Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a General Signals Type 1 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG gate lights.
This crossing is an especially nice one, as it's another very-late-1990s/early 2000s NS install. In fact, other than the newer gate arms and the extension on the far signal, this crossing is practically unchanged since it was originally installed! I especially love the fact that this crossing still uses a GS Type 1 e-bell. Also, between my two visits to the crossing, the wind-guard on the far signal somehow got rotated away from the gate, and now isn't really serving any purpose.
Re: Fillmore Street, Corinth, MS
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:10 pm
by freebrickproductions
*originally recorded on 3-22-25*
Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a General Signals Type 1 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
After catching 285 just west of Middleton, TN, @madisoncountysirens4295 and I hopped over to this crossing in downtown Corinth to catch 72Z. After a little bit of waiting, we were able to get our sixth, and final, train of the day: NS 72Z with a pair of BNSF SD70ACes pulling and a BNSF ES44AC working as the train's DPU. Amusingly, it seems that the headlights on the leading ACe were bright enough to cause the LED street light at this crossing (and the next one over) to briefly turn-off as it approached!
Sometime after I last recorded this crossing, NS went through and replaced all of the gate lights here. The far signal got a set of RECO LEDs, while, interestingly, the closer signal got a set of RECO incandescents. Thankfully, nothing else has changed here to this 2002 NS install, and I'm glad to see that the GS Type 1 here is still going strong. Not sure if said GS Type 1 was just a rather late Type 1 install, or if it was carried-over from a previous pair of signals here, given that this used to be US 45 and the GS Type 2 came-out in 2000.