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MP: 6.05 |
Updated December 25, 2025
Total
Accidents: 1
Crossing
DOT #: 244778B
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS: 2
(AS OF 2023)
Page created by: PlyingKibbles89
This crossing is located on the BNSF Front Range Subdivision.
| >>>>>>>>>>>>> | Southern
Signal |
Northern
Signal |
| Bell: | WCH Type 4 Electronic | None |
| Cantilever: | Harmon | WRRS with Union Metal Base |
| Light Frames: | 6 - Harmon 12x24 inch with Dialight
Ball LEDs 2 - WCH 12x20 inch with General Signals LEDs |
2 - US&S 12x24 inch with General
Signals LEDs 2 - Harmon 12x20 inch with General Signals LEDs 2 - WCH 12x20 inch with General Signals LEDs |
| Base: | Modern Industries | Modern Industries |
| Gate Lights: | 3 - RECO LED | 3 - RECO LED |
| Gate Mechanism: | WCH Style 3.5 | WCH Style 3.5 |
| Gate Striping: | Vertical | Vertical |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Overviews of the
crossing. |
The southern signal. |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
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It's a Federal Signal cantilever! |
The emergency info. |
The mast lights are all
Safetran 12x20 inchers with General Signals LEDs. |
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9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
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Same for the side lights. |
Harmon 12x20 inch
overhead lights with General Signals LEDs. |
The bell here is a WCH mechanical bell. |
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13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
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Back view of the bell. |
A Modern Industries base. |
A WCH gate mechanism. |
These are WCH 12x20 inch lights
with General Signals LEDs. |
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17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
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Back view. |
The northern signal. |
It's a WRRS cantilever with a Union Metal base! |
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22 |
23 |
24 |
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The emergency info! |
On the mast are US&S
12x24 inch lights with General Signals LEDs! |
More Harmon 12x20 inch lights with General Signals LEDs on the
overhead. |
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25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
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Back view. |
Another Modern Industries base. |
Another WCH gate mechanism. |
Another pair of WCH 12x20 inch lights with General Signals LEDs. |
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30 |
31 |
32 |
| Track view looking south towards Walnut St. #1 in Denver, 56th Ave. #1 in Commerce City and National Western Dr. | Track view looking north towards 72nd Ave. | The relay case. |
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34 |
35 |
36 |
| The crossing activates! |
A slow BNSF intermodal
crawls through the crossing, on its way to Denver! |
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40 |
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44 |
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46 |
| The train passes... |
...and the gates rise. |
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48 |
| A return trip on 05-22-24 catches the crossing in action again! Thankfully, there hadn't been any changes at this point. That would change a month later. | |
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49 |
50 |
| Exactly one month later, on 06-22-24, another return trip shows that the southern cantilever was knocked down and replaced. | |
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52 |
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54 |
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56 |
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58 |
| The new cantilever. It includes a WCH e-bell, a first for the BNSF Front Range Sub. The gate mast on the southern side also had it's RECO incandescent gate lights replaced, but I didn't notice at the time. | |
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59 |
| The northern side remains completely unchanged. |
60 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
| Another return trip on 06-26-24 catches the new cantilever in action! | |||
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66 |
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| Another return trip on 10-04-24 catches the crossing in action for a very special move, which can be seen in the fourth video below. |
Pictures 1-46 and the first video were taken on 08-04-20.
Pictures 47-48 and the second video were taken on 05-22-24.
Pictures 49-59 were taken on 06-22-24.
Pictures 60-66 and the third video were taken on 06-26-24.
Picture 67 and the fourth video were taken on 10-04-24.