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MP: 34.74, 18.05 |
Created February 19, 2008
Total Accidents: 9
Crossing
DOT #s: 867574L, 512114C
TOTAL
DAILY TRAINS: 30 (AS OF 2002 & 2007)
These pictures were taken on February 3, 2008.
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This is on the west side of the crossing facing East. There's a total of 4 tracks protected by 5 crossbucks. |
A water filled pothole and a manhole cover. |
A closup of one of the crossbucks with a stop sign below it. |
The at-grade is in very poor shape. |
This is what would be considered a "double" crossing. You'll see why below...
Also, east of this crossing is an all dirt road. With Trenton's annual rainfall at 32.89 inches per year, it would be very wise to fix the grades and pave the rest of the road, also because of the very very poor condition of the road including very deep potholes.
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Facing South. |
Facing North. |
The East side of the crossing with only one track. |
The 1 track overview. |
Notes: Conrail owns the 1 track crossing. GT owns the 3 track crossing seen below.
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Here's GT's crossing facing West back onto pavement. |
The DOT number for this 3 track crossing. |
Facing South. |
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A zoomed view South. |
Facing North. |
A zoomed view North. |
An incorrectly mounted crossbuck. This sign really needs to go. |
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You can see the incorrect crossbuck in front of a spur track. There's not enough room for a regular car to stop safely, so the "wrong way" crossbuck should really go. |
A spur coming of GT ’s mainline that goes into a factory. |
The complete crossbuck and stop sign on GT's side of the crossing. |
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An overview of the crossing heading East. |
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This crossing is pretty dangerous. I'm surprised there isn't more accidents than 9 here. I can only imagine the high number of close calls here...
This crossing should be upgraded to signals (4 of them in a double crossing setup, either with 2 or 4 gates), and the road fixed and paved, or close these crossings.