Thanks for the comments. BTW... the management decided to use a flagman at that crossing since it's a remote county road with minimal traffic. All the other roads have lighted crossings.
That would actually be much more prototypical, so management made a good choice there
The house where I grew up was in a rural setting, and even on the fairly well-traveled UP mainline there the rural county roads just have crossbucks, nothing automated at all. Considering that, not much chance at all that a railroad would invest in an automated crossing not only in a remote rural area, but most especially when it's on a low-speed siding with infrequent traffic.