Pictures 1-11 were taken on November 18, 2023, by Hopen111.
Pictures 12-13 were taken on October 18, 2024, by Hopen111.
This crossing is located on the former IANR Cedar Falls Utilities Spur.
Page created by Hopen111 (using HopenRXRTools 1.1.0).
On
August 26, 2022, the last freight train ran on this line. It picked up
some rolling stock that was left in storage at the Cedar Falls
Utilities (which was last placed there in the summer of 2020).
Later on December 12, 2023, marks when the final train used this line.
It was in fact, a rare IANR business train for CN to do an inspection
of the line, due to their recent interest of buying out IANR at the
time.
Unfortunately,
the last and only customer on this line has stopped business with IANR,
and plans were made to rip up the rails in 2023, but the line still
remains as of 2024.
No
progress on ripping up the tracks have been done, and it appears the
line and its crossings will remain for many more years, slowly rotting
away.
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2
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| Overview facing north. |
Overview facing south. |
| The northern crossbuck. I have
no idea how it got bent like this. |
6 |
7 |
The southern crossbuck. This
one is also bent somehow.
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8
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9
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10
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11
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| The track date here
says May 1936! |
The grade is all wood. |
Track view facing
southeast towards E 9th St. #1 & #2. |
Track view facing
west towards State St. |
A return visit in October 2024 by Hopen111 shows no changes have occurred to the crossing.
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13 |
Overview facing south.
| Track view facing
southeast towards E 9th St. #1 & #2. |