Columbia Avenue, Dumont, NJ
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:14 pm
*originally recorded on 9-11-17*
Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 8 inch lights, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 1.5 pairs of WCH 8 inch lights, 1 Safetran 8 inch light, a WRRS mini-bell, a WRRS/GRS Type B gate mechanism, and NEG gate lights.
This was the next crossing I went to after New Bridge Road in Bergenfield. This one is a really nice one, with a mostly original NYC install for the right-hand signal (only the gate/gate lights, crossbuck, and lights were replaced, it appears) while the other signal appears to have been installed by Conrail in the 1990s. Either way though, this was my first time seeing and hearing a WRRS Mini-bell! I also really like the look of the GRS Type B gate mechanisms. US&S Model 95s have a similar style to them, but it just ain't the same (notably, those are much thinner).