 1-16-18.
The eleventh video was taken on 5-23-18.
The twelfth video was taken on 2-1-20.
Pictures 85-88 were taken on 2-12-21.
The thirteenth video was taken on 10-23-21.
The fourteenth video was taken on 11-21-21.
The fifteenth video was taken on 1-3-22.