Battle Street (AL 21), Talladega, AL

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Signal on the left: 5 pairs of Harmon 12x20 inch lights with Union Pacific LEDs, a General Signals Type-2 electronic bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
Signal on the right: 5 pairs of Harmon 12x20 inch lights with Union Pacific LEDs, a WRRS mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, an NEG gate light, and a pair of L&W gate lights.

The train is a CSX local that had just dropped off some cars and the crossing is owned by the East Alabama Railway (EARY).

[brett nc railfanner]

i like local trains i only have local trains where i live

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*originally recorded on 12-2-19*

Signal on the left: 5 pairs of Harmon 12x20 inch lights with Electro-tech LEDs, a General Signals Type 2 e-bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
Signal on the right: 5 pairs of Harmon 12x20 inch lights with Electro-tech LEDs, a WRRS mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.

After catching A714 at Old Shocco Road, I saw them shoving back down the EARY, connecting the cuts of cars they had left on the north end of the line and shoving them all back down to near the interchange. Sounds like they had a pretty rough coupling when hooking up to the cut located to the south of this crossing.

The only changes to this crossing since I last recorded this crossing (which was back in 2015) is that the gate arm on the right was replaced and all of the gate lights here were replaced with RECO gate lights. Interestingly enough, however, is that the new gate lights are all incandescent, which is unusual to see (especially since the G&W is primarily using LEDs these days, IIRC). Also, the "new" gate lights on the far signal appear to have been re-used from another crossing due to how faded they look. Glad to see the old WRRS bell is still here though.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/R-Z/Talladega/Battle/