MP:  A319.50

 

Updated December 13, 2022

 

Total Accidents:   5
Crossing DOT #:  731767G
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   11   (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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A RACO base.	Emergency information and DOT label.		The lights on this signal are 12x24 inch lights from Safetran.

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	The WCH mechanical bell.		The second isgnal.

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A Serrmi base.	Emergency information and DOT label.	A small variety of lights on this signal.	One of the 8 inch lights was made by Safetran...

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...the other 8 inch light was made by RACO...	...And the 12x20 inch lights were made by Safetran as well.	The relay case.	Track view looking west towards 1st Street in Gurley.

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Track view looking east southeast towards Railroad Street.

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A return trip on 12-19-15 catches the crossing in action. I didn't notice it at the time, but the relay case here had been replaced with a newer one.

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	NS 325 flies through the crossing heading west.

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This is a neat shot.

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The train passes and the crossing deactivates shortly afterwards.

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Another return trip to the crossing on 7-19-18 finds a major change to this crossing...		The northbound signal was replaced! The "new" signal appears to have come from Jackson Street in Courtland.

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It has a SERRMI base.	The emergency information.	The old emergency information and DOT tag.	The lights.

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The main lights are all older Safetran 12x24 inch lights from the 1970s!		The side lights are a pair of newer Safetran 12x20 inch lights, I believe re-used from the old signal here.

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The other signal remains largely unchanged, outside of the new ENS sign.			A view of the newer relay case here.

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Track views.		A third return trip on 8-1-18 catches the crossing in action again!

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NS 162 comes through with an ex-CSX Dash-8 leading!

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The train passes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures 1-21 were taken on 10-11-14.

Pictures 22-38 and the first video were taken on 12-19-15.

The second video was taken on 7-25-16.

The third video was taken on 11-17-17.

The fourth video was taken on 12-31-17.

The fifth video was taken on 1-15-18.

Pictures 39-56 were taken on 7-19-18.

Pictures 57-82 and the sixth video were taken on 8-1-18.

The seventh video was taken on 1-1-20.

The eighth video was taken on 11-14-21.

The nineth video was taken on 8-3-22.