AL 17, Sulligent, AL

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*originally recorded on 3-21-21*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a General Signals Type 1 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

After catching the northbound autorack train in Winfield, I chased it on up to this crossing in Sulligent, which is a rather nice one. The current signals here were installed by the late-Burlington Northern back in the mid-1990s, though in the late-90s, BNSF replaced the original Safetran mechanical bell here with the current General Signals Type 1 e-bell. Based on the relay case, it appears the signals here were installed to directly replace an old Frisco install, and as such, the bell here is still set to ring as the gates rise as the old Frisco signals were, which is always nice to see.

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*originally recorded on 5-11-24*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell, a Siemens gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell, a Siemens gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

After catching the loaded coal train, Zac and I hopped over to the next crossing west, that being this one, and set-up for whatever northbound was heading up the Birmingham Sub. After a little bit of waiting, we were able to catch our third train of the day: a northbound intermodal train with a pair of H2 Dash-9s leading an H3 ES44C4 for power! Amazingly, this wouldn't be our best catch of the day either...

Sometime after my previous video of this crossing, back in either 2021 or 2022, BNSF replaced the old mid-90s BN signals here with the current ones, sadly causing the GS Type 1 here to be replaced as well. Definitely glad I was able to film the older signals here when I did.
Since then, no other changes appear to have occurred to this crossing.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/R-Z/Sulligent/AL17/