Pictures 1-9 were taken on March 2, 2008, by chicagorailfan@yahoo.com.
Pictures 10-62 and the video were taken on November 20, 2020, by Tommy McGowan.
This crossing is located on the UP Geneva Sub or Metra UP West Line.
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The South side signal.
A blurry look at the North side signal.
A Metra train approaches.
Still flashing...
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The
crossing has two gates on each gate motor, 4 " L.E.D. lights. and
12"x24" Electro-Tech's LEDs in Safetran frames with one ASC E-bell. The bike path you see in picture 3 was a former rail line turned bike path.
Between 2008 and 2020, the ASC E-Bell was replaced with a WCH Type 3, the gates were restriped/replaced, the relay bungalow was replaced, the crossbucks and track signs were replaced, a WCH Type 1.5 was added to the northern signal, the southern signal's Safetran gate mechanism was replaced with a WCH one, the pedestrian gates were removed off the main signals plus the 2 standalone pedestrian gates were removed and all were replaced with 4 new WCH pedestrian gates.
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Overview of the updated setup facing south.
Overview facing north.
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The northern signal.
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The southern signal.
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The northwestern pedestrian gate. All 4 pedestrian gates have the "Danger Another Train Coming" signs and speakers due to this crossing being next to the Glen Ellyn Metra station.
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The northeastern pedestrian gate.
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The southwestern pedestrian gate.
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The southeastern pedestrian gate.
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The PTMW relay bungalow in the southwest quadrant, S/N 48212.
