3 - 12"x24" WCH w/ 1st Gen WCH LEDs
1 - 12"x24" WCH w/ Electro-Tech's LED
Junction Box:
WRRS
WRRS
Gate Lights:
4" RECO LEDs
4" RECO LEDs
Gate Mechanism:
WCH Style 3.5 w/ WCH Gate Saver
WCH Style 3.5 w/ WCH Gate Saver
Gate Striping:
Diagonal Striping
Diagonal Striping
Pictures 1-8 were taken in 2006 by Brenton81.
Pictures 9-38 were taken on January 21, 2017, by Tommy McGowan.
Pictures 39-43 and the video were taken on October 30, 2020, by Tommy McGowan.
This crossing is located on the UP Kenosha Sub.
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from 2006 by Brenton81 showing a then new WCH setup.
A new block signal was going in for an upgrade to the Oak Creek power
plant, and thus, this crossing received new signals at the same
time. Both gates had 4" RECO gate lights at the time, only the
eastern signal had a bell.
Sometime between 2006 and 2016, the
western signal had a WCH E Bell added to it, and the gate lights on the
eastern signal were replaced with Electro-Tech's LED gate lights, the only ones I've seen in Wisconsin thus far. Blue DOT signs were added as well.
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Overview of the updated setup facing east.
Overview facing west.
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The western signal.
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The eastern
signal. This is the 1st and so far only crossing I've seen in
person with ET's LED gate lights. These appear to be very common
out west in California, but in Illinois and Wisconsin, they appear to
be very scarce. I've only found one crossing in IL that had them,
but they've since been replaced. They're very cool looking in my
opinion, and I was definitely shocked to see these at this crossing.
