Southeast US Railroad Crossings 2016
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Finally got this done! Interestingly enough, the crossing at the beginning and the crossing at the end are the two signalized crossings from Gurley, AL. This video is also almost three and a half hours long, so you might want to make sure you have plenty of time to watch this in. It also contains 126 different railroad crossings. My camera also liked to shut off early a couple of times for some reason, so a few of these recordings might not show the signals shutting off all the way. The vast majority of the crossings I recorded this year also had incandescent lights.
2016 wasn't that great a year for the world as a whole, but it was one of my best years railfanning. I caught several new trains (due to a few old ones on the NS Memphis District East End being removed and/or replaced) and railfanned in Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida for the first time. I also saw a much greater variety in crossing equipment this year than last year, including a crossing with four mechanical bells! I was also able to record some General Signals Type 3 electronic bells for the first time in 2016, along with recording 8 inch GRS Lex-C lights as well. Monroe Street's crossing in Courtland, AL was also closed, but the signals got re-installed at Jackson Street in the same town to replace the aging gateless signals there. Alabama Street in Courtland, AL also had the signals there get replaced, along with the signals at Old Trinity Road in Trinity, AL and Mooresville Road in Bella Mina, AL. Market Street in Athens also got the signals replaced with gated cantilevers, including a pedestrian signal on one side of the crossing. This crossing also had one of the first known installs of Leotek EV series LEDs. During 2016, I was also able to get every single public signalized crossing in Madison County, AL recorded. I was also able to find a few CSX crossings that still retained the which emergency information signs, along with an NS crossbuck crossing in Decatur, AL which still had one. I also managed to find a crossing in Tennessee with a mechanical school bell as the bell in use on it.
There were several changes to the railroads as well, other than Norfolk Southern getting rid of, rerouting, and creating several trains. Norfolk Southern got ET44AC engines in the first part of the summer, and the HMCR got three B38-8s, though one of them was out of commission for the entire year. CSX also retired all of their standard-cab GEs during 2016, and sent a number of them back to GE, IIRC. I was also able to catch various other railroads' Tier-4 GEVOs this year, such as CSX, BNSF, and UP. All three of those railroads got their Tier-4s back in 2015.
Who is watching this in 2024
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40:43 This SafeTran Bell is beautiful and the NS GP38/GP40 The K5LA Horn sound is very beautiful!
GP40-2, and it has an RS3L.
Oh. Thanks. I didn't know. RS3L's are my favorite horns.
@@freebrickproductionswhat is a dietector for trains
@@josephraymundantonio4570 "dietector"?
@@freebrickproductions yes
Hey 👋 may I use this sound effect for my TH-cam videos? I wanted to ask your permission before I use this sound effects.
Sure, just give me credit.
@@freebrickproductionsthank you 😊
Am i the only one who enjoys this video?
Idk?
13:05this type of bell is my favorite! I love the mechanical ones that ring rapidly
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@No Ah yes the Safetran mechanical bells! I own one. They are indeed pretty cool bells.
Safetran Gen 2
40:43 This Crossing is where i took a tour a few days after you, I didn't post it cause its on my other phone which is broken 🙄. Signal on the right: SafeTran Base, SafeTran Bell and I forgot the type of lights. Signal on the left: SafeTran Lights (im sure) SafeTran Base, (there is no bell.) I'll find the video.
All lights at that crossing are Safetran 12x20s.
@@freebrickproductions Ok.
19:57 is my favourite
Shame the signals there were replaced...
Love that ex cnw with the motor bell (still working!) at 1:09:20
What is the location of this crossing at first one?
I think I've stated it in some other comments on this video before...
It's Gurley Pike in Gurley, AL.
@@freebrickproductions Check.
whos gonna watch 3 hours of trains
A lot of people, apparently.
@@freebrickproductions yeah true
I just saw the CEX train, congratulations!! Is new, repaired, repainted, good as new. Now they can drive anywhere since is finally fixed, I'm meaning the 9554 CEX train.
You mean CSX, there is no CEX brand. But it is CSX 9554, now HMCR 9554
@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul CEX is an off brand
@ Anthony Bondi Give Princeton, Indiana a try trains run through here almost like day and night the only time that there might be fewer trains will be between the hours of 6:00 pm-8:00 pm the rest of the time it is almost a mad house train after train including the intermodal trains, usually my roommate and I go where we can catch a lot of them, we have some very unusual spots for instance when we are in Evansville, we usually go by Howell Yard and we can catch some action there, another good spot is the Depot in Princeton, don’t know of many in Vincennes but you have some good spots that you go to. Don’t dismiss the Southwestern parts of Indiana.
