SE 219 Avenue, Island Grove, FL

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*originally recorded on 1-20-22*

Signal on the far left: 2 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights, a WCH mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the near left: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights, a WCH mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

This was the only other train I caught on January 20th. It was this southbound mixed freight with a pair of ES40DCs, which came a few hours after the local freight I'd caught up in Starke. After this, we continued onto southern Florida for the night and to help start packing-up my sister's girlfriend's stuff.

This crossing is another nice one, and is another one I found-out about thanks to Dasher U23B's videos here. The gated signals here are an almost pure 1980s CSX install, and both of the WCH mechanical bells here still sound pretty nice, if a bit rough. The closer gated signal also still features an old diagonally-striped gate arm, which is rather cool to see. Looks like a counterweights may need to be removed though, as it doesn't seem to lower all the way.
Another neat feature about this crossing is the gateless signal used as an auxiliary signal on this side. The signal appears to be from a gateless SCL install somewhere, though I'm not entirely sure where exactly it came from. The signal features a RACO base and a RACO junction box, which probably means it was installed back in the late-60s/early-70s by the SCL. The lights on it are definitely a bit newer, seemingly dating back to the early 90s (or maybe late-90s) or so, so I kinda doubt that it's original to the crossing. The mounting arms for the rear lights also still exist on the signal, though are unused.
Either way, this is a rather nice crossing, and I'm quite glad I was able to record it on this trip as well.
Just south of this crossing also sits a former SCL defect detector building, which seems to have been abandoned in place by CSX as the current defect detector is a few miles south of here.