Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 9-10-17*

Southbound signal: 1.5 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights, 1 WCH 12x20 inch light, a WCH mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Northbound signal: 1.5 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights, 1 WCH 12x20 inch light, a WCH mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

Went up to New Jersey last week to record a bunch of crossings. I went to this crossing first to meet-up with Elliot and Grant, though Grant sadly wasn't able to make it, but I was able to meet-up with Elliot though. Those of y'all who've been watching Grant's videos for some time may also recognize this crossing, as he used to railfan here a lot a few years ago.

This crossing is a bit of a weird one: these signals were replaced some gateless signals back in the late 1990s when Conrail still owned the crossing. However, they appear to have re-used at least most of the lights from other crossings. I'm not entirely sure where they came from, but I believe it would've been what's now the NS Lehigh Line (also owned by Conrail at the time) as the line's not too far from the CSX Trenton Sub and one of the crossings there has a pair of cantilevers with Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights on it. The bells likely were re-used from the old signals at this crossing. The gates and gate lights were replaced back in 2015, replacing what were likely the original fiber-glass gates and NEG gate lights to the signals. Also, all of the lights facing the camera on the north side are from Federal Signal while each signal has one Federal Signal light and one WCH light facing the camera on the south side.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/New_Jersey/Ho ... ince_Line/

Why did you go to New Jersey in the first place? All Hurricane Irma did was bring some rain to Alabama.

EDIT: Never mind, you did reply but computer wouldn't show it in my popup notifications.