Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 4-3-19*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a General Signals Type 1 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and Safetran gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a WCH Type 4 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and Safetran gate lights.

After catching the ATN in Margaret, and getting a siren test along the way, I got them at this crossing which has a late 1990s/early 2000s CSX install. Like the previous crossing, this one is mostly unchanged from when it was installed, though has had the gate arms (but not the gate lights) and one of the bells replaced sometime within the past few years. This is also the crossing my (dead) General Signals e-bell came from, and it's probably quite obvious which signal it was on. It was nice seeing some more Safetran gate lights though, not too many CSX crossings, both former and current, seem to have them anymore.

*originally recorded on 7-12-23*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a WCH Type 4 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a WCH Type 4 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

This was the third crossing I chased ATN Z390 to. Since I was last here, the ATN has replaced the GS Type 1 on the far side with another WCH Type 4 e-bell, and also replaced all of the gate lights here with RECO LED ones. Thankfully the crossing still remains incandescent, but it's still a bit of a shame to see the remaining original bell and gate lights here gone now though.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/A-F/Alton/Queenstown/