Ralph Broadrick Road, near Tullahoma, TN

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Ralph Broadrick Road, near Tullahoma, TN

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Signal on the far left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the near left: 2 pairs of Western Cullen Hayes 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs.
Signal on the far right: 2 pairs of Western Cullen Hayes 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs.
Signal on the near right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a dead(?) Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

This is a rather cool set-up. Due to the crossing being located on a reverse-curve with a lot of trees around it, CSX had installed four signals at it (two gated and two gateless, it appears) back in the 1980s, but then replaced the gated signals and gave the gateless signals an LED upgrade in the mid to late 2000s. A rather neat install here, IMHO, and it's also on a rather quiet road, though the only way to tell when a train is getting close is to listen for the rumbles of the approaching engines, unless you get a northbound where you might be able to hear them blowing for a crossbuck crossing to the south. In person, it sounded like only the bell on the far signal was operating, but in the video it sounds like both might be operating. It's honestly hard to tell. Also, the emergency information is located on the gateless signals, for some reason. Said emergency information also used to be the older white CSX emergency info back in January of this year, but, as you can see, it has since been upgraded. About four miles to the north is the tiny town of Normandy, TN which has one signalized crossing in the town and one signalized one just north of it (just upgraded as well). For some reason, Google says that this crossing is in Normandy even though it's much closer to the Tullahoma city limits.

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