MP:  487.140

 

Created October 31, 2022

 

Total Accidents:   7
Crossing DOT #:  663398A
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   26   (AS OF 2020)

 

Page created by: freebrickproductions

 

This crossing is located on the BNSF Thayer South Subdivision.

 

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Overviews of the crossing.
The first signal.

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It has a WCH base.
A Safetran gate mechanism.
The emergency information and an old Frisco DOT tag!

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The lights are all Safetran 12x20 inch lights on a WABCO bracket.
This signal has NEG LED gate lights.

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The second signal.
It has a WABCO base.
A US&S Model 95 gate mechanism.

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The emergency information.
More Safetran 12x20 inch lights mounted to a WABCO bracket over here.

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The bell here is a WCH mechanical bell!
This signal has a mix of RECO LED gate lights and an NEG LED gate light.

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The relay case.
Looking northwest towards McLemore Avenue.
Looking southeast towards South Parkway.

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The crossing activates! Surprisingly, for a BNSF crossing, the bell here shuts-off when the gates have lowered.

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A southbound BNSF intermodal train comes through the crossing with an H3 ES44AC leading an H2 Dash-9 and an H3 ET44C4.

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The train passes...

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...and the gates rise. The bell here rings again as they do so!

 

 

All pictures and the video were taken on 6-10-21.