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MP: 0479.51 |
Updated June 25, 2018
Total Accidents: 1
Crossing
DOT #: 351562N
TOTAL
DAILY TRAINS: 2 (AS OF 2012)
Page created by: freebrickproductions
This crossing is located on the EARY with CSX having trackage rights over it.
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Overviews of the crossing. |
The first crossbuck. |
It's a cats-eyed crossbuck! |
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The second crossbuck, which was rather far back (reason why below). |
Nothing too special about this one... |
Track views. Picture 7 looks southwest towards Bemiston Avenue. Picture 8 looks northeast towards Battle Street. |
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A return trip on 4-2-18 shows that the crossbucks were replaced! |
The first new crossbuck. |
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The emergency information. |
The second new crossbuck. |
The emergency information. |
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Track views. |
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The reason why the second crossbuck is located so far back was that the tack currently used by the EARY was the connecting track between the ACL (later SCL) line between Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL and the L&N Mineral Loop.
The L&N Mineral Loop continued northeast from this crossing (while the EARY currently turns north towards the CSX Lineville Sub just after the crossing, as seen in the track views) and headed to what's now the Greater Talladega and Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce inside of an old L&N Depot.
After that, the L&N Mineral Loop ran northeast between Coffee Street and Battle Street before meandering its way to Anniston, AL and then heading north towards Gadsden, AL. The EARY line to the south of this crossing is also part of the L&N Mineral Loop.
The L&N Mineral Loop ultimately ran all the way from Calera, AL to Birmingham, AL, via Sylacauga and Oneonta, AL in addition to Talladega and the other towns mentioned above.
Various parts of the line were abandoned over the years due to declining traffic along the line. Much of the trackage from the line that's left in service is now under the ownership of various shortlines, though CSX does retain a a section of a line (now a branch line) that runs northeast out of Birmingham.
Pictures 1-8 were taken on 6-15-15.
Pictures 9-18 were taken on 4-2-18.