Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 9-12-17*

Positions are relative to the camera in the second video:
Signal on the far left: 1 pair of Harmon 12x24 inch lights and a dead GE electronic bell.
Signal on the near left: 1 pair of Harmon 12x24 inch lights and a dead GE electronic bell.
Signal on the far right: a blank-out sign and a NOVAX DS100 Series speaker.
Signal on the near right: a blank-out sign and a NOVAX DS100 Series speaker.

The Hoboken Light Rail is a bit weird, especially when it comes to crossings as there's only three signalized crossings along the entire line: the two at this station and a private crossing to the north of here. The rest of the crossings use traffic lights as warning. To make things even weirder, the bells at these two crossings at the station don't even work! Instead, they use NOVAX DS100 Series speakers that are meant to be used on traffic lights as their bells, playing what sounds like a General Signals Type 1 sound. The crossings also have some detection issues, as whenever a train is leaving the station, the crossing doesn't activate until the train is already in the crossing! For some other strange reason as well, each signal only has one pair of lights and they face the far side of the crossing from the signal.

You can also hear the other pedestrian crossing at the other end of the station before the train pulls up to the station in the first video.