Dwight Rd., Mazon, IL Upgrade

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Re: Dwight Rd., Mazon, IL Upgrade

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bnsflover wrote:BNSF isn't the big intermodal carrier in Houston, it is UP. Three BNSF lines that I know of, two of them are mainly coal, the other one is intermodal. I do not know what BNSF does around here, but the BNSF's nearest line to me is 25 miles away from me. Maybe if I have time on Easter weekend...

Back on topic, BNSF's staple around here is 12X24" GS LEDs and GS Type 2 E-bells and TWO CROSSBUCKS PER SIGNAL.
here the maintainer justs takes a crap on the signal and calls it maintenance

here are the LAST 3 m-bells on the main cuba sub in the roughly 50 miles that I railfan
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Missouri/Vall ... /Marshall/
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 3,,0,-7.31

http://www.rxrsignals.net/Missouri/Allenton/Allenton/


http://www.rxrsignals.net/Missouri/Pacific/4_Pacific/
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 45,,0,3.23

and two on the river sub
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Missouri/Affton/Weber/
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 6,,0,-4.29

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 6,,0,-3.73

and here is the only brand new crossing bnsf has set up out here in the last couple of years (I dont know of any others)
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 8,,0,-4.01
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