Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 10-13-18*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of WCH 12x20 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of WCH 12x20 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.

After catching the TCRM in Lebanon, we moved on down to this crossing, which has a bit of an interesting history behind it despite having relatively modern signals, which were installed sometime between September 24, 2010 and September 30, 2011, according to the FRA's inventory reports.
Originally, as seen on Google Street View, these signals featured gate mechanisms made by the Czech company AŽD Praha (who pretty much make almost all of the crossing equipment currently in use in the Czech Republic), along with a weird e-bell (since replaced, though maybe made by AŽD Praha?). The crossing has the same bell sequence as Depot Street in Watertown (start-up until a couple seconds after the gates have lowered, and then once again when the gates rise), which leads me to believe Depot Street got its signals shortly after this one (though the latest inventory report for that crossing from 3-31-16 still claims the crossing just has crossbucks) and possibly had AŽD Praha gate mechs as well (though I can't say for certain).
I'm guessing the NERR didn't really like the AŽD Praha gate mechs, or the weird e-bell at this crossing, and had them all replaced in 2015 at the earliest. Either way though, it has given this otherwise pretty normal crossing a bit of an interesting history, being one of maybe two locations of Czech crossing equipment in the US, a sign of which can still be seen with the somewhat faded AŽD Praha logos located on the relay case at this crossing.