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MP: 694.432 |
Created December 13, 2022
Total Accidents: 7
Crossing
DOT #: 667516N
TOTAL
DAILY TRAINS: 12 (AS OF 2021)
Page created by: freebrickproductions
This crossing is located on the BNSF Birmingham Subdivision.
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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. |
This signal has a General Signals Type 2 e-bell. |
This signal uses RECO LED 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 mounted on another Safetran bracket. |
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This signal has another General Signals Type 2 electronic bell. |
More RECO LED gate lights over here. |
The relay case. |
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Looking southeast towards Whitehouse Road. |
Looking northwest towards Highland Avenue. |
I'm not entirely sure what the conduit seen in some of the pictures is for.
When I later returned to this crossing for a better video over a year later, it was still in place without any visible work having been done.
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The crossing activates! |
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A southbound military train comes through with an H3 ES44DC leading an H2 Dash-9 and a "Fakebonnet" Dash-9! |
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The train passes... |
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...but the malfunction keeps the gates lowered for a while after the train has passed.
Eventually the signals shut-off after I'd shut-off my camcorder and was putting it up into my car. |
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All pictures and the first video were taken on 9-20-19.
The second video was taken on 11-13-20.