Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 7-2-20*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights, 1 pair of WRRS 8 inch lights, 1 pair of Harmon 8 inch lights, a WRRS mechanical bell, a WRRS/GRS gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Federal Signal 12x20 inch lights, 1 pair of WRRS 8 inch lights, 1 pair of Harmon 8 inch lights, a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell, a WRRS/GRS gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

This was the next crossing we chased the Georgia Central to after catching them in Dudley. Like the others I've filmed on this day, this crossing is also quite nice, featuring an older pair of SCL cantilevers at it. It appears that these signals went in in the late 60s/early 70s and all of the WRRS branded equipment is probably early Federal Signal stuff, but as FS hadn't changed the molds yet, I'm still gonna call it by what it's branded as. The overhead lights here are also all rare early Federal Signal 12 inch lights (FS redesigned their 12 inch lights at some point, and the older ones feature a much smaller logo than the newer & more common ones). The overhead lights on the closer signal do work, but they can't really be seen unless you're at a pretty specific angle from them. Not entirely sure why this is, perhaps the lenses were put in wrong or the reflectors have gone quite bad? The backgrounds are also quite nicely faded, so I do like that.
Anyways, the only major changes to this crossing that I've noticed have been to the bell on the closer signal. It appears that the original WRRS mechanical bell died and was replaced with a WCH mechanical bell sometime between 2008 and 2012. Then, sometime between 2014 and 2018, that WCH mechanical bell also bell died and was replaced with the current GS Type 3. Since 2018, it doesn't appear any major changes have occured at this crossing, thankfully.
This crossing also appears to have the only GRS/WRRS gate mechs along the GC, along with what are the only WRRS 8 inch lights along the line, surprisingly.