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, and a Safetran mechanical bell.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights with Electro-tech LEDs, 1.5 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights with GE Dotted LEDs, 1 Federal Signal 12x20 inch light with a WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, and a Safetran mechanical bell.

This crossing is a pretty nice one as well, featuring a pair of RACO (maybe early Safetran?) cantilevers with two healthy Safetran mechanical bells! In fact, the Safetran mechanical bells here are the last two Safetran mechanical bells in the Reno, NV area! The overhead lights are also somewhat low mounted, which makes me wonder if they were originally intended to hold Griswold Type B lights. The main reason I suspect that these might be early Safetran cantilevers, despite both cantilever bases featuring the RACO logo, is that the bells are mounted on the top of the masts, even though most western railroads in years past would have the mechanical bells typically mounted between the upper and lower arms on the cantilever arms on Griswold and RACO cantilevers. If these cantilevers are indeed early Safetran ones, then it's entirely that everything here, save for the LEDs, is original to the crossing!