Pictures 1-25 and the 1st video were
taken on August 30, 2019, by Tommy McGowan.
Pictures 26-36 and the 2nd video were taken on September 3, 2022, by
Hopen111.
Pictures 37-47 were taken on September 1,
2024, by Hopen111.
This crossing is located on the Midwest Electric Railway which is
inside the county fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant.
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Overview of 2
gateless signals and one former gated signal facing northeast.
Side view facing
south.
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The southwestern signal.
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The northwestern
signal. This obviously was a gated signal before, mostly likely
used on the BN line, but the MERY decided a gate wasn't neccessary, as
none of the MERY crossings have gates. This had a WCH base, 12"x20"
Hawker Safetran incandescents, and a WCH Style 3 gate mechanism.
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The eastern signal. This had
two 8" Griswold Type B incandescents.
A return visit by Hopen111 in
September 2022 shows that the northwestern signal was removed entirely
and the eastern signal had its lights replaced with the lights from the
gated signal. One of the wasn't pointed right though.
A return visit by Hopen111 shows no changes have occurred. The eastern signal is still as cursed as ever.