Brock Road Railroad Crossing, Brownsboro, AL

originally recorded on 6-18-25

Signal on the left: 3 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, a General Signals Type 3 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 1 pair of Safetran 12x20 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, 1 pair of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with GE Uniform Look LEDs, a Safetran gate mechanism, RECO gate lights, and a RECO LED gate light.

I heard over the scanner that A81 and A23 were both meeting 286 at Elko, so, after I caught A23, I made my way back over to this crossing for the 286 that was approaching. After nearly an hour of waiting, during which I got to meet-up with ‪@traincrazykid1917‬ while waiting here, I was able to catch my fourth train of the day: NS 286 with a pair of AC44C6Ms for power.

It appears that sometime within the past few months, NS upgraded this crossing to LED. I suspect this would've occurred around the same time Brownsboro Road got its LEDs, though either way I can honestly say I wasn't expecting this either. In fact, the only reason I even knew about this upgrade was because of a video ‪@alabamadistrictrailfan‬ posted earlier in the month showing this crossing was LED. At about the same time, it appears, the bell here was replaced with the current GS Type 3 electronic bell. I suppose it's possible that the Safetran Type 3 here had just simply died, but it seems like this happened as a result of the LED upgrade (as it seems Alabama is spec'ing bell replacements alongside most LED upgrades on this line as of late), so if that was the case it'd be a bit strange given that this crossing already had an e-bell. It appears that the tip gate light on the closer signal's gate arm was upgraded to a RECO LED gate light at some point as well, though the other two gate lights on that gate arm thankfully remain incandescent (for the time being, anyways).

https://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/A-...

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