MP:  0023.45

 

Created January 25, 2021

 

Total Accidents:   2
Crossing DOT #:  348728M
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   10   (AS OF 2019)

 

Page created by: Ethan the Railfanner

 

This crossing is located on the Nashville and Eastern Railroad, with the Music City Star and Tennessee Central Railway Museum having trackage rights over it.

 

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Overviews of this crossing.
The eastern signal.

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It has a Safetran base.
A Safetran gate mechanism.
The emergnecy information.
A Safetran junction box.

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The lights on this signal are Safetran 12x24s with Dialight Ball LEDs.
The bell here is a General Signals Type 2 E-Bell.
The gatelights are from NEG.

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The western signal.
It has another Safetran base.
Another Safetran gate mechanism.

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The emergency inforamtion.
This signal has more Safetran 12x24 lights with Dialight Ball LEDs mounted on another Safetran junction box.

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Another General Signals Type 2 E-Bell over here.
More NEG gatelights over here.
An old crossbuck still remains near the western signal!

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Track view facing north towards Cairo Bend Road.
Track view facing south towards Farmstead Lane near Mt. Juliet.
The relay bungalow.

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A block signal stands near the crossing.
A return trip on 11-26-18 shows this crossing in action.

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NERR 5939 and 5941 come up to the crossing.

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The train clears the crossing and the signals deactivate....
...but the signals activate again!

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NERR 5939 and 5941 and comes up again to the crossing.

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The train begins to clear the crossing again....

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And the signals deactiavte for the second time.

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But the signals activate again for the third time!

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The same locomotives come through once again.

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The train clears the crossing once again and the signals deactivate for the third time.

 

 

 

Pictures 1-29 were taken on 10-4-18 by freebrickproductions.

Pictures 30-78 and both videos were taken on 11-26-18 by freebrickproductions.