MP:  54.560NC

 

Created December 13, 2022

 

Total Accidents:   1
Crossing DOT #:  735227A
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   7   (AS OF 2022)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the NS Danville District.

 

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Overviews of the crossing.
The first signal.

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It's a Safetran cantilever.
The emergency information and an old SOU DOT tag!

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The mast lights are a pair of newer Safetran 12x20 inch lights.
The overhead lights are a pair of older Safetran 12x20 inch lights!

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The bell here is a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell.
A Safetran base.
A US&S Model 95 gate mechanism.
This signal has RECO LED gate lights.

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The second signal.
It has a Safetran base.
The emergency information and a DOT tag.

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This signal has more newer Safetran 12x20 inch lights.
The third signal.

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It has another Safetran base.
The emergency information and a DOT tag.
This signal has even more newer Safetran 12x20 inch lights.

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The fourth signal.
It's another Safetran cantilever.
The emergency information.

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The side lights are a pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights from the 90s.
The main mast lights are another pair of newer Safetran 12x20 inch lights.

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The overhead lights are more older Safetran 12x20 inch lights!
Yet another Safetran base.
Another US&S Model 95 gate mechanism.

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More RECO LED gate lights over here.
The relay case.
Looking southeast towards Blackwell Street.
Looking northwest towards Buchanan Boulevard.

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The crossing activates!

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An eastbound Piedmont service comes through with an F59PHI leading and an F59PH on the rear!

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The gates rise.

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An extra photo of the Piedmont service at the nearby Durham station.

 

 

All pictures and the video were taken on 12-22-21.