Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 7-29-21*

41st Street signal on the left: 3 pairs of WRRS 8 inch lights, a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
41st Street signal on the right: 3 pairs of WRRS 8 inch lights, a WRRS mechanical bell, a WRRS/GRS gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Drayton Street signal: 1 pair of WRRS 8 inch lights, 1 pair of WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a WRRS mechanical bell, a WRRS/GRS gate mechanism, NEG LED gate lights, and a RECO LED gate light.

On the morning of July 29th, I got on up and out to get the SOFR's southbound run to CSX. Got on out here a bit after 6:30, and didn't have to wait too long as by 7 they were already on their way south. Here we see them waking-up the City of Savannah with their typical pair of GP40-2LWs for power.

This crossing is a rather nice one, featuring an old late-60s SCL install that's still mostly original. In fact, it appears that up into the 2000s, this crossing was entirely original still. However, sometime between 2007 and 2012, the first change occurred here when the left-hand signal on 41st Street had its original gate mech replaced with the current one. Then, between 2016 and 2018, the WRRS mechanical bell on that signal was replaced with the current GS Type 3, and the Drayton Street signal had its mast lights upgraded to the current 12x24 inch LEDs. Since then though, thankfully no major changes have occured to this crossing, which is nice to see. The remaining pair of WRRS bells also sound quite great together. Also nice to see that the closest signal is still pretty much entirely original, which is great to see too.
The next crossing northeast along this line, Abercorn Street & 40th Street, still retains a full set of four RACO cantilevers with all of their original WRRS 8 inch lights as well, but there wasn't really anywhere good to set-up and record that one, sadly. Plus, it sounds like the one remaining WRRS bell there doesn't work, so I suppose it ain't too big of a loss that it goes unrecorded (unless someone else gets back down here and gets the rest of the crossings along this line filmed). Either way though, this was certainly a rather nice crossing and I'm glad to have gotten it filmed.