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MP: 0462.33 |
Updated December 13, 2022
Total Accidents: 4
Crossing
DOT #: 351530H
TOTAL
DAILY TRAINS: 2 (ESTIMATED)
Page created by: freebrickproductions
This crossing is located on the Eastern Alabama Railway.
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Overviews of the crossing. |
The first signal. |
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It has a WABCO base. |
The emergency information. |
The lights on this signal are Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Electro-tech LEDs. |
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A Safetran bracket. |
The lone bell here is a General Signals Type 2 e-bell. |
The second signal. |
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It has a Modern Industries base. |
The emergency information. |
This signal has more Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Electro-tech LEDs. |
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Another Safetran bracket. |
The relay case. |
Looking northeast towards Cemetery Road. |
Looking southwest towards Oldfield Road in Sylacauga. |
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The crossing is caught in action later in the day! |
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An EARY train rolls north through the crossing with BAYL 2010 leading three other older EMDs (one of which is a road slug)! |
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The train passes. |
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A return trip to the crossing on 7-7-22 finds a small upgrade here. |
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The first signal has had one of its LEDs in the rear pair of lights replaced with a GE Dotted LED! The rest of the signal, including all of the other Electro-tech LEDs, remain untouched. |
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No changes to the second signal either. |
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The crossing activates! |
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The EARY heads north through the crossing towards Talladega with a GP40-2 leading a road slug and a trio of GP38-2s for power. |
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The train passes. |
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A few hours later, the crossing in caught in action again, this time from the other side! |
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The EARY comes back south through the crossing towards Sylacauga, this time with one of the GP38-2s leading. |
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The train passes once again. |
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Pictures 1-52 and the first video were taken on 1-30-19.
Pictures 53-164 and the second and third videos were taken on 7-7-22.