Pictures 1-8 were taken on October 28, 2008, by Bill Steck.
Pictures 9-12 were taken on October 29, 2008, by Bill Steck.
Pictures 13-68 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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The relay case.
Facing SouthEast.
Facing NorthWest.
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Both signals have
WCH mechanical bells, and WCH 12"x20" mounted on
WRRS brackets. The sidelights that you see in
picture 6 have WCH clear LEDs, while all other lights
are incandescent.
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A view of one of the signals.
An overview of the crossing.
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The gate LEDs are the new type
that has yet to be identified.
Side views of the lights, also
showing the WCH clear LEDs in action.
A return trip to the crossing
on October 18, 2025, by KCMO Railfan shows some changes that
occurred here since 2008. The daily train count went up from
22 in 2004 to 25 in 2025.
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Overview
facing north at a pair of 80s era UP signals with
changes done around the 2010s.
Overview
facing south.
The
northern signal:
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Front view of
the northern signal.
A look at the
front lights on the northern signal.
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The northern
signal still retains its 2 pairs of older 12x20s, this
time with LEDs retrofitted in the light frames. The
front lights feature a mixture of Electro-Tech, and GE
Pixelated Look LEDs.
Close up at
the GE Pixelated Look LEDs in one of the front lights. Likely
replaced the previous Electro-Tech LEDs sometime around
the late 2010s or early 2020s.
Close up at
the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the front lights.
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The blue ENS
sign was added to this signal 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 WCH.
The gate
mechanism on the northern signal is also from WCH.
The light
bracket on the northern signal is from WRRS.
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The lights on
the northern signal are all from WCH.
Close up at
one of the WCH lights on the northern signal.
The bell on
the northern signal is now a WCH Electronic Bell which
replaced the original WCH Mechanical Bell seen in
picture 7.
The gate on
the northern signal now features the vertical striping
while the gate lights are from Electro-Tech.
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Close
up at one of the Electro-Tech gate lights. These gate lights were
previously labeled as "unidentifiable" for quite some time as nobody
knew who exactly made these gate lights back around 2008-2011. These
were common to see on UP lines throughout the Midwest, but in the
recent few years, UP has been replacing these gate lights with NEG
Clear LEDs on their crossings.
A look at the
rear lights on the northern signal which feature mostly
Electro-Tech LEDs retrofitted in the light frames.
Back view of
the northern signal.
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
lights on the southern signal also still retains its 2
pairs of older 12x20s, this time with mostly
Electro-Tech LEDs retrofitted in the existing light
frames.
Close up at
one of the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the main lights.
The side
lights on the southern signal still retain its pair of
older 12x20s, this time now having Electro-Tech LEDs.
These replaced the previous GRS Aurora Clear LEDs (then
called WCH Clear LEDs) seen in pictures 6 along with the
two action shots in pictures 11, and 12.
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Close up at
one of the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the side lights.
The light
bracket on the southern signal is from WRRS.
The southern
signal also received its ENS sign sometime around the
mid 2010s, and was also repositioned around 2023 to be
more visible to oncoming traffic.
The signal
base on the southern signal is from WCH.
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The gate
mechanism on the southern signal is also from WCH.
The light
bracket for the main lights is from WRRS.
The main
lights on the southern signal are all from WCH.
Close up at
one of the WCH lights on one of the side lights.
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The side
lights on the southern signal are also from WCH.
Close up at
one of the WCH lights on one of the side lights.
The bell on
the southern signal is also now a WCH Electronic Bell
which replaced the previous mechanical bell seen in
picture 6. Both bells at this crossing ring the entire
time the signals are active.
The gate on
the southern signal also now features the vertical
striping while the gate lights are from Electro-Tech.
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Close up at
one of the Electro-Tech gate lights.
A look at the
rear lights on the southern signal.
Back view of
the southern signal.
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The relay
bungalow.
The grade is
all concrete.
Track view
facing southeast towards 25th
St. #1 in Topeka.
