Bear Creek Road, Vandiver, AL

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*originally recorded on 4-2-20*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights.
Signal on the right: 3 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights and a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell.

While NS 373 was setting out the car, I decided to continue on up to Vandiver. After a little while of waiting, 373 got going and eventually came on through this crossing, with one fewer car than before. If anyone wants to figure out which car it was, feel free to.

This crossing is another nice one, featuring a pair of gateless signals that were installed by NS in the 1980s. It appears that the only change to this crossing was that the original Safetran mechanical bell here was replaced with the current GS Type 2 sometime between 2008 and 2013. It is nice to record another pair of 1980s NS signals though, especially gateless ones.
AL 25 can be seen on the far side of the crossing.