I've always loved this shortline, with it's well aged equipment, and forgotten paint schemes. If you stop by again, make sure to catch the mcallen district! Or maybe you could even catch Border pacific! (If it's active) Just tossing ideas.
They never run on sat, sun. Every other day is fine.If you see a consist of mostly hoppers and boxcars, it's probably due for Edinburgh. Usually once a week, but I have caught them skipping a week. 3 different Raco gate mechs on the branch, as well as a wide gateless crossing with harmon cantilevers. Thats really the more interesting things, however there are some long gates located around the museum area, as well as the only pedestrian gates with little stop gatelight. they shunt around the museum every once in a while, it's more of a storage area than anything. Edinburgh has rather young signals, but some can be intresting. There are signals located on the bend there, and extra pairs of lights to defend the merging streets. Also a bunch of abandoned sidings, I have seen them park a loco near the front at a spur near the large factory (around the raco signal) Which I think is malfunctioning, because it looked like the gate smashed its lights off. A bunch of signals have been malfunctioning recently, so the chaos that a small train can create is astounding. The mission spur... From what I can see on maps, they keep a maintenance train there! Also I have seen coil cars head too and forth there, so I assume the other spur is active with fuel and steel coil production still. (Awesome gateless signals with long cantilevers, as well as some old cantilevers too!) You already have shot in places like Harlingen and Mercedes, however each town has it's own distinction. Entering Pharr, there are a bunch of cantilever only signals, as well as a single old cantilever, guarding the highway! San juan used to have some old raco cantilevers(i think... It's one of these towns.., but now the oldest thing left is a complete harmon cantilever set up, aside from the signal box. (Mcallen has one too) Alamo is... Well, it exists. One old whc mech on the solar road. BUT (next town) Donna! does hold a unloading center for rvsc. It even looks like it could be an engine shop! Also a ton of customers active here, [North 12 street Abandoned crossing!] Weslaco, well it has more cantilever crossings, but a funny looking short cantilever, as well as the double crossing lights on that harmon cantilever(recorded) and some more special cantilevers. There's also a the only modern harmon setup on the the line, with gates (only active one ;-;). It's a nice looking town with a short storage branch. Mercades, well you know. Cool trestle, awesome old signal, and a run around track! [Sanez ave has some interesting crossbucks]. Bixby. Lots of new business! Thats it.. I can't tell if it's in la feria or not.. Town borders are wack. La feria holds well, a storage sector and a cantilever crossing. Yup Harlingen, so much stuff. Mech bells are rare. Lots of gated signals and opportunities. Most engines are here! Under bridge crossing exists here, cool, small maintainer yards here (UP and RVSC) big yard. Yeah. The spur.the Harlingen spur is pretty much abandoned only a mile in. Some amazing gateless signals, basically rust buckets. Storage branch.[Us-77 frontage road (cool] Santa rosa. Oh my god. [Santa rosa Boulevard] its beautiful. Border pacific railroad. It tries. Ill just list all the interesting locations... It pretty much starts near the. end of mission. Some very strane signals. There are a bunch of cool crossbucks, but they're hard to find. 1.(892 North Schuerbach Road.) Single signal, one gate. 2.3.4.Was completely normal, carry on (almost clone like) 5. Cantilevers only, newish install. 6.1220 El Faro road. A beauty that lost its original bell. 7.370 FM2360 cantilever only install. 8.6874 FM1430 previous one but ANGLEed. 9.US 83 HIGHWAY CROSSING GATELESS POG. 10. North garza road. New install! 11. Expressway crossing..... Oh no.. 12. Border pacific railroad has ripped up their yard. Sadness It appears BOP will be abandoning their Main yard and moving across the bridge. The old rails will be ripped up for land and real estate. Truly the worst ending. I hope they're still in business. Sorry for the ramble. So.. I'll check on them. There's alot of interesting spots on the Edinburgh spur, I hope you can find them! (I didn't know I could type for so long..)
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan Summary: Edinburgh running is rare, usually near at the start/end of a week. Check for boxcar/hopper line up, or a single locomotive. Power moves are possible there. Other summary. I am a crossing buff without even knowing it. Sorry again for rambling like crazy, Have a great day. ;-;
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Great video and crossing! Love all the older equipment along that line, especially the classic FS/WCH extendable cantilevers!
i saw 1705 on one of my videos at la feria and nice catch;)
I believe the bell issue at Tower Road, Alamo is because the bell is hooked up to the lights' flasher relay.
Awesome crossings
Great videos and crossings!
I miss 5579 in the NS livery.
What is it now?
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan it's an RVSC livery. That dark green color.
10:42 - The crossbuck is missing. 😯 Some of these crossings are dangerous. The traffic signal timings are awful.
Pretty nice railroad crossings! But, man, I can't stand those sloppy looking cable-strung traffic lights that most of Texas has.
The main reason they use spanwire signals is they are cheaper and can be lifted out of the way of high load vehicles.
