Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 3-8-18*

Signal on the left: 3 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights.
Signal on the right: 4 pairs of Modern Industries 12x24 inch lights.
Morrow Street signal: 1 pair of WCH 12x20 inch lights and a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell.

This crossing is a bit of an interesting one. First off, it's the northernmost signalized crossing on the ATN, as well as being the only signalized crossing in Guntersville. It's also one of only 6 gateless crossings on this part of the ATN. The signal on the right is an old Modern Industries cantilever, which I think dates back to the Seaboard System as the data plate on the back of it says "SSR" for the customer. The far signal is a Harmon cantilever installed by CSX in the early 2000s, likely as a replacement for another Modern Industries cantilever like the one on the right. The Morrow Street signal also used to be some kind of 8 inch signal with a mechanical bell, but the signal got replaced with the current signal sometime between 2008 and 2013, though the signal at the time had an older General Signals e-bell (likely a Type 2), though the ATN has more recently replaced it with the General Signals Type 3 e-bell heard here. The Morrow Street signal also uses a 5 inch mast, oddly enough.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Guntersville/Lake/

As of 12-4-19, the only changes I've noticed were a couple of blown bulbs and that one of the overhead lights' visors went missing:

Got a video from the other side today:

And finally, a video from Morrow Street on 12-27-19:


Also, according to the ATN's signal maintainer, the mast signal here has since been wiped-out by a car again (along with the relay case this time), so I'll have to see about getting back here and checking-out the new signal soon-ish.

*originally recorded on 4-3-20*

Northbound signal: 4 pairs of Modern Industries 12x24 inch lights.
Southbound signal: 3 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights.
Morrow Street signal: 1 pair of WCH 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform look LEDs and a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell.

After watching the train being started, FanFan61618 and I went on down to this crossing to watch them doing some switching. Here we see them rolling through the crossing to set-out a car on the spur in order to pick-up a car a bit later.
After watching them set-out the car, I decided to set-up and get a video of the old SBD signal here, since it's always nice to see. Here we see the ATN cutting off the power and running lite to pick-up the car from the customer here.

Since I last recorded this crossing, the mast signal and relay case here were wiped-out by a truck, and thus required replacement. As such, I shot the side for Morrow Street first to get a video of the new signal here. Nothing else was changed about the crossing though, which is nice to see.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/G-Q/G ... ille/Lake/

*originally recorded on 11-15-24*

Northbound Lake Road signal: 4 pairs of Modern Industries 12x24 inch lights.
Morrow Street signal: 1 pair of WCH 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs and a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell.
Southbound Lake Road signal: 2 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs and 1 pair of Harmon 12x24 inch lights.

After I filmed the SD60I being started, I went east to Guntersville's lone signalized crossing to film it again. After a bit of waiting, the Y102 pulled-up and cut-off part of their train to work Tucker Milling next to this crossing. Here we get to see my first proper video of the ATN on this day: ATN Y102 pulling part of their train across AL 227 in Guntersville with an SD60I leading a pair of GP40-2LWs and an SD40M-2 for power! The SD40M-2 is a new addition to the ATN's roster to help with the growing freight traffic on the railroad. It's due to be joined by at least one more locomotive, but that other one is currently being worked on before being sent down.
After I filmed Y102 pulling across this crossing, I got in my car and hopped to the other side of the tracks to film the other two sides of it just before they dropped-off two covered hoppers at Tucker Milling. Once they pulled back out of the crossing, I set-up on the side with the old SBD cantilever here. Here we get to see ATN Y102 shoving back across the crossing to reassemble the rest of their train.
One of the crew members here hollered at me to get out of the road as I'd run out in it for a better angle for a photo, as he was concerned for my and their safety if an approaching driver decided to do something stupid. I was able to later apologize for startling him.
After catching Y102 shoving back, I decided to set-up and film the side-street angle here as well. After a bit of waiting, ATN Y102 had their train back together and here we get to see them departing from Guntersville to work work some industries up on Sand Mountain in and around Albertville.

Sometime within the past four or so years, the ATN upgraded the front lights (and only the front lights) of the Harmon cantilever from CSX here to LED. Strangely, they left the rear overhead lights on the Harmon cantilever incandescent, but gave them new lenses. Thankfully, the rest of the crossing remains largely unchanged, and I'm especially glad to see the old MI cantilever from the Seaboard System here is still the same, especially since this crossing retains the oldest lights still in use on the Guntersville Branch.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/G-Q/G ... ille/Lake/