Pictures 1-49 were taken on
October 13, 2024, by KCMO Railfan.
Pictures 50-67 and the video were taken on October 18, 2025, by
KCMO Railfan.
This crossing is located on the UP Kansas Subdivision.
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Older Low
Quality Google Maps Streetview images from August of 2007
shows the crossing originally having incandescent lights,
and two Safetran Mechanical Bells. By 2011, UP did their LED
upgrade to the crossing, and the two Safetran Mechanical
Bells were replaced with the current WCH Electronic Bells.
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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, and the side lights on the southern
signal.
The
main lights on the southern signal feature 2 pairs of 12x20
lights with Electro-Tech LEDs retrofitted in the light
frames.
Close
up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the main pairs
of lights on the southern signal.
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The
first set of side lights on the southern signal feature a
pair of 12x20 lights with Electro-Tech LEDs in the light
frames. These lights are for approaching traffic going east
on 21st St.
Close
up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the first set
of side lights on the southern signal.
The
light bracket for the first set of side lights on the
southern signal is from Safetran.
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The
second set of side lights on the southern signal feature
another pair of 12x20 lights with Electro-Tech LEDs in the
light frames. These lights are for approaching traffic going
west on 21st St.
Close
up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the second set
of side lights on the southern signal.
The
light bracket for the second set of side lights on the
southern signal is also from Safetran.
A
third Safetran light bracket on the southern signal is for
the main pairs of lights on the southern signal.
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The
main pairs of lights on the southern signal are all from
Safetran.
Close
up at one of the Safetran lights on the southern signal.
The
first set of side lights on the southern signal are also
from Safetran.
Close
up at one of the Safetran lights on one of the first set of
side lights on the southern signal.
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The
second set of side lights are yet again from Safetran.
Close
up at one of the Safetran lights on one of the second set of
side lights on the southern signal.
The
gate mechanism on the southern signal is from WCH.
The
bell on the southern signal is a WCH Electronic Bell. This
replaced the original Safetran Mechanical Bell back in 2011.
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The
gate on the southern signal features the older vertical
striping while the gate lights are from NEG.
Close
up at one of the NEG Clear LEDs.
A look
at the rear lights on the southern signal.
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.
We
find that the front lights on the northern signal feature a
mixture of Electro-Tech, and GE Pixelated Look LEDs.
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Close
up at the GE Pixelated Look LEDs on one in the front lights on the
northern signal.
Close
up at the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the front lights on
the northern signal.
The
signal base on the northern signal is from Safetran.
Although not pictured, the signal base on the southern
signal is also a Safetran signal base.
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The
gate mechanism on the northern signal is from Safetran.
The
light bracket on the northern signal is from Safetran.
The
lights on the northern signal are all 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 a WCH Electronic Bell. This
bell also replaced the original Safetran Mechanical Bell
back in 2011.
The
gate on the northern signal features the older vertical
striping while the gate lights are from Electro-Tech.
Close
up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs.
A look
at the rear lights on the northern signal.
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Like
the front lights, the rear lights on the northern signal
also feature a mixture of Electro-Tech, and GE Pixelated Look LEDs.
Close
up at the GE Pixelated Look LEDs in one of the rear lights on the
northern signal.
Close
up at the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the rear lights on the
northern signal.
A return visit to the crossing on
October 18, 2025, shows the crossing in action for an approaching
westbound on the Kansas Sub.
The crossing in
action!
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The signals
activate for an approaching train.
The gates begin to
lower.
The gates are now
fully lowered.
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UP ET44AH #2711
leads a westbound Z train.
A look at the
northern signal in action. Sorry if the pic came out a
little blurry.
A better shot of
the northern signal, but with the lights caught in mid
flash!
A look at one of
the Electro-Tech LEDs on the northern signal in action.
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The gate on the
northern signal now features NEG Clear LEDs. This change
likely happened sometime after I took the photos above
either late 2024 or early 2025.
A look at the end
tip gate lights in action.
A look at the
other two gate lights on the same signal in action.
A look at one of
the GE Pixelated Look LEDs on the northern signal in action.
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Close
up at the GE Pixelated Look LEDs fully lit up!
Close
up at the Electro-Tech LEDs fully lit up as well!
UP
AC45CCTE #7779 is the mid DPU on this train.
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A couple of
minutes later, the end of the train is approaching the
crossing. No rear DPU sadly.
Last look at the
signals with the gates down before the gates begin to rise.
The gates are now
rising. Both bells here ring the entire time the signals are
active.
The crossing now
fully deactivated with the train nearing Topeka by this
point.
