*New Bell* NS 4599 Intermodal Meets BNSF 5149 | Plymouth St. (OH-98) Grade Crossing #2, Bucyrus, OH

Thursday, November 13, 2025
We would finally meet up here as I needed to get a new video of this crossing. We then hear NS 270 call an approach diverging at the intermediate at Lemert Road, meaning that he will meet NS 267 here. We set up once NS 270 honks his horn, and we catch him slowly heading south to stop with an NS AC44C6M and an NS ES44DC. A couple minutes after 270's head end passes the crossing, NS 267 flies north with a BNSF C44-9W and a BNSF ES44C4 at the Plymouth Street (OH-98) railroad crossing #2 in Bucyrus on the Sandusky District.

This 90s NS gated install would only have its Safetran mechanical bell recently replaced with a GS type 3 E-Bell.

Consist:
SB NS Intermodal
NS 270 (Daily Intermodal) [Landers Yard, Chicago, IL - Rickenbacker Yard, Columbus, OH]
NS 4599 - GE AC44C6M
NS 7637 - GE ES44DC

NB NS Intermodal
NS 267 (Daily Intermodal) [Rickenbacker Yard, Columbus, OH - Colehour Yard, Hammond, IN]
BNSF 5149 - GE C44-9W
BNSF 4257 - GE ES44C4

Crossing Info
City/State: Bucyrus, Ohio
Train Line: NS Sandusky District
Bell Sequence: Rings till gates lower
Horn Zone: Horn

Right Signal
Base: Safetran
Gate Mechanism: Safetran
Counterweight Arms: Safetran
Lights: 2 pairs of Safetran Hawker Siddeley Era 12x20 inch lights with 2 pairs of 12 inch Safetran Incandescents
Bracket: Safetran
Bell: General Signals Type 3 Electronic Bell New
Gate Lights: 4 inch RECO Incandescents

Left Signal
Base: Safetran
Gate Mechanism: Safetran
Counterweight Arms: Safetran
Lights: 3 pairs of Safetran Hawker Siddeley Era 12x20 inch lights with 3 pairs of 12 inch Safetran Incandescents
Brackets: Safetran
Gate Lights: 4 inch RECO Incandescents