Church Street & Main Street, Loretto, TN

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Church Street signal on the left: 2 pairs of Modern Industries 8 inch lights.
Church Street signal on the right: 3 pairs of Modern Industries 8 inch lights and a Modern Industries mechanical bell.
Main Street signal on the left: 2 pairs of Modern Industries 12x20 inch lights and one pair of Modern Industries 8 inch lights.
Main Street signal on the right: 2 pairs of Modern Industries 8 inch lights.

Also, this was my first time seeing MI 8 inch lights in action, and the cantilever signal on the left is from Western Cullen Hayes, interestingly enough. I had only previously seen signals of that design made by Federal Signal.

This is also the only crossing in the town with a cantilever signal, as well as 8 inch lights.

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And here it is post-upgrade:

*originally recorded on 8-16-18*

Church Street signal on the left: 3 pairs of Alstom 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs and a Modern Industries mechanical bell.
Church Street signal on the right: 2 pairs of Alstom 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs.
Main Street signal on the left: 2 pairs of Modern Industries 12x20 inch lights with Patco LEDs.
Main Street signal on the right: 2 pairs of Alstom 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs.

After seeing the train in St. Joseph, I quickly chased the TSRR over to this crossing, which has seen a couple of changes since I was last here. First off, all of the 8 inch lights were replaced with Alstom 12x24 inch lights with WCH LEDs, except for the pair of 8 inch lights on the cantilever signal, as they were removed entirely (without any replacements). However, the TSRR also left behind the junction box for the lights on the mast of the cantilever for some reason, which makes it obvious that some lights were once there. The remaining overhead lights on the cantilever were also left alone, aside from having Patco LEDs installed in them. However, fortunately the MI mechanical bell still remains at this crossing, along with the old WCH cantilever on the far side. This crossing is technically a 5-way crossing, as a driveway intersects both streets here, though it isn't protected by anything other than a pair of side-lights on the signal with the bell. As such, this intersection/crossing pretty much works/acts like a 4-way stop/crossing, most of the time. The signals here were originally put up by the late-L&N, and remained almost entirely unchanged until sometime recently.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/Loretto/Church_Main