Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Not sure if this has been posted before since I don't check in here very often, but I ran across a video of a pair of nonstandard crossing signals on a CP spur track in or near Davenport, IA. Start around 4:10.



I don't see those signals on the Davenport page, but that city also has a pretty cool bell-only crossing that also has a Milwaukee Road-era 45 degree crossbuck!

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Iowa/Davenport/

Also, toward the end of the video there's footage of a very impressive set of cantilevers!

AndyWS wrote:Not sure if this has been posted before since I don't check in here very often, but I ran across a video of a pair of nonstandard crossing signals on a CP spur track in or near Davenport, IA. Start around 4:10.



I don't see it on the Davenport page, but that city also has a pretty cool bell-only crossing that also has a Milwaukee Road-era 45 degree crossbuck!

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Iowa/Davenport/

Also, toward the end of the video there's footage of a very impressive set of cantilevers!

Nice find! The odd signals are on private property... part of John Deere tractors which is huge up there. Here is the crossing on satellite view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6075817 ... !1e3?hl=en
I'm willing to bet that the lights on those signals flash like that constantly... not just when there is a train. But that's a guess.

The 45 degree crossbuck and bell only crossing is still there (as of 2015)... but it would appear that it doesn't get used anymore based on the condition of the track.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5162972 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5164183 ... 6656?hl=en

There is also this oddity where those tracks end just a few blocks from the 45 degree crossbuck:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5169435 ... 6656?hl=en

That is pretty neat! Must've been a custom job.

cabman701 wrote:

AndyWS wrote: There is also this oddity where those tracks end just a few blocks from the 45 degree crossbuck:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5169435 ... 6656?hl=en

Reminds me of this crossbuck here in Toledo.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6377588 ... 1664?hl=en