Dickey Road Abandoned & Active Railroad Crossings Tour, East Chicago, IN. (North Harbor)
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2023
- So after I was done railfanning in Elkhart, I decided to relocate to Griffith to check out the action on the CN Matteson and South Bend Subdivisions. And on my way there, I found these really epic railroad crossings here in the North Harbor area that were owned by the Indiana Harbor Belt line (and I found these on Google maps not too long before, ironically enough lol)
And what seemed to be here was like early to mid 90's Safetran installs on everything (even the one thats no longer in service), so ye know, i had to stop and tour them. And sadly and funnily enough, like 5 minutes after making this video, a train went through the gated crossing (and it was actually a train that I caught at Elkhart earlier this day). And I was pretty mad that I missed it since I wanted to get this crossing in action too, but that also raised my curiosity that this IHB Line was used for some NS Chicago line train reroutes, or this portion actually connects to many nearby lines.. interesting (this location is after all very close to multiple yards and a whole ahh plant and mill lol)
Corrections: I know I said North Harbor in the video and the city that these are in is East Chicago, but its close enough, thats what the map told me lol (The DOT Number of the Abandoned crossing was actually 921 659K)
On the gated crossing, the bells only ring when the gates are going down, and don't ring again after that. And i also forgot to mention this, but there actually used to be another signal that once stood and protected the abandoned track, but it got knocked down sometime in 2021. So yeah, once again, not everything in this video may be perfect, since this was my first time checking this place out (like a few other crossings i toured this day), but I did the best I can with my knowledge at the time lol
Location: Dickey Road, East Chicago, Indiana (North Harbor)
Railroad Owner: Indiana Harbor Belt, Norfolk Southern (I believe)
Former Railroad Owner: Unknown
Status: Active (Inactive for one track)
Estimated Trains Per Day: ~15-20
One Track Inactive For: 15-20 years
Amount of Tracks: 4 (In Total)
Quiet Zone: No
The rest of the video should explain for itself. Thanks for watching! - Zábava
I'm familiar with those railroad crossings from dickey road to Michigan avenue to Chicago avenue to 148th street 149th street and 151st
The first one is my favorite signal of all time the CO type cantilever signal originally developed by Griswold and later by Raco there was a time when north central Texas, had these signals in great abundance most of them were Gateless sadly, the gateless signals were replaced over time, the very last crossing that has the CO tape cantilever signal is a pair of signals with gates, protecting Highway 51 in downtown Granbury Texas adjacent to the old railroad depot
That's super cool location very cool abandoned railroad crossing 🛤 there ❤ the location under the overpass
Horns that you heard were further north toward lake
That of course being the old New York Central B&O Pennsylvania. Later Conrail now Norfolk Southern
Amtrak that runs right along the lake there also goes to Michigan back to buy you the wolverine. Along with the lake shore limited and a whole lot more to New York
I’ve seen something similar to this with multiple railroad crossings side by side abandoned and active. Do you remember in part 5 of abandoned railroad crossings on Hwy 86 in Piedmont SC?
yeah I remember, kinda looks like it
Yeah it does except for the active line in Piedmont is owned by CSX.
Cool
5:52 that’s actually a RECO box which is older than safetran
RACO*
And honestly it wouldn't make much sense why there would be a RACO box on a Safetran cantilever, since RACO is actually the predecessor to Safetran. And oddly enough, Siemens does share the same logo with RACO, and I know this since I seen so many new cantilevers with this same logo
Siemens always puts the word Siemens on their stuff. RACO always puts an Iron Rail as their logo.
@@SignalMan9292 yeah, that is true, Siemens tends to stamp on their lettering on everything, but for some applications, Siemens also uses a rail iron for their logo. I know its a bit confusing and thats what i thought at first, but the main difference between the Siemens and RACO rail iron logo is that RACO has their lettering and slogan around the Iron and circle, while Siemens has little to no lettering revolving the logo
Pffft, d i c k e y road.
this is neat lol
If some railroad tracks or crossings are abandoned, and nobody's using them, why are they still in existence? Why aren't they just torn up, the way old abandoned buildings are torn down?
Most likely because nobody has the courage nor the money to take it down at the moment, so the railroads just leave it up for as long as until they feel like tearing it up. I'm positive that its a pain in the neck to tear up rails and even signals altogether anyway, and probably a bit expensive too
Usually the railroad waits until the local road is resurfaced or has road work, then the crossing is removed.
That nameof the road tho... 💀
yeah lol if you can't tell I was trying to hold back a mixture of cringing and laughter at the same time when I was making this video, hence why I got into the initial tour quickly lol
But oh well, maybe the boyos over here ran out of street names.. probably lol
weird street