Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 12-19-19*

Signal on the left: 5 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Fading LEDs, a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 5 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Fading LEDs, a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Far pedestrian signal: 1 pair of WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Near pedestrian signal: 1 pair of WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.

On December 19th, FanFan61618 and I went back up to the NERR to try and railfan in the Mt. Juliet area. This was the first train we caught: an eastbound Music City Star commuter train with the first MCS F40PH to be rebuilt and repainted into the Star's new paint scheme.

This crossing's a pretty decent one. It appears that the cantilever signals were installed by the NERR in the early to mid-2000s, and haven't seen any major changes since then. However, sometime within the past year or so, Mt. Juliet started to build a trail along the line, so a pair of pedestrian signals were installed here by RJ Corman. FanFan61618 and I honestly weren't expecting to see these new ped signals, as really, the only reason we went to record this crossing anyways was due to the fact that I had yet to record it myself.