16th Street, Bessemer, AL

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*originally recorded on 6-27-19*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.

Like 15th Street this crossing is another 1990s NS install that had the original Safetran mechanical bell replaced with a Safetran Type 3 e-bell. Part of the reason we chose this crossing was because it had another Safetran Type 3 for Chuttlely to record, and it also has an older relay case so we thought it might've had the bell ring when the gates rise (spoiler alert: it doesn't). Behind the crossing is another old overpass for the ACL line that once ran through town, with this specific bridge having been built in 1907, according to the date inscribed on it.