Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, 2 RECO gate lights, and a RECO LED gate light.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
This was the next crossing I chased NS 320 to, and it's another pretty decent one. The signals here were installed sometime around 2010, replacing an old pair of 8 inch SOU gated signals (with an e-bell), which is definitely a shame. However, it appears that most of the older RECO gate lights that were on the old SOU signals were re-used here, which is nice to see. Speaking of gate lights though, one of the gate lights on the closer signal has gone dead, as you can see. One of the gate lights on the far side was also upgraded to LED at some point as well.
AL 13 can be seen on the far side of the crossing as well.
Re: School Avenue, Bear Creek, AL
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:38 am
by freebrickproductions
*originally recorded on 7-27-23*
Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
This was the third crossing I chased NS 320 to. It seems that since I was last here, NS has replaced the RECO LED gate light on the closer signal with a newer RECO incandescent gate light, but otherwise these signals still remain entirely the same.
At the time, don't know if it's since been fixed as I ain't been back out here yet, one of the rear lights on the closer signal had been broken off on the mounting arm. It was zip-tied up into place, more or less, and, amazingly enough, still worked. I'm guessing if it has since been fixed, NS has just simply replaced the mounting arm but kept the same light-head.
Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, RECO gate lights, and a dead RECO LED gate light.
While chasing 320 down the NA/West End District, I stopped to film a couple of crossings that I needed to get newer videos of, with this being the first one. Here we see NS 320 on its journey south to Birmingham, with a pair of AC44C6Ms leading an SD70ACe for power.
As you can see, since I last filmed this crossing, NS has fixed the damaged rear light on the closer signal. It also turns-out that the closer signal has had another RECO LED gate light on it this entire time, that being the tip one, but that one has also since gone dead. No idea what it'll get replaced with, TBH. Otherwise, this crossing has remained entirely unchanged since I last recorded it.