Madison Street Railroad Crossing, Franklin, KY

originally recorded on 5-31-20
Signal on the far left: 2 pairs of WCH 12x24 inch lights with Leotek EV Series LEDs.
Signal on the near left: 2 pairs of WRRS 8 inch lights and 1 pair of Federal Signal 8 inch lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights and a General Signals Type 1 electronic bell.
This was the third crossing I caught Q573 at. I would've recorded it at the crossing to the north of this one, as I quite like how the 8 inch signal there looks, but the sun had already moved to this side of the tracks by the time Q573 got close, so I moved on down to this crossing.
This crossing itself is also pretty nice. It appears that the signals here were originally installed by the L&N in the 1970s, though in the late-1990s, the signals on the far side were both replaced by CSX. Then, in 2018, a car struck the bell-less mast signal here, and CSX had to replace it as a result. As such, there's a nice little variety of equipment at this crossing, which, IMHO, is quite nice to see. I especially like the off-side Federal Signal cantilever on this side, which has managed to survive all these years almost completely unchanged. I also love the GS Type 1 here, since they're easily my favorite e-bell.
All in all, it's a great crossing that I'm glad I was finally able to record almost four years after I first saw it.
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[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Great video!

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[@buffalo716railran]

Nice catch! Love the old cantilever!

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[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Great video and crossing! Love the classic FS signal near you! Pretty interesting all signals here come from different era's.

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[@railsandsignals9261]

Nice crossing.

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[@railfannick]

Nice catch and crossing!

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[@kyleb06]

Great video and crossing! Love how there's signals from three different decades in use here! As a side note, I wish people wouldn't have their dogs outside all the time disturbing people, as it's really annoying.

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[@TheBCRailfan]

Great Crossing and Video! Love the classic FS cantilever signal, and the GS Type-1 E-Bell!

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[@ericshook9270]

Someone was killed at the Peden mill road yesterday by a train! I was actually in Franklin doing railfanning earlier that day!

[@Brenton81]

The lack of front facing mast lights drives me nuts, especially since there's side lights.

[@freebrickproductions]

Guess the L&N thought there wasn't a need for any since it was on the "wrong side of the street".

[@gmftrainvideos]

Awesome crossing! I love the cantilever and that there are signals to the side!

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[@RailfanNS]

Great Video! Love the classic signals!

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[@AmtrakProductions]

Awesome! I like the GS type 1

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[@vitissubrailfan2540]

why does my comments get hearted so much lol

[@piktureit]

Video = great
Crossing = awesome
Train = awesome
Dog = annoying

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[@ericshook9270]

Nice crossing!

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[@apronchaperon]

Nice!

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[@justawatchinchannelnow6692]

:o that cantilever