MP:  NA85.490

 

Created December 13, 2022

 

Total Accidents:   6
Crossing DOT #:  726943S
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   3   (AS OF 2022)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the NS NA District.

 

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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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The lights on this signal are all Safetran 12x20 inch lights.
The lone bell here is a General Signals Type 2 e-bell.
This signal has RECO gate lights.

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

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The emergency information.
The lights on this signal are all more Safetran 12x20 inch lights on another Safetran bracket.

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More RECO gate lights are used over here.
Looking northwest towards 14th Street.
Looking southeast towards 9th Avenue.

 

I'd apparently forgotten to photograph the relay case here on any of the occasions I'd visited the crossing.

 

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A return trip to the crossing on 12-18-20 catches the crossing in action!

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NS 320 comes through with an AC44C6M leading an SD70ACu on the head-end.

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An ES44DC works as the mid-train DPU.

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The train passes...

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...and the gates rise.

 

 

The bell here now rings until the gates rise, as shown in the video below:

 

Pictures 1-23 were taken on 11-13-20.

Pictures 24-70 and the first video were taken on 12-18-20.

The second video was taken on 1-30-21.