You made me obsessed with trains 😂
At 2:15 I see a McDonalds across the tracks. It seems like there are hundreds of McDonalds within sight of the railroads. There should be a list of all the McDonalds that you can eat at and watch trains. lol
Lol true.
@@kylesnider1784 but what state is that And what city is that
@@josecotts5403 what do you mean?
yeah in my town there is a McDonald’s and you can’t really see it but there is train tracks behind it
@@josecotts5403The railroad Crossing street name is Milton Ave, Marianna FL.
Гарний відеосюжет!!! Пречудовий!!! Я з превеликим задоволенням переглядатиму його ще безліч разів. І в мене приємні враження від цього. Річ у тім, що мені подобається бачити важкенні, кількасоттонні довгі потяги. Але в першу чергу мене вражає тривалість відеосюжету. 203 з половиною хвилини!!! Це справді захопливо і вражаюче!!!
Дякую!
0:17 train horn
At 2:54:42, I was laughing at that white car that immediately stopped on the other side when the crossing signals turned on and everyone else continued to move. That driver was all like, "I'm just going to sit here and follow the law while y'all be stupid."
18:42 that hi rail went a little too soon
Am I the only one who enjoys the sound of the mechanical bells??
No.
no
Nah, i do too ^^
Yesn't
No I love them!
Lots have General Signal (Type 2)
absolutely love the first one, the horn was nice
Yes indeed it was nice I love it
K5LLA varient
Oh yea nice and loud lol
Also the last last one is alittle better to
8:02 is that literally how far the gate on the left can go up?
Yea.
dont understand all the dislikes, great video. I appreciate your work.
Thanks!
2:51:57 That's one loud Nathan K5LLA train horn! It's so loud it can bust your eardrums.
I like trains because they go on tracks
duhh they belong on the tracks not the street
how many cars were on that intermodel train at 00:28?
At 2:35:27 what crossing is that and nice Safetran type 1 E-bell on it
US 278 in Guin, AL.
The Safetran Type 1 there was later replaced with a GS Type 3, and the crossing has since had the signals at it replaced entirely.
@@freebrickproductions thanks and rip type 1
I would like to view it on google maps. Also, what was the road name of this crossing at 1:21?
www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Marianna/Milton/
Amazing, great railway system, best wishes
Thanks!
Trooper 278 how do you saw some pick up to go in around the trash and you saw a video with two children that got killed by a train and it’s ridiculous
Awesome Video!
Thanks!
Where is that at 1:25:53 ? That is an awesome crossing and assortment of older locomotives!
Mountain Gap Road, Huntsville, AL.
That WCH E Bell is dead. It needs replaced
@@medicisfunny7279 I get it
0:32 thats a fast train
Great Video!!
Thanks!
If i was the guy at 9:10 i would of been shouting “Choo choo”
I love trains
I do too agree with you my dad likes these too
down the dirt road in capac they have same crossing with the lights on the side
On the first one i loved the sound of the freight train approaching
That horn is a K5LLA
@@CrazyMarioRailfan2it was cool
these are awesome!
Oliver you are a bad boy
Dafuq you mean
Wow the trains come quickly !
Well, the FRA only requires a minimum activation time of 20 seconds before the train enters the crossing, and most railroads have their crossings set to automatically activate about 25-30 seconds before the train reaches the crossing.
@@freebrickproductions in Spain it's you have to wait 10 minutes in railroad crossing 🤣
The reason for long wait times at level crossings in Europe is that they typically have special signals or regular train signals which indicate the state of a level crossing's protection. In other words, an unsecure level crossing will cause the signal system to tell the train to stop. In order for the train to stop in time, the level crossing has to be activated very early so that the signal system can let the train come to a safe stop.
@@jovetj ok, thanks for your explainantion.
1:21:47 Me watching the gate in the back: …………………….Take your time please………………….THANK YOU…
Nice catches of the trains.
Thanks!
freebrickproductions Your welcome.
The teardrop lives!
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@@freebrickproductions I’m talking about the teardrop bill at 19th Ave.
@@freebrickproductions bell
@@carstrainsandcrossings8639 Yea, I know. It still does, lol.
@@freebrickproductions lol
I like every train video you put on it reminds me that I have a train book
An atn train might come in the end
love the sound of the Norfolk Southern 1109's horn its so pretty
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Yeah K5LLA’S do sound great
That is a really fantastic video!! I love all trains and railroad crossing!
