Valencia Rd. #2 (Silver Lake, KS)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>	*Northern Signal*	*Southern Signal*
Bell:	WCH E-Bell	WCH E-Bell
Base:	WCH 5" Single Sided	WCH 5" Single Sided
Light Brackets:	WRRS	2 - WRRS
Lights:	4 - 12"x24" WCH w/ WCH/Miller 2nd Gen LEDs	1 - 12"x24" Harmon w/ Electro-Tech LEDs 2 - 12"x24" WCH w/ GE Pixelated Look LEDs 3 - 12"x24" WCH w/ Electro-Tech LEDs
Gate Lights:	3 - Electro-Tech 4" LEDs	3 - Electro-Tech 4" LEDs
Gate Mechanism:	WCH Style 3.5	WCH Style 3.5
Gate Striping:	Diagonal Striping	Diagonal Striping

Pictures 1-62 and the video were taken on October 18, 2025, by KCMO Railfan.
This crossing is located on the UP Kansas Subdivision.
Page created by KCMO Railfan (using HopenRXRTools 1.3.0).

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Overview facing north at a pair of 2000s era UP signals.	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.	The northern signal features 2 pairs of older 12x24s with WCH 2nd Gen LEDs in the light frames.	Close up at one of the WCH 2nd Gen LEDs on the northern signal.

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	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 a WCH Electronic Bell which rings the entire time the signals are active.	The gate on the northern signal features the older 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 northern signal.	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.	The main lights on the southern signal features 2 pairs of older 12x24s with the front lights featuring a mixture of Electro-Tech, and GE Pixelated Look LEDs. Note both the front lights are made by two different brands, more on that below.

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Close up at the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the front lights.	Close up at the GE Pixelated Look LEDs in one of the front lights.	The side lights on the southern signal feature a pair of older 12x24s featuring mostly Electro-Tech LEDs in the light frames.

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Close up at one of the Electro-Tech LEDs in one of the side lights.	The light bracket for the side lights is from WRRS.		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.	Another WRRS light bracket can be found on the southern signal, this time for the main lights.	3 out of 4 of the main lights on the southern signal are from WCH.	Close up at one of the WCH lights on one of the main 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 a WCH Electronic Bell which also rings the entire time the signals are active.	The gate on the southern signal still retains its original diagonal 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.	Like the front lights, the rear lights on the southern signal also features a mixture of Electro-Tech, and GE Pixelated Look LEDs.

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Close up at the Electro-Tech LED in one of the rear lights.	Close up at the GE Pixelated Look LED in one of the rear lights.	Close up at the lone Harmon light on the southern signal! Likely replaced the previous WCH light at some point by UP.	Back view of the southern signal.

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The relay bungalow.	The grade is all concrete.	Track view facing southeast towards Hoch Rd. The second bridge you see to the left was built up sometime around early 2006. UP was intending on double tracking this portion of the Kansas Sub, but plans must've fell through at some point	Track view facing northwest towards Docking Rd. #2.

The crossing in action for an approaching westbound on the Kansas Sub.
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A look at the signals before activation.	The signals activate.	The gates fully lowered. I forgot to get a pic of the gates as they were beginning to lower sadly.

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UP AC45CCTE #7412 leads a westbound manifest.	A look at the northern signal in action.	A look at the front lights on the northern signal in action.

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A look at the end tip gate lights on the northern signal in action.	A look at the other two gate lights on the northern signal in action.	Close up at the WCH 2nd Gen LED fully lit up!	UP AC44CW #5889 is the mid DPU on this train.

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The end of the train arrives to the crossing a few minutes later.	Last look at the signals in action before the gates begin to rise.	The gates begin to rise with the bells still ringing.	The crossing now fully deactivated.