Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

*originally recorded on 7-29-24*

Signal on the far left: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a GE electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the far right: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the near left: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the near right: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs, a GE electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.

After catching the grain train, I went and documented the four crossings on the street-running section of the ex-NS RJ Corman line just to my west. After that, I pulled-up to this crossing, fully expecting to have to wait for Amtrak here. However, just as I was rolling down my windows, I heard a train blowing for the crossing to my south, so I quickly grabbed my camera and threw it down with maybe a minute to spare. Here we get to see my third train of the day: a CSX local freight returning to the yard in Fayetteville with a fresh-looking GP40-2 leading a GP38-3 for power.

This crossing is another nice one, featuring another modern quad-gate install at it. Previously, it appears there was a pair of gated cantilevers installed by the SCL in the mid to late-70s here, though, in the late-90s it appears, the closer one was replaced entirely with a newer one. Then, sometime between 2007 and 2012, this crossing was also given an upgrade to quad-gates, during which the current signals were installed.
Thankfully, since then, no further major changes appear to have occurred to this crossing. Like with the previous crossing I filmed, the stars of the show here are easily the pair of healthy-sounding GE e-bells, which I'm glad are still here. Hopefully, these remain here more many more years to come, but, either way, I'm glad I was able to record this crossing when I did.
Admittedly, the exit signals do look a bit strange without any crossbucks on them as well.