Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs.
Signal on the right: 1.5 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, 1 Modern Industries 12x24 inch light with a WCH 2nd Generation LED, 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, and a General Signals Type-1 electronic bell.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/A-F/Athens/McClellan/

A bit of a bump, but no changes to report here as of 3-18-19:

Still no changes to report here as of 9-2-21:

Still the same crossing as always as of 10-9-21:

Filmed the eastern side of it on 10-17-21:

No changes here as of 7-4-23:

Still the same as of 7-15-23:

No major changes here as of 10-9-23, other than some work done to the LEDs on the closer signal:

*originally recorded on 11-2-23*

Signal on the left: 1.5 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, 1 Modern Industries 12x24 inch light with a WCH 2nd Generation LED, 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, and a General Signals Type 1 electronic bell.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs.

While waiting for I028, we heard that CSX had an I026 coming north, so we went down to this crossing for I026. On the way, we saw L692 working the N&D Branch, and I thought about trying for them at Elm Street #1, but I wasn't sure if they'd finish their work before I026 got close. Turns-out they did, indeed, finish their work before I026 got close, and we wound-up getting this CSX L692 at this crossing with a GP40-2 for power.
Even though I wish I'd gotten this train at Elm Street, I will admit, I'm kinda glad I was finally able to get a train on something other than the main track here.

Well, as you can see, CSX has very recently replaced the bell-less signal here with a newer one. The signal doesn't seem to be brand new, or at least the lights on it certainly aren't, as the light-heads on them are the slightly older WCH design that was made up until about the mid-2010s and was used on CSX installs in the early to mid-2010s. Not entirely sure if this signal wound-up being reused from somewhere else, or if it'd been kept in the signal dump down in Oakworth Yard as a spare for the past several years.
Either way, the old L&N signal on the far side has thankfully remained unchanged and still has its GS Type 1 e-bell that CSX installed back in the late-90s. It's also interesting how short the track circuit for this crossing is on the north side of it on the N&D Branch. There was barely any time between the activation of the crossing and the train reaching it.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/A-F/Athens/McClellan/

No changes here as of 7-15-24: