Very Old Active Signals on a Closed-Off Road! - Merideth Street Railroad Crossing Tour, Saginaw, MI.

[@joemacrae1897]

There are two signals that are on display at Lapeer Agency in Lapeer, Michigan that are of a similar setup to the old Cantilever Signal. I actually managed to knock on one of the bells to make it ring today and it sounds like the bell that you just threw a rock at.

[@MichiganRailfanEnthusiast]

There was an out of service crossing that was still active on the GLC in Ithaca, MI., but it has been long gone now. It would've been located right next to ZFS Ithaca, a large grain elevator.

[@damon810railfan]

Nice, and I do know which one you're talking about, I saw it before, but it is a shame that it's gone now

[@CoreytheATSFConnie]

3:40 *BONK*

[@csxtrainfan319]

Pretty interesting looking and rare crossing and that mechanical bell sounds like an RRS

[@damon810railfan]

Thx. And yes, I did later find out that the bell is an RRS mechanical bell

[@RoyalKingOfTheRails]

A railroad crossing to nowhere! That is so cool! Great tour Damon.

[@damon810railfan]

Thx. I never thought this was still here well after the road removal, but I guess it was lol

[@captainminecraft631]

Closed sometime between July 2014 and September 2017, grade was torn up sometime between august 2018 and august 2019.

[@davel6683]

My understanding is that crossing equipment is sometimes kept in place in locations where reactivation of tracks/crossings is considered possible, as once the equipment is removed, reactivating the crossing would require costly studies/design/permitting/etc. as if the crossing had never existed before.

[@zachzebra56]

This is a very interesting crossing how its a closed off road. These signals are really nice too. Especially the first one with the bell. I have never seen a cantilever like that one before. Must be super rare. Nice tour!

[@damon810railfan]

Thx. And yeah, those old GRS cantilevers are hard to come by, and the RRS mechanical bell was a nice bonus

[@XavierTheRailfanner_]

Nice! This looks awesome.

[@damon810railfan]

Thx

[@sirblack1619]

Their are a few other crossings in Michigan that have those unique cantilevers.

[@damon810railfan]

yep there is, like the ones in Lansing I mentioned in the beginning, and there's a handful more along another HESR Subdivision around the northwest side of Saginaw, but I figured I'd check this one out first due to the road not existing lol

[@Ur_Depressed_Railfan]

3:40 Say goodbye to ur knee caps chuckle nuts BONK (Team fortress 2 reference)

[@l0lmanda]

How is the RRs mechanical on the side without falling off

[@EthanRailStudios]

4:51 if I were to guess maybe a RACO or Griswold M bell, thats just an educated guess

[@damon810railfan]

Yeah, although I later found out that the outer signal has been a replacement for what i assume a similar cantilever signal as the first, hence why it has no bell

[@EthanRailStudios]

@@damon810railfan Ah that makes sense, then that new cantilever that replaced it must had been used in the past

[@missiondemolition]

I think the bell is a WRRS/RRS mechanical bell.

[@onenickthomas]

43°25'26.3"N 83°56'26.7"W

[@williamhancock6489]

RR crosing for the Boring Pacific.

[@ryantraingamer5]

They could have use it for bike trail

[@RaisedLetter]

"I don't know why they would" There isn't even a road here bro.

[@damon810railfan]

fair point, lol Although I did later find out that the opposing signal did replace another one of those old cantilevers, sometime around the 70's I assume, or maybe even later, since that cantilever was probably re-used from somewhere and it never had a bell to begin with

[@s16100]

Dude, stop zooming in and out so quickly. you zoomed in on the cool old lights up top and about the time I was looking at them you zoomed back out and walked away. I had to go back and stop the video to see it. Slow down man. Great information, but slow down. zoom in and hold for a few seconds so we can actually see what your talking about! :) This is so cool though for sure.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

You mean SAGINAW???????

[@mrgtafivecom]

Fake! You didn't even show it was active

[@carolinarailfanning]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKCZn618e9Jlg8Usi=NlHI61SLYOpGbwNW legit.

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

He does in the next video on his channel.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

He did a while ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIScomyoZdWrorc

[@RoyalKingOfTheRails]

Why don’t you go watch this video of the crossing in action which he posted right after he uploaded this tour video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKCZn618e9Jlg8Usi=XQ5lxB3TAfJMQswl