Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:Who makes these gate mechs?
Safetran. Those are Safetran S-85s, to be precise.
Their design surely looks to be inspired by RACO hydraulic mechanisms, sans the counterweight.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Conrail was the biggest user of them, IIRC, though they can be found in other states outside of Conrail territory if you look hard enough (IIRC, there's one pair in Georgia and there was one pair here in Alabama, but the ones here in 'Bama have since been replaced...).
This crossing in person does not active together. It's really a sloppy activation. Probably because UP doesn't do their job in this area, but not all signals are owned by them on this RoW. Here's why: https://www.google.com/maps/place/New+W ... 34a2733919
The smaller cantilever and the quad gate on the left side activates extremely late, but enough time for a train to pass through a fully locked down crossing. The ped. gates activates early, and the remaining 3 gates activates normally. Notice how the quad gate on the other side has an pair of activation beacons. The entire RoW has them at every crossing. That is Metro's doing.
But as for the sloppy activation, that's Compton, CA for yuh... I guess. That's where these signals came straight outta.
This crossing does have an evolution too. Check it out on GMaps from 2007 - Present.