They still use WCH light heads, though they primarily use Leotek EV Series or Dialight Low Wattage LEDs for the most part now. I think WCH 2nd Gen LEDs might get installed when CSX re-uses them from elsewhere, but that doesn't seem to occur much anymore.ZachL wrote:CSX doesn't use WCH 2nd gens anymore? What about the light heads?freebrickproductions wrote:I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he still believes that. Worth noting that I believe the video was one of the first videos, if not the first video, of the current set-up CSX likes to do (aside from using WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, as CSX now typically uses Leotek EV Series LEDs). Also a good demonstration as to why NEG e-bells are my least favorite e-bell (the sound is nice, but they're very quiet when compared to other bells).UnionPacific4Life wrote:Yeah, the vids of the older crossings were cool, but in that one about old crossing vs new, he claimed that the new LED lights did not flash right, even though it was just the camera playing tricks...
(Reposting because it seems like the board reset itself to a few hours ago, so most of the posts made between the quoted one and now have been lost to the void.)
Before they settled on the NEG e-bell in either 2011 or 2012, I'd seen some mixes of either Safetran Type-3s (leftover from their late-2000s installations?) or the rare GETS e-bell, with WCH 2nd-gen LEDs being inserted into Safetran light heads.
CSX's previous style of signal was a Safetran signal with Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, and a Safetran Type 3 or a GE e-bell. The CSX S&NA North Subdivision is chock full of these, though most of the original bells have been replaced (as is the case with most CSX installs from around 2010, it seems). I'm honestly not sure where the GE e-bells fit into the timeline, as the proceeding style (pretty much the same except with Dialight Ball LEDs) used Safetran Type 3s (and occasionally, GS Type 2s, from my observations) while they kept installing Safetran Type 3s after Safetran became Invensys Rail in 2011 (as I've seen a few CSX installs of this style with Invensys Rail gate mechs).