I love this horn I hear it all the time
It's pretty nice although it did get a little tiring hearing it 15 times in a row.
I've always loved this shortline, with it's well aged equipment, and forgotten paint schemes. If you stop by again, make sure to catch the mcallen district! Or maybe you could even catch Border pacific! (If it's active) Just tossing ideas.
Definitely want to film it more if I go back to the area. Do you know when they run on the Edinburg branch?
They never run on sat, sun. Every other day is fine.If you see a consist of mostly hoppers and boxcars, it's probably due for Edinburgh.
Usually once a week, but I have caught them skipping a week.
3 different Raco gate mechs on the branch, as well as a wide gateless crossing with harmon cantilevers. Thats really the more interesting things, however there are some long gates located around the museum area, as well as the only pedestrian gates with little stop gatelight. they shunt around the museum every once in a while, it's more of a storage area than anything.
Edinburgh has rather young signals, but some can be intresting. There are signals located on the bend there, and extra pairs of lights to defend the merging streets. Also a bunch of abandoned sidings, I have seen them park a loco near the front at a spur near the large factory (around the raco signal)
Which I think is malfunctioning, because it looked like the gate smashed its lights off.
A bunch of signals have been malfunctioning recently, so the chaos that a small train can create is astounding.
The mission spur... From what I can see on maps, they keep a maintenance train there! Also I have seen coil cars head too and forth there, so I assume the other spur is active with fuel and steel coil production still. (Awesome gateless signals with long cantilevers, as well as some old cantilevers too!)
You already have shot in places like Harlingen and Mercedes, however each town has it's own distinction. Entering Pharr, there are a bunch of cantilever only signals, as well as a single old cantilever, guarding the highway!
San juan used to have some old raco cantilevers(i think... It's one of these towns.., but now the oldest thing left is a complete harmon cantilever set up, aside from the signal box. (Mcallen has one too)
Alamo is... Well, it exists. One old whc mech on the solar road. BUT (next town) Donna! does hold a unloading center for rvsc. It even looks like it could be an engine shop! Also a ton of customers active here, [North 12 street Abandoned crossing!]
Weslaco, well it has more cantilever crossings, but a funny looking short cantilever, as well as the double crossing lights on that harmon cantilever(recorded) and some more special cantilevers. There's also a the only modern harmon setup on the the line, with gates (only active one ;-;). It's a nice looking town with a short storage branch.
Mercades, well you know. Cool trestle, awesome old signal, and a run around track! [Sanez ave has some interesting crossbucks].
Bixby. Lots of new business! Thats it.. I can't tell if it's in la feria or not.. Town borders are wack.
La feria holds well, a storage sector and a cantilever crossing. Yup
Harlingen, so much stuff. Mech bells are rare. Lots of gated signals and opportunities. Most engines are here! Under bridge crossing exists here, cool, small maintainer yards here (UP and RVSC) big yard. Yeah.
The spur.the Harlingen spur is pretty much abandoned only a mile in. Some amazing gateless signals, basically rust buckets. Storage branch.[Us-77 frontage road (cool] Santa rosa. Oh my god. [Santa rosa Boulevard] its beautiful.
Border pacific railroad. It tries.
Ill just list all the interesting locations... It pretty much starts near the. end of mission. Some very strane signals. There are a bunch of cool crossbucks, but they're hard to find.
1.(892 North Schuerbach Road.) Single signal, one gate.
2.3.4.Was completely normal, carry on (almost clone like)
5. Cantilevers only, newish install.
6.1220 El Faro road. A beauty that lost its original bell.
7.370 FM2360 cantilever only install.
8.6874 FM1430 previous one but ANGLEed.
9.US 83 HIGHWAY CROSSING GATELESS POG.
10. North garza road. New install!
11. Expressway crossing..... Oh no..
12. Border pacific railroad has ripped up their yard. Sadness
It appears BOP will be abandoning their Main yard and moving across the bridge. The old rails will be ripped up for land and real estate. Truly the worst ending. I hope they're still in business.
Sorry for the ramble. So.. I'll check on them. There's alot of interesting spots on the Edinburgh spur, I hope you can find them! (I didn't know I could type for so long..)
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan
Summary: Edinburgh running is rare, usually near at the start/end of a week. Check for boxcar/hopper line up, or a single locomotive. Power moves are possible there.
Other summary. I am a crossing buff without even knowing it. Sorry again for rambling like crazy,
Have a great day. ;-;
Great video!
Strange place for a bell
Can I see more videos please like more time please and part 2 like all of them please
Do edinburg railroad crossings if this reaches 1k
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Would love to, but it's very difficult for me to travel that far anymore. Plus, I believe they only run to Edinburg at night.
Just put gas in your car, it's not that hard.
I live in Austin, 5+ hours away. I don't have infinite time or money to drive such distances.
@@TheCentralTexasRailfanWhere's part 2?
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan waiting for an answer.........
What railroad does rvsc stand for
The Rio Valley Switching Company.
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