Columbia Highway, Dothan, AL

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*originally recorded on 7-30-19*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Modern Industries 12x24 inch lights and a dying Modern Industries mechanical bell.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Modern Industries 12x24 inch lights.

Here we see the BAYL shoving back to the yard from the diamond to drop off the train they had, so they could later collect some different cars and run a wood chip train north from Dothan.

This crossing is a nice one, being one of only two all-incandescent crossings on the BAYL's mainline. These signals appear to have been installed back in the 1970s by the BAYL and haven't seen any changes done to them since they were installed. Unfortunately, the MI bell here is definitely on the way out, with it sounding very bad and clicking quite a bit as it rings.
The track circuit for this crossing appears to be literally just one giant island circuit it seems, possibly with no other detection, as the crossing remains on until the train appears to leave the detection entirely, which is probably why the bell sounds as bad as it does.
The right-hand signal also has some kind of non-DOT reference number for the crossing written on it. About all that I can make out for the number (besides the number itself, which is 0850), is that it's a "node number" for some kind of database or something.