Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 3-21-18*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a dead General Signals electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG gate lights.

This crossing is probably the only signalized crossing on the NS Memphis District East End that's actually IN Tuscumbia, but then again, the only other one in the town is a crossbuck crossing. I'm not exactly sure when these signals were installed, though it appears to either be from the late 1990s or very early 2000s. It's also a bit of a shame that the General Signals e-bell is dead here. Once upon a time, this was probably the original alignment of US 72, but it was later realigned to what's now Old Lee Highway (seen in the background as it's the cross street at the intersection in the background) before later being realigned onto its current alignment.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/R-Z/T ... d_Memphis/

The only change I noticed here on 11-27-23 was the replacement of the gate arms with newer vertically striped ones.

Made another return to this crossing on 3-11-24, and found that not only has the GS e-bell here been working the entire time, but is also actually a GS Type 1!

No changes here as of 8-6-25: