South Street, Orlando, FL

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*originally recorded on 6-23-25*

Signal on the far left: 5 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the near left: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Leotek EV Series LEDs, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the far right: 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Low Wattage LEDs, a Siemens gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Signal on the near right: 6 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Dialight Ball LEDs, a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and NEG LED gate lights.
Pedestrian signal on the left: a US&S Model 95 gate mechanism and RECO LED gate lights.
Pedestrian signal on the right: a US&S Model 95 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.

After catching the northbound SunRail train, I hopped-up to this crossing in downtown Orlando to get this crossing. After a bit of waiting, I was able to catch my second train of the day: a southbound SunRail commuter train with another MP32PH-Q for power shoving on the rear.

This crossing is a pretty neat one, and is also a bit of a nostalgic one for me. This crossing was the first one where I ever saw a video of a Safetran Type 3 e-bell sounding, in this 2007 video of this crossing from Caltrain927, taken back when CSX still owned this part of the A Line through Orlando:

The signals here were originally installed back in the mid-2000s by CSX, presumably replacing an older pair of SCL signals. Interestingly, the right-hand cantilever here originally had a General Signals Type 2 e-bell, though CSX replaced it with the current Safetran Type 3 e-bell sometime between 2008 and 2009. The crossing remained relatively unchanged for a few years after that, until sometime between 2013 and 2014, when SunRail installed the two US&S pedestrian signals here. This crossing then remained largely unchanged for several more years after, until sometime between 2021 and 2022, when, in order to allow this crossing to become a quiet zone, SunRail installed both exit signals here. The crossing then continued to remain largely unchanged for a few years after, but, sometime after 2024, the left-hand exit signal here had its original Dialight Low Wattage LEDs replaced with the current Leotek EV Series LEDs. Amusingly, one of these has already begun to die despite being so new.
Due to the ped gates here predating the quad-gates, the near-left corner of the crossing features one of those somewhat unusual installs where you have a seemingly redundant ped gate installed in front of the exit gate. I believe this one here was retained to help prevent people from walking onto the crossing and potentially getting trapped, seeing as it lowers with the entry gates. Strangely, the bells here also shut-off when the entry gates (and ped gates) have lowered, rather than the exit gates.

https://www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/L-Q/Orlando/South/