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Hatton Road, Dothan, AL

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 4:30 pm
by freebrickproductions


*originally recorded on 7-30-19*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Progress Rail 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Dotted LEDs, a WCH mechanical bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and Dialight gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Progress Rail 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Dotted LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, and Dialight gate lights.

After I saw the BAYL at Park Avenue, they began their switching at Greenbrier, so I set-up at this crossing and waited for them to begin their trip back east. After about 20 minutes of waiting, they finished up their switching and were rolling back up the line, this time with the ISRR GP40 in the lead!

This crossing is a rather nice one, so I'm quite glad to have been able to record it. The signals here are some mid-2000s G&W signals that haven't had any changes since they were installed.
I'm quite glad to have been able to record them, as this was the first crossing I got to record in action with the flat Progress Rail light-heads! Other than that though, nothing really too much to note about this crossing, though seeing more Dialight gate lights sure is nice.
Also, one interesting thing about crossings from around this time by the G&W is that it appears the G&W gave the railroads the option of installing e-bells or mechanical bells, as the Georgia Central has installs from around the same time as these, but with WCH e-bells instead.