Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Today, Sunday the 12th 2014 marks the first day of the signal construction in my backyard. I will be installing the pole in a concrete base, and then putting up my Safetran bell. The lights are in the middle of restoration and I need extra parts to complete my crossbuck. BTW I need to get a base. Safetran or maybe WCH, depending on how I feel the day I purchase it.

Here's some pictures of whats going up today.



Note in picture 1: Those are not going up today, just to show how bad these lights need a good restoration! Especially being US&S 8 inchers from the 30s

Link to my poll upon some of the parts of construction that needs what I like to call peer decision! First of being color of my lights once rusted off.

http://www.rxrsignals.net/Phpbb3/viewto ... 410#p18410

Also getting some signs at the end of the week of of ebay, so that should be fun!

Well finally my pole and bell are up. What a excitimg milestone of my project. So here is what I got so far.

Almost done, just need to mount the lights. This will be a little more hard to do.

BTW, I moved, so I halted the project till then. Note my backyard looks pretty different than berfore.

this is going to look great!

brett nc railfanner wrote:this is going to look great!

Hey Thanks. I am currently in the middle of mounting the lights and finishing its wiring! I am also trying to get my hands on a NS Dot tag. Even though I live in Texas, I still consider the NS the best railroad in the United States! But of course I grew up in Charlotte N.C so that might explain my love for the Norfolk Southern.

BTW Welcome to the forum man!

NSrailfan4life wrote:

brett nc railfanner wrote:this is going to look great!

Hey Thanks. I am currently in the middle of mounting the lights and finishing its wiring! I am also trying to get my hands on a NS Dot tag. Even though I live in Texas, I still consider the NS the best railroad in the United States! But of course I grew up in Charlotte N.C so that might explain my love for the Norfolk Southern.

BTW Welcome to the forum man!

i live not to far from wake forest and your welcome and thanks im new but i have been a guest for a while

NSrailfan4life wrote:

brett nc railfanner wrote:this is going to look great!

Hey Thanks. I am currently in the middle of mounting the lights and finishing its wiring! I am also trying to get my hands on a NS Dot tag. Even though I live in Texas, I still consider the NS the best railroad in the United States! But of course I grew up in Charlotte N.C so that might explain my love for the Norfolk Southern.

BTW Welcome to the forum man!

Where can you get crossing bells at?

brett nc railfanner wrote:

NSrailfan4life wrote:

brett nc railfanner wrote:this is going to look great!

Hey Thanks. I am currently in the middle of mounting the lights and finishing its wiring! I am also trying to get my hands on a NS Dot tag. Even though I live in Texas, I still consider the NS the best railroad in the United States! But of course I grew up in Charlotte N.C so that might explain my love for the Norfolk Southern.

BTW Welcome to the forum man!

Where can you get crossing bells at?

You got to go to a signal department within a freight yard, which is where all kinds of stuff is thrown out. But you have to ask a official first if you can have something. Just taking a light or a bell is a federal offense.