Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 1-10-23*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, an NEG electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights, a Safetran gate mechanism, RECO LED gate lights, and a RECO gate light.

After catching CSX I126 in Dickson, I decided to chase it west to this crossing in Denver, mainly to get a better recording of the defect detector here. The train wound-up sitting just north of Trace Creek Road for a couple of hours (for some reason), during which I took time to put some gas in my car, before eventually getting moving again. Here we see I126 flying past once more.
After this, I decided to try and chase it west to a crossing west of Camden, but unfortunately, it seems they chose to tie it down in New Johnsonville for some reason. While waiting for it there though, I heard an M533 leaving Bruceton on the Memphis Sub, and while I probably should've gone after that, it was starting to get late, so as it was getting dark, I decided to head back to Waverly for some supper before heading on home for the evening. Still had quite a successful day on this day though.

This crossing is a fairly decent one, being a 2000s CSX install that's still largely original. It appears that at some point, not exactly sure when (street view ain't ever been through this crossing), the bell here appears to have been replaced with the current NEG e-bell. It's entirely possible that this bell is a Safetran Type 2 e-bell ( @EthantheRailfanner thinks so), and it could even be original to the crossing (some of CSX's 2000s installs did have Safetran Type 2s originally installed on them), but I suspect the bell is a replacement. The top of the mast seen through the gaps in the base just seems a bit too shiny for the bell to be original, so I suspect it may have replaced a General Signals e-bell (most likely a GS Type 2) at some point.
On the less debatable side of things, the closer signal does feature an older diagonally-striped fiberglass gate arm and even an original RECO incandescent gate light still, which is quite nice to see. Do honestly have to wonder if this could be the last incandescent gate light on the Bruceton Sub, lol. Hopefully CSX leaves this crossing unchanged for many more years to come, but either way, I'm glad I was able to get it recorded.

http://www.rxrsignals.com/Tennessee/A-F ... nsonville/