Grant Street, Orlando, FL

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*originally recorded on 6-23-25*

Signal on the far left: 1 pair of WCH 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, a WCH 12x24 inch light, a Federal Signal 12x24 inch light, a General Signals Type 2 electronic bell, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the near left: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the far right: 2 pairs of WCH 12x20 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the near right: 2 pairs of WCH 12x20 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
This crossing is located in a quiet zone. Trains do not usually blow their horns at this crossing.

On the morning of June 23rd, I got on up and got on out to the SunRail's mainline, originally intending to see about filming a bunch of SunRail crossings. This one was my first target of the day, where, after a bit of waiting, I was able to catch my first train of the day: a northbound SunRail commuter train with an MP32PH-Q for power.

This crossing is a pretty nice one, and is one of the last few crossings on the SunRail's mainline with incandescent lights at it. The signals here were originally a late-60s/early-70s SCL install that had all of the lights here replaced with WCH 12x24s in the 80s by the SBD or CSX. Not sure if the FS 12x24 on the far signal would've been reused here around that time or if it got reused onto these signals later-on. Either way, in the 90s or 2000s, CSX replaced the gate mech on the near-right signal with a newer Safetran gate mech. Then, (also) in the mid-2000s, CSX replaced the bell on the same signal with a Safetran Type 2 e-bell. After that, sometime between 2008 and 2011, the far-left signal had its front-right light replaced with a Safetran 12x24. Sometime between 2014 and 2015, SunRail replaced the original RACO mechanical bell on the far-left signal with the current GS Type 2 e-bell. In 2018, both exit signals here were installed, and activated by 2019, in preparation for this crossing to become a quiet zone. Interestingly, the left-hand exit signal originally had its lights mounted on the rear, but they were swapped-around to be front lights between 2018 and 2019. At about this same time, the far-left signal had its original RACO(?) gate mech replaced with a reused 80s Safetran gate mech. After that, sometime between 2019 and 2020, SunRail replaced the Safetran Type 2 e-bell on the near-right signal here with the current GS Type 3 e-bell. Then, sometime between 2020 and 2022, the far-left signal had its front pair of lights replaced with the current WCH 12x24s with GE Uniform Look LEDs while the near-right signal had all of its lights replaced with the current WCH 12x20s with GE Uniform Look LEDs. Finally, sometime after 2022, the far-left signal here had its gate mech replaced once again, this time with the current Siemens gate mech. Thankfully, despite all of these upgrades, the old SCL-era entry signals here still remain, and the far entry signal has managed to retain its rear pair of incandescent lights. Kinda surprised that these still remain, as they've managed to replace nearly every other incandescent light along their mainline aside from the occasional auxiliary light. Hopefully these remain around for many more years to come, but, either way, I'm quite glad I got to record them when I did. The exit gate on this side of the crossing is also rather bouncy, it appears.