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MP: 55.60 |
Updated December 13, 2022
Total Accidents: 0
Crossing
DOT #: 861742U
TOTAL
DAILY TRAINS: 2 (AS OF 2016)
Page created by: freebrickproductions
This crossing is located on the HMCR Huntsville Branch.
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Overviews of the crossing. |
The first signal. |
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It has a Lincoln Industries splice box. |
All of the lights on this signal are 12x20 inch WCH lights. |
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A WCH Type 2 electronic bell. |
The second signal. |
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It has another Lincoln Industries splice box. |
This one has more 12x20 inch WCH lights. |
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These traffic lights are used to let the train crews know the signals are operating. |
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This one has a broken lens. |
The relay case. |
A track view looking north towards Meadowbrook Drive. Kohler Road is to the south. |
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A return trip on 11-24-14 shows the crossing in action for a southbound train. |
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The crossing shut off almost as soon as the train cleared the road, but it then activated agian almost immediately afterwards and stayed active for a while longer. |
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Another return trip on 1-28-21 finds that the WCH e-bell here was replaced with a re-used General Signals Type 2 e-bell!
This bell came from Airport Road. |
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A third return trip to the crossing on 7-15-21 catches the crossing in action again! |
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HMCR 8539 and HMCR 8560 pull a train north through the crossing! |
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The train passes and the crossing deactivates, but quickly reactivates again for a tail-ring malfunction. |
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For whatever reason in the video below, the bell here failed to come on.
Apparently this bell would sometimes fail during cold weather, so the HMCR replaced it with the GS Type 2 from Airport Road later.
Despite the cantilevers having Lincoln Industries splice boxes on the masts, these are actually traffic light mast-arms re-purposed into crossing signals.
Pictures 1-24 were taken February 9, 2013.
Pictures 25-42 and the first video were taken on November 24, 2014.
The second video was taken on December 29, 2015.
The third video was taken on April 17, 2016.
The fourth video was taken on October 6, 2016.
The fifth video was taken on December 7, 2016.
The sixth video was taken on January 20, 2017.
The seventh video was taken on January 31, 2017.
The eighth video was taken on July 21, 2017.
Pictures 43-46 were taken on January 28, 2021.
Pictures 47-68 and the ninth video were taken on July 15, 2021.
The tenth video was taken on November 7, 2021.