Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Ah.... Another location of a bell-only crossing. That bell seems to be in good condition.

NICE HORN AND TEARDROP!

I'd like to know more opinions about the sub-forums from other people before going forward first.

Locations of Last Known Existing Teardrop Bells in Michigan

City: Alpena, MI
Crossing: Miller St.
Railroad: Lake State Railway
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Ann Arbor, MI
Crossing: E Hoover Ave
Railroad: Ann Arbor
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Ann Arbor, MI
Crossing: Hill St.
Railroad: Ann Arbor
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Ann Arbor, MI
Crossing: W Liberty Street
Railroad: Ann Arbor
Quantity: 2
Installation: Standard Mast Crossings with Flashers, one mounted on a side pipe.

City: Ann Arbor, MI
Crossing: Wright Street
Railroad: Ann Arbor
Quantity: 1
Installation: 2 crossbucks with stop signs. No flashers. 1 US&S Teardrop bell on a separate steel pole, on the east side of the crossing.

City: Britton, MI
Crossing: S. Main St
Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Quantity: 0 (2 Removed from Service 2007)
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers and Gates

City: Cadillac, MI
Crossing: Haynes St
Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Quantity: 0 (1 removed from service in 1998 by TSBY)
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers


City: Cohoctah, MI
Crossing: Cohoctah Road
Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers and Gates

City: Dearborn, MI
Crossing: Main St (Greenfield Village)
Railroad: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Weiser Railroad
Quantity: 1
Installation: WRRS Wig-Wag

City: Dundee, MI
Crossing: E Main St.
Railroad: Ann Arbor
Quantity: 2
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Harrisville, MI
Crossing: E Main Street
Railroad: Lake State Railway
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers (Opposite side is Cantilever)

City: Lake George, MI
Crossing: Lake George St
Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Milan, MI
Crossing: W. Main St.
Railroad: Ann Arbor
Quantity: 2
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Mount Pleasant, MI
Crossing: Broadway St
Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers (One of the oldest crossings around)

City: Mount Pleasant, MI
Crossing: Broomfield Road
Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Oscoda, MI
Crossing: River Rd
Railroad: Lake State Railway
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: Owosso, MI
Crossing: Shiawassee St. (M-52)
Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Quantity: 1
Installation: Cantilever Crossing with Flashers mounted on a side pipe

City: Romulus, MI
Crossing: Shook Road
Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Quantity: 0 (2 Removed from service sometime after 2000)
Installation: Standard Crossing with Flashers and Gates

City: Shepherd, MI
Crossing: Shepherd Road
Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

City: St. Helen, MI
Crossing: St. Helen Road
Railroad: Lake State Railway
Quantity: 1
Installation: Standard Mast Crossing with Flashers

This is current to the best of my knowledge, there may be others I have not seen or heard of.

Reorganizing the list is becoming a very hard task. Many posts list 2 or more locations, and those are going to be hard to split. I may scrap this idea, and have you continue listing them here.

For the ones I've done already, like the GS type 1, Safetran type 2 and so on, I'll leave them where they are.

EDIT: I've done it. The sections I have divided will stay the same. The other sections that have already been created will continue to be posted there.

There was one in Franklin,maine on a MEC line going to machais, the track has been removed for a rail trail .The street view was taken before it was taken. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Eastbrook ... 20757&z=12 They just threw everything on the ground. When I went there everything was stolen. The Grs signal case is still there with everything in it . Acoording to a FRA report there were 2 bells. Only 1 in the street view. ***EDIT!!!!!! as of may 2010 work has resumed on the project and all of the signals and relay cases left on the line(only the blackwoods road still has signals i think. but most still have relay cases) will most likely be gone by late may or early-mid june!************ *****EDIT****** 11/24/10 Everything on the trail is gone. no signals,no cases,no anything Just the trail******

US&STeardrop wrote:There was one in Franklin,maine on a MEC line going to machais, the track has been removed for a rail trail .The street view was taken before it was taken. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Eastbrook ... 20757&z=12 They just threw everything on the ground. When I went there everything was stolen. The Grs signal case is still there with everything in it . Acoording to a FRA report there were 2 bells. Only 1 in the street view.

That signal had seen better days obviously... looks like the one on the other side met it's fate before Streetview made it through there.

The other one is in the dirt no bell no crossbuck no lights just the post. Up the road there are a few more crossings.On 1 the old grs relay case is bent in half!

That's great news. Always glad to hear a mechanical replacing an electronic.

Looks like the 2 tracks signs was replaced too.

Are the original pictures larger than 640x480? If so, can they be submitted?