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818561C

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Northern Signal Southern Signal
Bell:
 WCH E-Bell
 WCH E-Bell
Base:
 Safetran 5" Single Sided
 Safetran 5" Single Sided
Light Brackets:
 Safetran
 2 - Safetran
Lights:
 4 - 12"x20" FS w/ Electro-Tech LEDs
 4 - 12"x20" Safetran w/ Electro-Tech LEDs
2 - 12"x20" Safetran w/ WCH/Aurora Clear LEDs
Gate Lights:
 3 - Electro-Tech 4" LEDs
 3 - Electro-Tech 4" LEDs
Gate Mechanism:
 Safetran 1980s Siemens Sticker Style 2
Gate Striping:
 Vertical Striping
 Vertical Striping


Pictures 1-9 were taken by Bill Steck on October 30, 2008.

Pictures 10-52 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 Safetran mechanical bell.
The light frames are from Safetran and WCH.
A look at one of the signals.

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Incandescent and WCH clear LED mixes.
This signal has a WCH electronic bell.
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 1-9, 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, and side lights on the southern signal.
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The main pairs of lights on the southern signal now feature Electro-Tech LEDs retrofitted in the light frames as part of UP's 2011 LED upgrade.
 Close up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the main pairs of lights 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.
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The signal base on the southern signal is from Safetran.
 The side lights on the southern signal still retain their WCH Clear LEDs!
 Close up at one of the WCH Clear LEDs in one of the side lights on the northern signal.
 The light bracket for the side lights is from Safetran.
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The light bracket for the main pairs of lights on the southern signal is also from Safetran.
 The rear lights on the southern signal are a mixture of WCH, and Safetran 12x20 lights while the front lights are both from Safetran.
 Close up at one of the Safetran lights on the southern signal.
 Close up at the lone WCH light on the southern signal.
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The side lights on the southern signal are also from Safetran.
 Close up at one of the Safetran lights on one of the side pair of lights on the southern signal.
 The gate mechanism on the southern signal is now a Siemens gate mechanism. No idea what happened to the previous Safetran gate mech that existed here previously.
 The bell on the southern signal is now a WCH Electronic Bell which replaced the original Safetran Mechanical Bell around 2011.
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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, all of the lights on the northern signal now feature Electro-Tech LEDs retrofitted in the light frames as part of UP's 2011 LED upgrade that occurred on this line, and others within Kansas/Missouri.
 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 gate mechanism on the northern signal is also from Safetran. Fortunately UP didn't swap out the gate mech on this side like they did on the southern signal.
 The light bracket on the northern signal is also from Safetran.
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The lights on the northern signal are all from Federal Signals.
 Close up at one of the Federal Signals lights on the northern signal.
 The WCH Electronic Bell seen in picture 8 appears to still be present. I suspect a Safetran or WCH Mechanical Bell existed here previously at some point
 The northern signal now features the ugly crossbuck font that UP loves to use as replacements. The southern signal also has one too, but I didn't bother getting a picture of it.
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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 which also features Electro-Tech LEDs in the light frames.
 Back view of the northern signal.
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The relay bungalow. The grade is all concrete. Track view facing east towards Douglas Rd. in Perry. Track view facing west towards Clark Rd.