Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 12-26-18*

Signal on the left: 4 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights, 1 pair of Safetran 12x20 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and 4 inch NEG LED gate lights.
Far median signal: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, and 4 inch NEG LED gate lights.
Near median signal: 1 pair of Safetran 12x20 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, and 7 inch NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 4 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights, 1 pair of Safetran 12x20 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism.

This crossing is another pretty nice one. It's one of the five crossings along the NERR mainline to still feature incandescent lights, and was the last one of them that I had to record. It appears that these signals were gateless and installed by the NERR in the late 1990s, but had their front mast lights removed and gate masts installed in front of them. It appears that around this time the original mechanical bell (likely from WCH) was replaced with a Safetran Type 3, the only one along the NERR mainline. Originally, all of the gate arms had 7 inch gate lights, but the ones on the far side were replaced over the years while the ones on the nearside were left in place (which is part of the reason I set-up on this side). The far median signal was also replaced between 2011 and 2014 as well, for a somewhat unknown reason. My personal speculation is that it was struck by a car (especially since there weren't any guardrails in the median here back in 2011), but it could've had to have been replaced due to being in the way of the installation of said guardrails. Google Street View also shows that there was a signal foundation laying in the median near the far median signal in 2014 and 2015 as well, but that has since disappeared.