well there is a Griswold Bell on eBay right now. I dont know if it was one of you guys, the bad thing tho its pretty expensive. :Unsure: I'll wait for a cheaper one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Griswold-Railroad-Electric-Signal-crossing-Bell-early-1950s-/221146156597?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=i...

I'm not sure how accurate it is, but according to Wikipedia's article on Safetran, it says: Safetran is currently part of Invensys Rail Systems. Then again, Wikipedia is not the most reliable website for information, but here is a link to the article anyways: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safetran ED...

I also forgot that Mountain Gap Rd. also has some traffic lights that face the tracks (and not the road) that I believe are/were used for signal purposes, along with more traffic light cantilevers. I don't know they are used anymore because there appear to be no lights lit: https://maps.google.com/m...

Ah, that makes since, thanks for clearing that up. Although, I wonder why there isn't any others at the crossings with traffic lights at them and it only has two lights from what I can tell (I have only seen it while going southbound on Memorial Parkway and the times I have looked at it the bottom l...

This really isn't related to crossing signals but I took a video today of NS 5985 going underneath me. In the beginning of the video, you can faintly hear the Quietdale Dr. crossing start up and there are some people who cross in front of the train even though the crossing is active. :Mad: :OhWell: ...

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Is there a place on that thing for a tripod mount?

Yes, I just did not have my tripod with me.

Or chlorinating the gene pool. Maybe how people drive around here in Huntsville is why NS put gates at all of there crossings except two.

Finally got out to the crossing with a better camera (my flip camera) and here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIdHWusVRig&feature=g-upl What the hell were you pointing at. The train for the guy in the car next to me because he asked "Train coming?". I guess that some *cough* almost no...

Finally got out to the crossing with a better camera (my flip camera) and here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIdHWusV ... ture=g-upl

I'm going to have to send you all of my pictures from the Huntsville area and two of a railroad crossing with huge gates on US 231 in Troy, AL.