Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 10-30-18*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights with Electro-tech LEDs, 2 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights with GE Dotted LEDs, a WCH mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and Alstom LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights with Electro-tech LEDs, 2 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights with GE Dotted LEDs, a Federal Signal mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and Alstom LED gate lights.

It appears that, in terms of crossings, I have managed unintentionally to save the best ones for last, as this branch line features a ton of older signals, almost all of which feature mechanical bells. Interestingly enough, this crossing, like most of the cantilevered crossings along the line, had the mast lights upgraded to LED by 2011, but however, the overhead lights remained incandescent back in 2011. The crossing also had 7 inch gate lights back then as well, but like the overhead lights, those were replaced with the current LED gate lights. It appears both signals originally had Federal Signal bells and Federal Signal gate mechs, but both gate mechs and the bell on the far signal were replaced with the current WCH equipment back in the 1980s. However, interestingly enough, the gate mechanisms, like most of the older gate mechanisms along the line, have some kind of weird covering over the "inside" of the gate mechanism, facing the road. No idea why it was done, as I haven't seen this done anywhere else in the US, and none of the newer gate mechanisms along the line have them either. It does make the gate mechs look a bit larger though.