signals in the media

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Re: signals in the media

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:08 pm

There's a brief shot (at 4:00) of some level crossings in suburban Adelaide, Australia in this documentary on the Ash Wednesday bushfires that devastated various parts of the states of South Australia and Victoria in 1983.


Lots of vintage equipment on them, from the looks of things. :Drool:
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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:59 pm

Found this one, German residents in the town of Hohenstadt are "nerve-racked" with the electronic bell on the crossing, reportedly because it sounds throughout the whole activation.
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Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:03 pm

This music video showcases a gated crossing signal (albeit a stylized one) at about 0:48 in the video:
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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Dec 19, 2020 4:09 pm

Crossposting this from the Crossing Gate Contact thread.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by NathanFromEngland » Wed Feb 17, 2021 3:47 pm

In the Top Gear: USA Special, the meeting point when they buy their cars is at the back of the Casino Miami (under the name of Miami Jai-Alai Fronton) at the time of recording in 2006, in the background is the Northwest N River drive railroad crossings, and there are certain sections in the video where Tri-Rail trains come past the crossing. I believe RailROL82 has recorded at this crossing a few times around 2017-2018 since I recognised it.

The only changes that I can work out was the lights on the Lincoln Industries(?) cantilever and the far left gated signal received an LED upgrade between 2007 and 2011 and the General Signals bell presumably being replaced with a type 3 whilst the 1960s/1970s Seaboard cantilever's lights on the top have had 75% of them replaced with LEDs except for the one on the right with removal of the mechanical bell between 2007 and 2009 but already having a Safetran Type 2 on the gated mast, a guideway for the Miami Metrorail was constructed in 2011.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8071929 ... 8192?hl=en

As for the spur crossing, the only changes were replacement of the General Signals bells with Safetran Type 3's between 2015 and 2017 and the spur being taken over by the SFRTA from CSX, one of the gate masts lights on the left was replaced with a WCH 12x24 inch light between May 2017 and May 2018.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8069893 ... 6656?hl=en

Warning: There is quite a lot of 'jokes' towards Americans and especially Southern people in this special, not much in this video section apart from the Chevrolet being previously owned by a "murderer"


Timestamps of train passages
0:04
2:53
3:45
4:10 (Horns)
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Re: signals in the media

Post by Nascar Fan007 » Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:22 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
Wed Feb 17, 2021 3:47 pm
In the Top Gear: USA Special, the meeting point when they buy their cars is at the back of the Casino Miami (under the name of Miami Jai-Alai Fronton) at the time of recording in 2006, in the background is the Northwest N River drive railroad crossings, and there are certain sections in the video where Tri-Rail trains come past the crossing. I believe RailROL82 has recorded at this crossing a few times around 2017-2018 since I recognised it.

The only changes that I can work out was the lights on the Lincoln Industries(?) cantilever and the far left gated signal received an LED upgrade between 2007 and 2011 and the General Signals bell presumably being replaced with a type 3 whilst the 1960s/1970s Seaboard cantilever's lights on the top have had 75% of them replaced with LEDs except for the one on the right with removal of the mechanical bell between 2007 and 2009 but already having a Safetran Type 2 on the gated mast, a guideway for the Miami Metrorail was constructed in 2011.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8071929 ... 8192?hl=en

As for the spur crossing, the only changes were replacement of the General Signals bells with Safetran Type 3's between 2015 and 2017 and the spur being taken over by the SFRTA from CSX, one of the gate masts lights on the left was replaced with a WCH 12x24 inch light between May 2017 and May 2018.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8069893 ... 6656?hl=en

Warning: There is quite a lot of 'jokes' towards Americans and especially Southern people in this special, not much in this video section apart from the Chevrolet being previously owned by a "murderer"


Timestamps of train passages
0:04
2:53
3:45
4:10 (Horns)
I've seen clips of that Top Gear special on YouTube a few times. Especially that infamous challenge where they drove into Alabama with those slogans on their cars. As for the crossing itself, I can't tell what mechanical bell once existed at the crossing before it got upgraded. Looks to either have been a wch or modern industries. I do recall RailROL82 filming this crossing in action in 2017-2018 as well.
Proud owner of a safetran mechanical bell and Griswold mechanical bell along with a pair of safetran 12x20 lights and a 8 inch light. Been a fan of trains since I was little. Main place I railfan on, The Sedalia Sub.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:08 pm

The music video for The Black Keys's new song, Crawling Kingsnake features a shot of an active CN signal as the thumbnail, along with a brief shot of it just after the 3:50 mark:


If anyone wants to try to go find it, it appears this was shot down around Clarksdale, MS.
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Re: signals in the media

Post by ColeD » Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:28 am

ColeD wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:05 am
In Driving Miss Daisy, there's a brief scene where they drive over tracks and you can see the signals and bell. It's about 2:33 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqUC-KP2YYs&t=187s
Not sure if this counts, but an update to this. I was watching this other scene of Driving Miss Daisy here: https://youtu.be/un-oLzi175Y?t=113
And I can hear for some reason, railroad crossing bells, right before she says, "They fixed crab for me." I don't know if anyone can here it, and there's no actual crossing or train shown in the scene.
But it definitely sounds like a crossing bell in the background.
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