Railroad Crossing | W Alamo St, Brenham, TX

🗓 Date: 6/11/22
🛤 Line: BNSF Galveston Subdivision
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After chasing the UP oil train from Hockley to Hempstead, I decided to check the signals on the BNSF Galveston Subdivision in Brenham to see if anything was coming. A high green was burning for a southbound, so I began waiting it out. After about half an hour, a southbound Q-CHIROB came through with an ES44DC and SD70ACe in the lead. Intermodal trains coming to and from the KCS at Robstown are now a memory, as BNSF has chosen to route them over the UP to Eagle Pass as of 2024.
This crossing is a very nice one, containing a classic pair of 1970s ATSF signals. These use early Safetran equipment and have remained fairly unchanged other than an LED retrofit and the original mechanical bell being replaced by a General Signals electronic bell well over a decade ago.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Signal activation
1:00 - Train
4:21 - Signal deactivation
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[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Good video and crossing! Shame the original mechanical bells were replaced a while back. Love how it still retains the old ATSF signals, albeit modernized.

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video! Love those 70s ATSF signals, even if they're pretty well modernized by BNSF these days!

[@rogerr4620]

Great video with a good locale. Thanks!

[@lashendawest7509]

Great catch nice crossing and video

[@johnnydodd9919]

Howdy from the great state north of texas😊

[@maniacmarklewin52]

always wanted to catch one rolling about a mile and a half to the left ,by the park and the vfw.

[@nrvtrainmasters]

awesome video!