Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 5-29-20*

Signal on the left: 1.5 pairs of Federal Signal 8 inch lights, 1 WCH 8 inch light, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 1.5 pairs of Federal Signal 8 inch lights, 1 Modern Industries 8 inch light, a dying WRRS mechanical bell, an Invensys Rail gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

On May 29th, I of course went back out to the CSX LCL Subdivision to see what I could get. I accidentally missed Q574 in Richlawn due to my on negligence, so I hopped on the interstate and chased it on out here to Buckner to get it. Here, we see it going through with a pair of ES44AHs pulling a 7,500 ft train, based on the defect detector readout at the start of the video.

This crossing is another nice one, featuring what's probably the oldest pair of signals in Buckner. It appears that these were installed in the early 70s by the L&N, though later on in the 1970s, one of the lights was struck and replaced by an MI 8 inch light. Then, in the 1980s, the original GRS gate mechanism on the closer signal was replaced by a WCH one, with the crossing remaining relatively unchanged for many more years.
Then, sometime between 2007 and 2015, both gate mechanisms here were replaced with the current ones, likely the remaining GRS one getting replaced before the WCH one here. Interestingly enough, while the Safetran gate mech on the far side is still mounted on the original gate mast, the Invensys Rail gate mech on the near side is on a newer Safetran mast, which the WCH gate mech that was here appears to have been mounted on as well. Not entirely sure when this change happened though.
In this same time frame, it appears that one of the lights on the far signal was struck and replaced with a new WCH 8 inch light, based on how much newer it looks compared to the rest of the 8 inch lights here. Since then, no major changes appear to have occurred here. The WRRS bell here is still hanging on, but is in obvious need of some TLC as it sounds rather rough and a bit flat.
This crossing also originally had a second track at it, for what appears to be a long-abandoned spur that was at this crossing. Again, like with the other more recent changes to this crossing, the spur track was removed between 2007 and 2015. However, a bit of the rails from said track can still be spotted peeking out from the sides of the pavement if you decide to look for them.
This crossing is located at the entrance to a lumber yard.