Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 7-2-20*

Signal on the left: 6 pairs of Modern Industries 12x24 inch lights, 1 pair of WCH 12x24 inch lights, a WCH mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and
RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights, 1 pair of WCH 12x20 inch lights, a dead WCH mechanical bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

After catching L781 in East Dublin, Ethan and I ran and got some lunch, thinking they'd be stopping and working there, but I'm not entirely sure if they actually did as when we went back out after lunch, they were already gone. As such, we continued on down to Soperton, and after confirming they hadn't come through yet, we chose to set-up at this crossing in the downtown.

This crossing is, like the others I've recorded today, a rather nice one. The signals here are a pair of mostly "pure" WCH signals installed in the 1980s by the SBD. The only major change here is that at some point between 2008 and 2013, the bell on the far signal was replaced with a newer WCH mechanical bell. Since then, no other major changes have thankfully occurred here, though the WCH mechanical bell on the closer signal appears to have also somewhat recently died, so I'm guessing this crossing will now lose both of its original bells.