JR freight EH200-10 "ECO POWER Blue Thunder"

[bill937ca]

Well, the freight is moving. 🙂 But may be not your package!  May 9, 2020.  Video by 猫ぷに

 

https://youtu.be/ihwsH7Z7F0E

[gmat]

I thought that I had recognized the crossing in the video.  It's the Kagetsuen-mae crossing (#19 crossing) Keihin Tohoku Line/Tokaido Main Line/Tokaido Freight Line & Keikyu Line Taken Friday 8th June 2018. 

 

Crossing looking north. Tsurumi Station is towards the right and Yokohama Station is towards the left. Kagetsu-sojiji Station, Keikyu Line is immediately to the left.

 

Kagetsuen-mae Crossing (#19.crossing) Tokaido Main Line/Tokaido Freight Line Crossing marker.

 

Kagetsuen-mae Crossing (#19.crossing) Tokaido Main Line This sign also has information about the Emergency Stop Button above and contact info. The crossing information is on top. I believe that the crossing number decreases to the right towards Tsurumaki Station and Tokyo Station may be the terminus.

 

Looking at the crossing from the other side. Kagetsu-sojiji Station, Keikyu Line is to the right. Tsurumaki Station is now o the left side.

 

Looking left towards Tsurumaki Station.

 

Looking right towards Yokohama station.

 

Utility hut?

 

Warning signs for the crossing.

 

Bus stop next to the crossing.

 

Bus stop sign with map of stops.

 

 

Crossing signal and rail fencing.

 

 

These are just the detail pics of the crossing. My shots of rail traffic that day was lost in the hd that died shortly after. I haven't been there since. 

 

Grant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

[Cat]

They did great weathering there, very inspiring!
 
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[cteno4]

grant, 

 

thanks as always for all the great detail shots! Nice picts and great for modeling ideas!

 

cheers

 

jeff

[miyakoji]

Great pics Grant, thank you.  I would sure be interested to know what that column of lights(?) is on the utility hut.

[bikkuri bahn]

2 hours ago, miyakoji said:

Great pics Grant, thank you.  I would sure be interested to know what that column of lights(?) is on the utility hut.

I reckon they are occupancy indicators for the JR East and JR Freight tracks (8 lines total up/down directions so 8 lights) that light up when a train approaches. Intended to alert/inform the grade crossing keeper, though it looks like this facility is now unstaffed. There are similar shaped indicators used by station staff at Meitetsu's Inuyama Station to alert them on train movements, as this important junction station has numerous train movements in various directions with the same platform side track(s) serving both up and down direction trains (not common in general railway operations practice in Japan).