Created January 29, 2008

 

Total Accidents:   0

Crossing DOT #:  179096P
TOTAL DAILY TRAINS:   7   (AS OF 2006)

 

Page written by WEHRAR17.

 

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Facing North.

The single 12" x 24" Safetran light is easilly viewable.
Facing South.

 

This is the only cantilever crossing I have found on the UP mainline. All lights are 12" x 20" Harmon incandescent lights that closely resemble Modern Industries 12" x 20" lights, with one exception. As shown in pictures 1-3, one of the rear mast lights on the northbound cantilever is a 12" x 24" Safetran light. Each cantilever has a WCH mechanical bell on top.

 

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A side view of the southbound cantilever.
Track view west.
Track view east.
Another view of the northbound cantilever.

 

The second track is a spur to what looks like a grain elevator seen in pictures 7-8. You can see the switch for it in picture 6. Judging from the snow cover on it, it probably doesn't see much use.

 

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A Harmon junction box on the NB cantilever...held together with duct tape.
The relay case.
The crossing activates!

 

The box in picture 9 is just below the mismatched lights on the northbound cantilever. I wonder if the cantilever was grazed by a vehicle damaging both the box and the old 12" x 20" light?

 

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More shots of the crossing in action, as the train begins to cross in picture 14. The locomotive has another one of those nose-mounted gong bells that looks and works like a mechanical crossing bell.

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More pictures of the train crossing.

 

My video camera ran out of battery power during the train crossing, so the audio clip will cut out abruptly.

All pictures were taken on January 4, 2008.
CLICK THE ICON TO THE LEFT TO HEAR THE CROSSING IN ACTION.
(RECORDED JANUARY 4, 2008)

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