Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

ZachL wrote:For a street that size, the cantilevers are a tad overkill, IMO.

To be clear, the video is from a totally different Crossing. I used the vid for the E-Bell Sound.

The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Tri-Rail) replaced a older Mast with a new Signal, this time with a Siemens Gate Mechanism.
This was a very recent upgrade, so there is no view on Google Maps.

Here is a view of the Signal that was replaced:
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8454043 ... bfov%3D100

Unfortunately, The Signal, which dated from 1989, was replaced in it's entirety. WCH Mechanical Bell and all!

MapsSurfer wrote:The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Tri-Rail) replaced a older Mast with a new Signal, this time with a Siemens Gate Mechanism.
This was a very recent upgrade, so there is no view on Google Maps.

Here is a view of the Signal that was replaced:
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8454043 ... bfov%3D100

Unfortunately, The Signal, which dated from 1989, was replaced in it's entirety. WCH Mechanical Bell and all!

Must've just happened. Someone managed to record that crossing recently prior to the signal being replaced:

Yeah, when I passed by it looked all shiny and new. It was just recently installed. I'm gonna miss that Signal, the WCH Bell always sounded good with that echo. :(

Update.
Google Maps recently updated it's coverage of the area.

Here is the older Signal, I believe it was installed when the Metrorail Station was constructed.
Which would make it a very early 90's CSX installation.

Old Signal: https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8455726 ... 312!8i6656

New Signal: https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8455719 ... 384!8i8192

As I said before it's rather sad to see the Old Signal go, I'll aways remember hearing that WCH Bell ringing under the Metrorail Station.

Another update I'd like to share that I notice on my last trip to Hialeah.
Looks like the FEC randomly decided to replace this Pedestrian Gate Mechanism at West 8th Street.

Here's a view of the older one. Interestingly it was installed sometime in the early 2010's, even though WABCO wasn't manufacturing Gate Mechanisms since the 1980's IIRC.
I'm inclined to believe that the FEC may have stored these WABCO Mechanisms for a future upgrade. This isn't unheard of over here, the FEC along with other Railroads often store Signals for later use instead of buying some new.
Old Signal: https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8411012 ... 384!8i8192

Around May of 2019 it was replaced by a WCH Gate Mechanism.
New Signal: https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8411984 ... 384!8i8192

I was recently in Hialeah for Memorial Day, since we always pass by the Metrorail Transfer Station on our way I was able to check out any changes.
The only major change is the replacement of the 1980's era WCH Signal with a newer Siemens setup.

The old setup, the WCH Mechanical Bell was replaced a while ago.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8453747 ... 384!8i8192

The new signal is exactly like it's neighbor.
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8455403 ... 384!8i8192