Franklin Street, Thorsby, AL

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*originally recorded on 4-23-23*

Signal on the left: 4 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, an Invensys Rail gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, RECO LED gate lights, and a RECO incandescent gate light.

After catching M520 in Verbena, I was successfully able to beat it up to this crossing for one final shot. Here we see it for the third and final time on this day trip.

This crossing's a pretty decent one, being an early-2010s CSX install that's still almost fully original. Interestingly, at some point, the tip gate light on the closer signal died and CSX chose to replace it with an older RECO incandescent one! Not entirely sure why they used an older RECO incandescent gate light here, but it's still neat to see, either way. Also neat to see one of these installs that still retains its original Safetran Type 3 e-bell, getting hard to find ones like this these days.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/R-Z/Thorsby/Franklin/