3rd Street (US 11), Attalla, AL

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3rd Street (US 11), Attalla, AL

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:42 am



*originally recorded on 11-26-24*

Signal on the left: 4.5 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, 1 WCH 12x24 inch light with a WCH 2nd Generation LED, and a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell.
Signal on the right: 4 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights.

After catching Y101 and Y102 at the yard, I decided to chase Y102 over to this crossing to finally get it recorded in action. Thankfully, I was able to beat it here with a few minutes to spare, and here we see ATN Y102 running lite on their way to pick-up the cars on the Ivalee Branch with a GP40-2LW leading the SD40M-2 and the SD40T-2 for the power!

This crossing is a pretty decent one, featuring what appears to have originally been a late-1990s CSX install at it. In the mid-2000s, it appears shortly before they spun-off the line, CSX replaced the original bell here with a Safetran Type 2 e-bell. Then, sometime between 2008 and 2014, the ATN replaced the front mast lights on the far cantilever with a pair of reused Safetran 12x24 inch lights. The crossing remained largely unchanged for a few more years, but then, sometime between 2018 and 2019, the far signal here was replaced entirely with the current cantilever. This wouldn't be the last change to this crossing, however, as sometime between 2019 and 2021, two more changes would occur to the mast lights on the far signal, both happening at about the same time I believe. One of the front lights would have its head replaced with an older WCH 12x24, though the GE LED would be reused into it. Meanwhile, the left-rear mast light on the same signal would have its LED changed to a WCH 2nd Gen LED. Thankfully, since then, nothing else really appears to have changed to this crossing, which is nice to see. Nice to see that the Harmon cantilever here still retains all of its original lights as well, with them all still being incandescent. Hopefully nothing else too major changes to this crossing for many more years to come.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/A-F/Attalla/3_St/
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