Crossing Signals and Other Details

[gmat]

Setagaya line street crossing.

Here is a tram.

 

West side of Setagaya station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since it's a tram line and moves slowly, there are no crossing sensors.

 

I took photos of more crossings.

Will post more later.

Best wishes,

Grant

[Lawrence]

Great reference shots Grant, very useful for those of us not lucky enough to have been there, keep em coming 

[ToniBabelony]

You're a hero! Thanks for these great detail shots! I'll try if I can reproduce some of those warning signs for decals or stickers... *actually a great idea :3

[dickturpin]

Very good photo's for trackside detail. I did manage to get to Tokyo a few years ago but I was not modelling Japanese railways at the time, thanks.

 

Dick

Birmingham

England

[marknewton]

More great shots! One question I have concerns the illuminated arrows on the crossing signal. Do they point in the direction the tram is coming from, or in the same direction that the tram is travelling?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[gmat]

Marknewton,

The arrows always point which direction the trams or regular trains are travelling. I use the arrows to tell me which way the trains are coming from and the bell sounds tip off when a train is coming.

I started from here and shot details of every crossing heading towards Shimotakaido. That way you can work out how they do things. Didn't shoot the stations, yet. Almost made it to the Matsubara station before fading light made me stop and head towards the Keio line to shoot a few crossings. I'll reshoot head on shots of the warning signs, too.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[marknewton]

Thanks for that Grant, I always wondered.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[bill937ca]

More great shots! One question I have concerns the illuminated arrows on the crossing signal. Do they point in the direction the tram is coming from, or in the same direction that the tram is travelling?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

 

 

 

 

[gmat]

This is a pedestrian crossing on the other side of Setagaya station. This is closer to Sangenjaya Station. All of the photos that I'll be posting on the Setagaya and Keio lines were taken at the same time, so photos of the signs weren't taken head on. Sorry.

Left towards Sangenjaya station.

 

 

Right towards Shimotakaido station.

 

 

ROW shots. Towards Setagaya station and further on towards Shimtakaido station.

 

Towards Sangenjaya station.

 

A short break from machines.

 

 

Each crossing is pretty similar to the others, but the differences might be useful.

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Setagaya station. Towards Shimitakaido station.

 

Sometimes there is a footpath running along the tracks for pedestrians.

Towards Sangenjaya.

 

The crossing is behind the signal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

The crossing was behind me and the signal on the silver pole was behind the sign.

 

 

 

On the Sangenjaya side of the crossing, about two meters from the crossing.

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

A few more photos. This is the (next) crossing between Setagaya and Kamimachi stations.

 

Looking towards Sangenjaya. Kamimachi is behind me.

 

Sangenjaya towards the left.

 

Kamimachi towards the right.

 

Looking towards Sangenjaya.

 

Kamimachi to the left.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[Eliphaz]

very interesting stuff as always.

Amusing to note that the Japanese spray-can taggers compose their cryptograms using roman-ji characters.

[gmat]

This was also posted in the Shinkansen depot thread.

Signals on an abandoned section of tracks. The pole of the crossing guards have been removed.

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Further down, the tracks became active.

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[Eliphaz]

details, details..

who have we here....?!?!

[gmat]

Looks like a sign telling to use the emergency button.

When I go there again, I'll snap a better photo.

Best wishes,

Grant

[KenS]

As always, great detail photos. It's interesting that on the abandoned line they removed the catenary wires, rather than just disconnecting them, but didn't lift the rails.

[gmat]

Continuing the walk towards Shimotakaido.

This is the street that separates the two platforms at the Kamimachi Station. It is also where the Setagaya Line has their train depot. In these photos, Shimotakaido is towards the right. Taken the same day as the previous the others. Thurs. Jun 17, 2010.

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

The car barn. Looking towards Shimitakaido.

Looking towards Shimotakaido. This platform goes towards Sangenjaya. Staff walks to the end of the platform, crosses the tracks and enters the maintenance facility.

Two sensors.

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

At Kamimachi, the Setagaya Line occupies both gery buildings. To the left is the maintenance building/car barn and above the office are administrative offices. These two photos look towards Shimotakaido.

 

 

The next two look towards Sangenjaya.

 

 

 

 

Shot through a fence. This is on the other side of the maintenance building.

 

 

 

Night scene.

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[KenS]

I really like the Setagaya line, so these are particularly good photos to see.

[gmat]

Thank you, KenS,

I like the small lines too. Glad that you enjoy the photos.

Back tracking to the last crossing, between Kamimachi and Setagaya stations. Looking towards Sangenjaya.

 

 

Just about every crossing that I've seen has this cement channel going across the tracks. There is only one to a crossing. This section of the Setagaya line has them all on one side, but later on it was on sometimes the other side. It may possibly depend on the slope/drainage. There is nothing running in them now, but possibly in the past they had cables running between the electronic boxes or barrier arms on each side.

This one was on the Sangenjaya side.

 

 

Sangenjaya to the left.

 

Shimotakaido to the left.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Looking towards Sangenjaya.

 

Same side as above, but Shimitakaido is to the left. This and the preceding photo are on the same side as the concrete channel.

 

The opposite side of the crossing. You can see Kamimachi station in the distance.

 

Shimotakaido side of the crossing.

 

Frequently interrupted by passing trains.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

A break from the Setagaya line. Taken the same Thursday, this is the first crossing west of Shimotakaido station, Keio line.

 

Shimotakaido to the right.

 

Due to the speed of the trains, they have crossing sensors, which the Setagaya line didn't have.

Shimotakaido station, ahead. The next four photos show the sensors on the same side.

 

 

 

Looking East. Shimitakaido station in the distance.

 

Looking West. Sakurajosui station is in the distance. Note the covered concrete conduit for wiring crossing the tracks.

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant