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Page updated by: Josh Baumann.

 

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Photo #1 shows what this crossing looked like in 2002. The signal on the right has 12"x20" lights, while the one on the left has 8" lights. Both bells are US&S Teardrop bells! The signal on the right looks like it has a weird base, but it is actually a small relay case that is directly in front of the mast and not part of the signal base itself.

 

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Looking north.
The northbound signal still has a US&S teardrop bell, painted black.

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The old cast-iron US&S relay case that sits directly in front of the northbound signal.
The northbound signal's gate motor is a WRRS "Improved Highway Crossing Signal Mechanism", with a 1939 patent date.
Looking south. The southbound signal now has 12"x20" lights instead of 8", and a standard mechanical bell instead of a teardrop bell.

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Track view looking east.
On the east side of the crossing there is a US&S box with an overhead power drop, and a battery vault.

Track view looking west (toward the Armstrong Ave. crossing).

The other signal now has a WCH mechanical bell.

On the west side of the crossing, there is another relay case next to what appears to be an old wayside signal base.

 

Photos #2 through 12 taken by Josh Baumann on January 8, 2011.