Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 12-18-21*

Signal on the left: 1 pair of WRRS 8 inch lights, 2 pairs of WCH 8 inch lights, a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 3 pairs of WRRS 8 inch lights, a Safetran Type 2 electronic bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.

After catching the northbound mixed freight, I continued documenting a few crossings as I made my way north. When I got to this one, I saw a clear signal to my south so I quickly set-up. Good timing too, as not too long after, I saw my third and final train of the day: a southbound combined loaded coal train & loaded ballast train with a pair of CM44AC rebuilds in fresh YN3 paint on the head-end and a YN3 ES40DC paired-up with a YN3b ES44AH as the mid-DPUs.

This crossing is another very nice one, featuring a pair of old WRRS cantilevers that I believe are from the ACL, though maybe the early SCL. In the 1970s, it appears, the far signal had its overhead lights replaced with the current WCH 8 inch lights and both signals had their gate mechs replaced with WCH ones. Then, in the early to mid-2000s, both bells here were replaced with the far signal getting a GS Type 2 and the closer one getting a Safetran Type 2. Thankfully, since then, no major changes have occurred to these classic cantilevers.