2nd St. Crossing Replacement Malta, IL Part 1

On July 3, 2020, UP replaced the 1970s era Safetran signals installed by the C&NW with brand new Siemens style signals. This was the last of 3 crossings in downtown Malta to get new signals, as 3rd St. got new signals in June, and 4th St. got them in May. I arrived early that morning to record the whole process. They started around 8 AM, and by 6 PM, they had left with the new signals in place, and the old signals had been taken away. I also live streamed a good chunk of the work too, though I didn't get the whole thing. All of the parts I didn't stream will be in Part 2.

I got so much footage I had to split it up. Part 1 will show the old signals being removed and the new signals being set into place. Part 2 will show them testing the new signals and working out the kinks, ending with the signals being taken away from the crossing and an overview of the new signals.

0:00 2nd to last train past the old signals
4:27 1st maintainers arrive
5:42 Final activation of the old signals
10:27 Work commences
12:40 Power to the old signals is cut
16:16 Old northern signal is removed
23:25 New northern signal is installed
29:50 1st train past inactive crossing
32:46 2nd train past inactive crossing
34:48 Chatting with the maintainer who told me when they were doing the work
35:05 Pointing the new northern signal's lights the correct way
36:10 Installation of the new northern signal's gate
41:00 Crane truck moves into position to remove old southern signal
42:54 Adding an extension to the gate
52:58 Missed installation of northern signal's gate lights
53:30 Old southern signal is removed
56:10 New southern signal is installed