I actually knew of this crossing from a long time ago. It's about 10 miles away from the Congress crossing off of AZ highway 89. I first went through here in 1992 or 1993. The road was a primitive one, with a lot of washes, including one with over a foot of standing water that would never seem to evaporate.

 

Lately the county has been improving this county highway a lot. Most of the washes are paved, but most of the road is still dirt.

 

I remembered one railroad crossing here on Highway 62. It was a poor crossing. It had only crossbucks with a lot of weeds near the crossing so you couldn't see if a train was coming. Little did I know that although the road is dirt and is hardly used, and in the middle of nowhere, it's been signalized! Take a look below.

 

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Looking South.

Looking North.

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The crossbuck on picture 3 is a little bad. The "R" on road is rubbed off.

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Looking South.

Looking North.

 

Pictures 1-6 were taken in 2003.

 

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Here is another shot of the Grand Canyon #18 going through the crossing back in 1991, when the crossing was just crossbucks. This is the way I used to remember this crossing. The crossing signals were installed in 1999, according to the FRA's records.

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On August 8, 2005, I came back down here, because I was ahead of a train coming this way. I got here about 5 minutes early and snapped these shots of the right light on the eastern signal (picture 4) not looking too well. The light bulb was missing too. The 7" lights still exist on both signals though.

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And when the train did eventually get here, I was right. The right light did not light at all. Everything else worked just fine though. The bells are General Signals Type 1 electronic bells, and they shut off when the gates rise after the train has finished crossing, as shown in picture 12.

 

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I returned to the crossing on October 7, 2006.

 

As you can see, nothing has changed at all on these signals. The gate lights are still 7", and the lights are still incandescent.

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A look at the west signal.
Facing Northwest
The base of the eastern signal.
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Facing Southeast.
Facing North-Northwest.
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More views facing East.
The base of the west signal.
The gate motor for the west signal.
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All lights and the bracket belong to Safetran.
Some extra pictures.
Another S.E. view.
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More pictures of the signals.

 

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Another overview facing East. The "R" on road still looks the same as it did back in 2003... 800x1423 view of the signal.

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This gate has a General Signals spring guard on it. The gate is from "EZ Gate". Rear view of the West signal.
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800x1423 rear view of the West signal. Side view of the East signal. Rear view of the East signal.
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800x1423 rear view of the East signal. 800x1423 front view of the East signal. 14232x800 front view of the East signal.
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Both light frames and the gate mechanism are from Safetran. The lights inside are still incandescent.
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The gate on the West signal is also from Safetran. The base is on the West signal. Facing South.
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Facing North. The base on the East signal. A front view was not possible due to brush. A closeup of some data on the relay case.
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A close-up of the DOT number, probably back when it used to exist on the older crossbucks. Facing North from an angle. GS bell 1 of 2.
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GS bell 2 of 2. All lights on this signal are from Safetran incandescents as well.  
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Overview of the crossing facing East.

The signals are completely unchanged from 2003.		 Track view facing North. Another overview facing East.
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Side view facing South. Another rear view of the East signal. The track near the crossing showed this...
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Close-up views of the West signal. The warning sign warning drivers heading East.
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A wider view on the Eastern warning sign on a curve on the road. The distance from the warning sign to the crossing. A lot of fence posts have very heavy rocks on them...
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The warning sign on the Western side of the crossing. The distance from the Western warning sign to the crossing.