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MP: AN730.680 |
Updated December 13, 2022
Total Accidents: 2
Crossing
DOT #: 637646D
TOTAL
DAILY TRAINS: 1 (AS OF 2019)
Page created by: freebrickproductions
This crossing is located on the CSX Dothan Subdivision.
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Overviews of the crossing. |
The first signal. |
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It has a WCH base. |
A WCH gate mechanism! |
An old DOT tag! |
The emergency information. |
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The lights on this signal are Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs. |
This bell is a dying WCH mechanical bell! |
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This signal has NEG LED gate lights. |
The second signal. |
It's a Modern Industries cantilever |
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The emergency information. |
The front pair of mast lights are a pair of Modern Industries 8 inch lights! |
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The overhead lights are all Modern Industries 12x24 inch incandescent lights! |
Another WCH base. |
Another WCH gate mechanism! |
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The rear pair of mast lights are a mixture of a WABCO 8 inch light and a WCH 8 inch light! |
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This signal has another dying WCH mechanical bell! |
The LED gate lights on this signal are from RECO. |
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The relay case. |
Looking southeast towards Griffin Street. |
Looking northwest towards Cooler Road near Brinson. |
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The crossing activates! |
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CSX A724 rolls through the crossing with a pair of widecab GEs. |
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The train passes... |
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...and the gates rise. As you can see in the video below, the gate on the cantilever signal had some trouble staying up! |
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A return trip to the crossing on 4-3-22 finds some pretty major changes to it! |
The first signal is entirely unchanged, however. |
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The second signal has had the cantilever replaced! |
It's now a Progress Rail cantilever. |
The emergency information. |
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The lights on the new cantilever are all WCH 12x24 inch lights with Leotek EV Series LEDs. Thankfully, the 8 inch rear mast lights on the gate mast still remain. |
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This signal now has an NEG electronic bell. |
This signal also now has an NEG LED gate light mixed in with the RECO LED gate lights. |
The broken base from the replaced WCH mechanical bell was laying near the crossing! |
Pictures 1-67 and the video were taken on 7-23-19.
Pictures 68-82 were taken on 4-3-22.