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All pictures were taken by WEHRAR17.
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1 looks South. Picture 2 is a rear view of the Southbound cantilever,
with five pairs of 12"x24" Safetran incandescent lights. |
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3 looks North. This cantilever has four pairs of lights, including
sidelights mounted high up on the cantilever for the Polk Street
intersection. Pictures 4-6 are closeups of these 12"x24" Safetran
incandescent lights. |
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The Safetran mechanical bell. |
Track view, facing Southwest. |
Track view, facing Northeast. |
The relay cabinet. |
Picture 8 is a track view Southwest toward the Milwaukee River swing bridge, which is now permanently open to river traffic.
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9 is a track view Northeast where the rails go through a gravel parking
lot and dead-end at a concrete barrier. Traces of a switch are faintly
visible in the gravel, a spur to a long-defunct industrial customer
that would have been the reason for keeping this track in after the end
of passenger service. The vacant lot beyond once contained a yard with
a roundhouse and turntable. It now serves as a parking lot for the
annual Summerfest music festival.
The following pictures were taken two years after the initial visit.
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A small GRS cabinet. This was likely for the bridge signals. |
Facing Southwest toward the swing bridge. The rails that were in picture 8 have been pulled up and piled on the bridge. |
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The crossing has been repaved and the rails no longer cross the street. |
Notice the light glowing on top of the relay cabinet. The crossing still has power and could be activated. |
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Pictures 1-10 were taken August 25, 2010.
Pictures 11-17 were taken August 12, 2012.