Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Still the same as of 7-15-24, thankfully:

Thankfully no changes here as of 9-2-24 either:

Got another video here on 9-6-24:

These classics have managed to survive through 2024, as they were unchanged as of 12-31-24:

Still the same as of 1-24-25:

And still the same as of 2-1-25 as well:

No changes here as of 3-12-25 either:

This crossing was thankfully still the same as of 4-8-25:


However, the end would soon come for these signals...

Got my final video of these classic SOU signals on 5-8-25:

*originally recorded on 5-13-25*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a Siemens gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 8 inch lights, a Safetran mechanical bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG gate lights.

After catching 204, I decided to hang around and watch the maintainers finish-up work to the crossing for the day. As the maintainers were leaving, I heard an A23 approaching, so I decided to set back up and film it. After a bit of waiting, I was able to get my fourth train of the day: NS A23 with a lone NS AC44C6M pulling on the head-end and a BNSF ES44C4 and a BNSF ES44DC working as the mid-train DPUs.

As you can see, at the time of this video, the far signal here had just been replaced. The replacement signal is a brand new Siemens signal, though with incandescent Safetran 12x20s, which is nice to see. The finial from the old signal was repainted and reused on the new one, along with the gate arm and gate lights. The closer signal was still in place for the time being, but had less than 24 hours before it'd be replaced as well. Definitely glad I was able to get at least one more video of this crossing before it was replaced too.
You can also very easily see why the signals here were being upgraded as well, considering how much farther above the road the new signal's gate arm is compared to the old signal's gate arm. I'm definitely glad I was able to get 49 (yes, 49) videos of the classic Southern Railway signals at this crossing over nearly 13 years since my first video here back in 2012 before they were finally replaced, not even counting the dozens of other train (though not crossing) videos they're shown in. Definitely the end of an era for this crossing.

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