Lancaster Drive SE
Abandoned Railroad Crossing Signal on September 17, 2006
On Lancaster Drive a railroad crossing signal stood where there was no trace of a railroad.
Abandoned Railroad Crossing Signal on September 17, 2006
The Southern Pacific Railroad once had a branch line between Salem and Geer. This line crossed Lancaster Drive at this point.
Abandoned Railroad Crossing Signal on September 17, 2006
The Willamette Valley Railroad leased the Geer Branch from 1993 until its final abandonment in 1995. During that time, sections of the line were abandoned and the tracks removed, starting at the junction in Salem and working east.
View East from Abandoned Signal on September 17, 2006
Aerial photos suggest that the tracks were removed from this crossing by May, 1994, but the signals were left in place.
View East from Abandoned Signal on September 17, 2006
The signal on the other side of the street was gone by the year 2000, but this one remained.
View East from Abandoned Signal on September 17, 2006
Aside from this signal and a little bit of white paint from the stop lines on the pavement, there is little evidence a railroad was ever here.
View East from Abandoned Signal on September 17, 2006
Looking to the east, the former railroad grade is now under the parking lot of a Budweiser distributor.
View West from Abandoned Signal on September 17, 2006
To the west is the fenced-in parking lot of a used car dealership.
Abandoned Railroad Crossing Signal on September 17, 2006
The signal was manufactured by the Griswold Signal Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Abandoned Signals on September 17, 2006
Directly in front of the railroad crossing signal was another signal, with a single signal light and a lighted sign. I don’t know the purpose of this signal.
These signals stood until 2007.
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