Created November 26, 2020

 

Total Accidents:   0
Crossing DOT #:  537296M
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:  6  (AS OF 2020)

 

Page created by: wilek209

All photos (except Google Street View photo) taken December 27, 2017

 

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A Google Street View photo of the railroad crossing prior to its' autumn 2017 upgrade. There's all Safetran signal equipment with 8" incandescent lights and a mechanical bell, along with a rubber-mat grade. Unusually, even though this is a one-way road, both sides of the crossing were protected with gates!

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Even after the Mass Costal Railroad redid the crossing, both sides are protected like this! Perhaps it's for pedestrians walking the opposite direction of the one-way road. Also note the railroad maintenace worker checking on one of the gates.
Again, there is mostly WCH equipment used here, with 12" red LED lights, but with Railway Equipment Co. E-Z Gate arms.
Northbound track view, with the Porter St. crossing ahead.
Southbound track view, with the redone grade and the Winthrop St. crossing down the line.

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The eastbound pedestrian gate mast, with signal lights positioned to face a private driveway.
Inside the WCH gate mechanism (as it was being worked on at the time this photo was taken.)
The eastbound signal mast has a General Signals e-bell. Since this is a one-way road and no vehicular traffic goes eastbound here, the crossing gate is pretty much only protecting pedestrians.
The westbound pedestrian gate with signal lights.

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The westbound signal mast also has a strobe light for notifying train engineers the signals are working and active.