Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 12-21-22*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Modern Industries 8 inch lights, a WRRS mechanical bell, a GRS gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 3 pairs of Modern Industries 8 inch lights, a GRS gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.

This was the fourth crossing I chased CSX M531 to, which features a rather nice & classic early to mid-1970s L&N install that appears to still be almost fully original! It seems like all that has changed here is the typical upgrades of the signage, gate arms, and gate lights. Thankfully, those are the only changes, and the signals still retain their original MI 8 inch lights, GRS gate mechs, and WRRS mechanical bell. Hopefully these signals remain untouched for many more years to come, but either way, I'm quite glad I got to record them when I did.
The gate arm on the closer signal also bounces up a bit after it has initially lowered, causing the bell here to ring at least one more time as a result.
While I was at this crossing, Ethan was recording the new gated signals that had been installed over at Main Street.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/G-Q/McEwen/Wilkie/