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These pictures were taken November 2, 2004.
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Yes, you're seeing it correctly. The bell shown in pictures 1 and 2 is a US&S teardrop bell. It almost looks black due to years of rust. |
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See the tracks splitting in picture 4? There'll be more on that later. Picture 5 is facing South. Picture 6 shows the rear view of the US&S bell. |
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The other signal is a little different. While all lights are 12"x24", the extra lights above protect a side road shown above in picture 5. The bell shown in pictures 8-10 is a WRRS mechanical bell. While it isn't as ancient as the US&S, it's still better than a WCH electronic bell. |
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Another view of the 6-light signal is shown in picture 10. Pictures 11 and 12 are strange. Back in picture 4, a track splits off away from the main line. It crosses just 10 feet from the signalized crossing, and goes off for a few yards in the brush and dead ends. If I would have had more time, I would've followed the tracks to the exact spot, but I didn't have time to do that.
The lone track only has 1 crossbuck protecting it. There is another one missing on the other side of the road in picture 11. The FRA counts the lone track as part of the crossing. It says 3 crossbucks, 2 bells, 2 mast flashers, and 2 tracks are all part of the whole crossing. |
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Even though the FRA says that NS owns the crossing with 0 trains per day, I've been told that LSRC owns it and it sees 2 trains per day, which means the bell still has a little life left in it. Also the latest FRA report says that the crossing is closed, even though it really isn't.
