Railroad Crossing | Donald Road NE, Donald, OR

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Date: 3/31/24.

Camera: Sony Handycam FDR-AX53.

Locomotive consist:
PNWR 2312 - EMD GP39-2 - ATSF Bluebonnet - Narrow Font K3LA
PNWR 2314 - EMD GP39-2 - G&W
PNWR 2311 - EMD GP39-2 - Patched ATSF Bluebonnet
PNWR 2303 - EMD GP39-2 - G&W
PNWR 2317 - EMD GP39-2 - G&W

This crossing is located on the PNWR Oregon Electric District.

Bell sequence: Bells ring until gates rise.

Horn setting: Horn zone.

Safetran cantilever on the left: 4 pairs of Safetran 12x20" lights with Safetran LEDs and a Safetran mechanical bell.

Gate mast on the left: A Safetran base and a Safetran gate mechanism with Alstom-Aurora LED gate lights.

Safetran cantilever on the right: 5.5 pairs of Safetran 12x20" lights with Leotek IL Series LEDs, 1 Safetran 12x24" light with a Leotek IL Series LED and a Safetran mechanical bell.

Gate mast on the right: A Safetran base and a Safetran gate mechanism with Alstom-Aurora LED gate lights.

After catching PNWR 664 at the Hillsboro-Silverton Hwy crossing in Woodburn featuring EM gates, I quickly chased the train over to Donald in hopes of getting this crossing recorded in time. Thankfully, the train ended up slowing down which let me to get by a crossing on Butteville Road NE a dozen seconds before that crossing activated. After arriving in Donald, I was left with a couple minutes to spare before PNWR 664 came rolling through town with its quintet of GP39-2s for power and an unpatched ex-ATSF Bluebonnet in the lead.

This crossing is certainly a nice one, featuring some old Safetran cantilever signals installed by the BN in the mid-late 1970s. Aside from the gate arms and the retrofitting of the far signal with Safetran LEDs in the late 1990s and the later retrofit of the near signal with Leotek IL Series LEDs around 2013-2014, nothing else has changed with the signals since installation. The original mid-1970s style Safetran gate mechanisms, 1970s Safetran light heads, and the Safetran mechanical bell pair all remain intact, and hopefully will for years to come.

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