Bond St. crossing is located at MP 35.81. It is a “Stop and Proceed” crossing meaning all trains must first stop and wait for the gates to be completely down before proceeding. The control system was completely rebuilt between July and October of 2010.
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![Before photo of Bond St.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond1tmb.jpg)
![Before photo of Bond St.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond2tmb.jpg)
![Before photo of north signal. Note the upper lights pointing into the trees.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond7tmb.jpg)
![Dave and Tom replace the gate arm lights and tip section.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond3tmb.jpg)
![Signal Nuts. A bird packed these into one of the broken gate arm light junction boxes.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond4tmb.jpg)
![Zonker and Dave test the new gate arm lights and wiring.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond5tmb.jpg)
![North and south signals with changes to how the lights are positioned.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond6tmb.jpg)
![Lower and upper lights repositioned for better visibility to oncoming traffic.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond8tmb.jpg)
![This is what a motorist now sees.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond9tmb.jpg)
![Dave, Jim, and Mike along with a couple of young visitors perpare to test how well the M200 shunts the rails (photo by Tom).](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond10tmb.jpg)
![Here's what the waveform of Bond's Type "C" track circuit looks like with no train (photo by Tom).](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond11tmb.jpg)
![Here's the waveform when shunting is good (photo by Tom).](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond12tmb.jpg)
![Here's the waveform when shunting isn't so good (photo by Tom).](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond13tmb.jpg)
![James and Tom prepare relays for cleaning.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond14tmb.jpg)
![Paul, Dave, Jim, and Tom measure off wire for rewiring both signals.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond15tmb.jpg)
![Tom and James look on as Jim raises the north gate motor.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond16tmb.jpg)
![James and Jim raising the south gate motor.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond19tmb.jpg)
![Tom, Jim, and James look on as Dave checks the south gate arm height.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond18tmb.jpg)
![Paula removes the old door gaskets which were as hard as rocks.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond17tmb.jpg)
![Tom, Jim, and James rewiring the south gate.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond20tmb.jpg)
![Al, Dave, Arne, and Jim get ready for some mass destruction.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond21tmb.jpg)
![Al and Dave cut wires like professional copper thieves. Good thing they work for us!](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond22tmb.jpg)
![Arne and Jim strip the backboard of all components.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond23tmb.jpg)
![Jim finishes stripping the last components before the backboards are removed.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond24tmb.jpg)
![Jim and Arne wire wheel the interior getting it ready for a coat of primer.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond25tmb.jpg)
![Signaleros goofing off even after having their pay quadrupled (4 x $0.00 = $0.00).](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond26tmb.jpg)
![Tagger!!!!](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond27tmb.jpg)
![Al spraying a door with rust reformer.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond28tmb.jpg)
![The interior ready for paint after being coated with primer and rust reformer.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond29tmb.jpg)
![James and Arne install the new birch plywood backboards while Jim works on the AC service.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond30tmb.jpg)
![Al and Dave tighten up the last screws holding the new backboards in place.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond31tmb.jpg)
![Dave and Arne working on the floor boards. Al and Jim admiring their work.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond32tmb.jpg)
![This is supposed to be a signal cabinet not a storage locker!](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond33tmb.jpg)
![Marc from SSRR keeps an eye on Dave and James while Dan from SSRR shoots the Breeze with Arne.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond34tmb.jpg)
![Dale and Marc from SSRR wondering where the GCP 3000s are.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond35tmb.jpg)
![James keeping track of what wires Arne and Tom have connected.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond36tmb.jpg)
!["Arne said look for the blue wire."](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond37tmb.jpg)
![Tom, Dave, Arne, and James show off what's behind door number 1.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond38tmb.jpg)
![The finished product. All that remains is to put on the wire labels.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond39tmb.jpg)
![Bond in action.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond40tmb.jpg)
![Tom's custom built terminal box cover complete with NCRy Logo!!](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond41tmb.jpg)
![Hoods, backgrounds, and bells with a fresh coat of paint.](http://www.ncrysignal.com/content/pictures/bond/tmb/bond42tmb.jpg)