I have seen this same behavior, and am able to reproduce it by letting the chunk unload (like going to the nether or some other dimension) and then coming back. Still not able to determine what mod/mod combination is causing this though.
EDIT: Seems the issue is with the Redstone Flux mod. No idea where to report the issue, since that mod does not have an issue tracker. Hopefully TeamCoFH responds on twitter.
EDIT: Seems to happen even with no mods installed but simply forge.