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818571H

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Northern Signal Southern Signal
Bell:
 GS E-Bell
 GS E-Bell
Base:
 Safetran 5" Single Sided
 Safetran 5" Single Sided
Light Brackets:
 2 - Safetran
 Safetran
Lights:
 4 - 12''x20" Safetran w/ Electro-Tech LEDs
2 - 12"x20" Safetran w/ GE Pixelated Look LEDs
 4 - 12''x20" Safetran w/ Electro-Tech LEDs
Gate Lights:
 3 - Electro-Tech 4" LEDs
 3 - Electro-Tech 4" LEDs
Gate Mechanism:
 Safetran 1980s
 Safetran 1980s
Gate Striping:
 Vertical Striping
 Vertical Striping


Pictures 1-10 were taken by Bill Steck on October 30, 2008.

Pictures 11-51 were taken by KCMO Railfan on October 13, 2024.

This crossing is located on the UP Kansas Subdivision.

 

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The relay case.
Facing East.
Facing West.

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A WCH mechanical bell.
The light frames are all from Safetran.
A Safetran mechanism.

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This is the signal with the WCH mechanical bell.
This signal has a Safetran mechanical bell.
A broken tie results in a gap.

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An overview of the crossing.

Note that both gates have those weird looking unidentifiable LED gate lights.

UPDATE: The gate lights that were previously labeled as "unidentifiable" turned out to been made by Electro-Tech. At the time of pictures 1-10, nobody knew who exactly made those gate lights as they started to pop up on UP lines sometime around late 2008-2011.


A return trip on October 13, 2024, by KCMO Railfan shows some changes that occurred here since 2008.

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Overview facing north. Overview facing south.
The southern signal:
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Front view of the southern signal.
 A look at the front lights on the southern signal.
 The lights on the southern signal now feature Electro-Tech LEDs retrofitted in the existing light frames as part of UP's 2011 LED upgrade.
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Close up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs on the southern signal.
 The southern signal received the ENS sign sometime in the mid 2010s. UP repositioned it in late 2023 to be more visible to oncoming traffic. The signal base on the southern signal is from Safetran.
 The light bracket on the southern signal is from Safetran.
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The light bracket on the southern signal is also from Safetran.
 Close up at one of the Safetran lights on the southern signal.
 The bell on the southern signal is now a GS Electronic Bell. According to Google Maps, this replaced a WCH Electronic Bell sometime in the late 2010s. The WCH replaced the original  Safetran Mechanical Bell around 2011.
 The gate mechanism on the southern signal is from Safetran.
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The gate on the southern signal now features the vertical striping along with the gate lights now featuring Electro-Tech gate lights. Close up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs.
 A look at the rear lights on the southern signal which also feature Electro-Tech LEDs in the light frames.
 Back view of the southern signal.
The northern signal:
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Front view of the northern signal.
 A look at the front lights on the northern signal.
 Like the southern signal, the northern signal also now features Electro-Tech LEDs retrofitted in the light frames.
 Close up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs on the northern signal.
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The northern signal received the ENS sign sometime in the mid 2010s. UP repositioned it in late 2023 to be more visible to oncoming traffic. The signal base on the northern signal is from Safetran.
 The side lights on the southern signal now feature GE Pixelated Look LEDs in the light frames. These more than likely replaced the previous Electro-Tech LEDs sometime in the late 2010s.
 Close up at one of the GE Pixelated Look LEDs in one of the side lights on the northern signal.
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The light bracket for the side pair of lights is from Safetran.
 The light bracket for the main pairs of lights on the northern signal is from Safetran as well.
 The main pairs of lights on the northern signal is from Safetran.
 Close up at one of the Safetran lights on the northern signal.
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The bell on the northern signal is now a GS Electronic Bell. Like the bell on the southern signal, it too replaced a WCH Electronic Bell sometime in the late 2010s in turn, that bell replaced the original WCH Mechanical Bell around 2011.
 The side pair of lights on the northern signal are also made by Safetran.
 Close up at one of the Safetran light on one of side lights on the northern signal.
 The gate mechanism on the northern signal comes once again from Safetran.
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The gate on the northern signal now features the vertical striping along with the gate lights now featuring Electro-Tech gate lights. Close up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs.
 A look at the rear lights on the northern signal.
 Back view of the northern signal.
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The relay bungalow. The grade is all concrete. Track view facing east towards Township Rd. Track view facing west towards Calhoun Bluff Rd. in Topeka.