Pictures 1-41 were taken by TrainmanKight on July 15, 2009.

Pictures 42-64 were taken by freebrickproductions on January 28, 2017.

The video was taken by Ethan the Railfanner on December 4, 2023.

 

This crossing is located on the CSX Chattanooga Subdivision.

 

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An overview of the crossing.
All four signals have 8" MI incandescent lights.

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Proof of the MI lights.
A WRRS bell on one signal.

A GRS gate mechanism.
A train approaches.

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Another track view.
The signals activate. All four signals activate at once irregardless of which track the train is on.

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Also, both mechanical bells only ring from startup to when the gates fully lower only.

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In pictures 22 and 23, the train stops, although the delay is only about 1 minute long.

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Both the gate mechanism and mast have MI bases.
One of the two inner signals with no bells.
It too has an MI base.

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An old warning sign from the Seaboard System Railroad.
The other side of the crossing with nearly identical features as the other gated signal.

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This bell is an MI mechanical bell.
The same signal activated.

 

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A return trip by freebrickproductions on 1-28-17 shows that the crossing was upgraded!
The first new signal.

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It has a WCH base.
The gate mechanism is from Safetran.
The emergency information.

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The lights on this signal are WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs.
The gate lights are RECO gate lights.

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The second signal.
Another WCH base.
Another Safetran gate mechanism.

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The emergency information.
This signal has more WCH 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs.
The lone bell here is an electronic bell from NEG.

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More RECO gate lights on this signal.
The new relay case.
Track view looking south towards Main Street.
Track view looking north towards Aedc Road.

 

 

 

The crossing got upgraded because CSX added a fourth track here that required the removal of the inner signals, so they decided to go ahead and replace everything at this crossing.

It appears the Safetran gate mechs got re-used from another crossing, as they look rather old. If they were new, then they'd likely be Invensys Rail or Siemens gate mechanisms as the crossing still had the old signals in 2013, only that the 8 inch lights had been replaced with incandescent Safetran 12x24 inch lights.

However, for some reason, they decided that the new signals should only have one bell, rather than two like the old signals had.