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Pictures 1-18 were taken on September 1, 2008 by TrainmanKight.
Pictures 19-54 wer taken on May 16, 2020 by Ethan the Railfanner.
CN comes by 1 time daily, Amtrak 2 times daily, and between 40 to 95 daily trains for the MATA trolley depending what time of day it is.
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An overview of the crossing. |
12"x24" Safetran frames with Dialight ball L.E.Ds with a Safetran hybrid bell on top. The gate mechanism is from Safetran. |
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A close-up showing the lights are ball L.E.Ds. |
A closeup of the hybrid bell. |
Views of the other signal. It's identical to the other signal, minus a bell. |
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This gate mechanism is from Safetran too. |
Here's a "NO RIGHT TURN" signal from US&S. |
Facing North. |
Facing South. |
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The signals start up. |
You can barely see the light flash in picture 15. You can see "NO LEFT TURN" in picture 16. |
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A trolley train from the "MATA" (
Memphis Area Transit Authority). |
The relay case. |
Note: The Safetran Hybrid bell rings from Startup to when the gates fully lower, and then again when the gates rise to deactivation.
MATA runs 85 daily trains Monday-Thursday, 95 daily trains on Friday, 82 daily trains on Saturday, and 40 daily trains on Sunday.
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A returtn trip on 5-16-20 by Ethan the Railfanner doesn't show a lot of changes to this crossing. |
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The western signal. |
It has a 5-inch Safetran base. |
A Safetran gate mechanism. |
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The lights on this signal are still Safetran 12x24s with Dialight Ball LEDs. |
The emergency inforamtion. |
The gate lights are from REOC. |
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The southern no-turn signal. |
It has a 4-inch L&W base. |
An old DOT tag. |
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An unknown (Safetran?) 14 inch "No Right Turn" light. |
A US&S 8 incandescent light with yellow lens! |
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The eastern signal. |
It has another 5-inch Safetran base. |
Another Safetran gate mechanism. |
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This signal also retains its' Safetran 12x24 lights with Dialight Ball LEDs. |
The emergency information. |
The bell here is now a Safetran Type 3 (Siemens) E-Bell. |
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More RECO gatelights over here. |
The northern no-turn signal. |
It has a 4-inch Safetran base. |
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A Safetran(?) 14 inch "No Left Turn" light on this signal. |
Another US&S 8 inch incandecent light with yellow lens! |
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The relay case. |
Track view facing north towards Jefferson Avenue. To the south is Monroe Avenue. |
Note from Ethan the Railfanner: MATA gets approximately 11 trains as of June 21, 2020, while CN and Amtrak each get 2 trains according to the latest inventory report, so therefore, this crossing now sees about 15 trains a day.
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CLICK THE ICON TO THE LEFT TO HEAR THE CROSSING IN ACTION. (RECORDED SEPTEMBER 1, 2008) |
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