West Monticello Avenue, Madison, TN

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*originally recorded on 12-29-17*

Signal on the far left: 2 pairs of Federal Signal 8 inch lights, a dead Modern Industries mechanical bell, a GRS gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the near left: 1 pair of Federal Signal 8 inch lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Federal Signal 8 inch lights, a GRS gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

The crossing here is a rather nice one, but, as you can see, the bell is sadly dead. I'm guessing it had finally just died since it was sounding pretty bad when Ethan the Railfanner was last here. We called the bell into CSX after the train had passed, so they could come out here and fix it. However, the bell will most likely be replaced with an NEG e-bell, which is kinda sad when you consider that this is pretty much a pure mid-1970s L&N install (other than the gates and gate lights). Either way, I'm still glad I filmed this classic crossing!