Thank you!
Fantastic video, thumbs up and subscribed
Thanks!
These are nice clips, I really liked the train at 47:12
Lol
1:20:21 The bell is ringing very fast.
It's literally a school bell used as a crossing bell, so...
Now that’s a good way to alert people who don’t stop lol
I like the gong bell on that NKCR locomotive at 1:09:13.
I wonder if that was an ex-CNW locomotive. They had a lot of those style bells, and to my knowledge, were the only folks to ever use em.
@@ronaldronald42421 yep probably is ex CNW
One time I saw a railroad crossing was lighting up because I saw the train
3.8 million views that’s alot
4.7M Right now
That first train was going dangerously fast
Not really.
Why the hell did i get this while searching for doom 2 commander keen Easter egg
I noticed how the gates stop making a sound when the train's horn sounds. It's different from where I live, where the gates continue to chime until the train is gone and the train's horn never sounds.
Norfolk Southern sets their bells to shut-off when the gates have lowered, usually.
Nice video
Thanks!
16:25 Nice catch!
Thanks!
Fast train with an awesome horn! Nice catch and Great video! What leader was that?
Thanks! Which one?
freebrickproductions The very first one.
Yannitron 9000 It was a Union Pacifc SD70M leader, IIRC.
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@@freebrickproductions I thought it was a SD70ACe
2:15:29 it’s my favorite crossing remind me when I went to an STH 10 tornado siren
i have watched a hour of this
13:07 Those gates go down very slow
@James Royer lol
Good shots
Thanks!
Okay I have a question.
What is the crossing with those extra lights on the side called?
I know their used for roads on the side of the tracks. (Look at the first crossing in this video).
Gurley Pike, Gurley, AL.
No those extra lights aren’t for vehicles to know to stop, they are so the engineers know that the railroad crossing is operating correctly
What is the main railroad company that runs through MN?
Nice video dude my favorite comment was that long ass one
Thanks!
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3:48 ns first responders train
same with 16:26
the gnat pond road crossing in leighton AL,the main street crossing in hillsboro AL and the CR 8 crossing in woodville AL look the same
They all use the same equipment for the most part.
I’ve seen some CSX trains crossing some railroad tracks here in my hometown. And that why I live in Henderson, Kentucky. When I was a kid, my family and I lived on Second Street and I love watching some trains. And now we live on Center Street.
LOVE RAILROAD CROSSINGS
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The sky and the trains and the car
5:02 I know That Second NS engine, #9668. I once saw it leading, a few years ago.Beautiful horn, Leading #9562
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11:00-Why did the train only honk twice and in the south the bells usually stop when the gate descends. What is the difference?
I think the gate on the far side just doesn't lower all the way for some reason. And I'm guessing the engineer just didn't feel like doing the horn sequence.
The bells at 1:20:20 sound like fire bells.
0:01 what did the radio static say? It sounded like it said: I hope you gargle tractor fuel or something.
It was a yard job talking about having an open track at the yard.
And a 80 MPH limit zone
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Wow nice railway
Thanks!
Is there a channel that DOESN'T cut the trains? I want to see the whole train, not just the front.
All of these videos were taken from videos that I've recorded throughout the year, and each of the videos in this can be found on my channel without anything cut out from the trains.
The cuts in this video were only done to save time, TBH.
1 MILLION!
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Not 1 million
If you're gonna be hateful, Take it somewhere else, David aka Freebrickproductions doesn't like hate on his channel. Take your hate elsewhere!
At 1:41 was this originally an open crossing? Same with 8:03
8:03 also has a faulty gate mechanism [left one] At 11:49 what's that crossing further down the road?
At 13:28 if you look very carefully, you can see that the two signals are out of sync.
At 16:07 why does the bell[s] shut off before both gates are lowered? At 17:32 is that a gate light on top of the closest cantilever?
At 18:22 doesn't that count as misuse?
At 18:36 why 2 bells on one side?
At 20:07 this crossing is just plain confusing. why put a third signal in? Surely it would be cheaper to put a crash barrier down and make traffic use the T-junction? And they can just drive around the far right gate.
At 24:39 that train was making one hell of a racket!
At 17:00 why did the traffic light change back to green after the gates started to descend? At 28:43 surely they need gates on that thing. Or they need to put in some kind of alert for more than one train.
At 30:00 Wow a gate stabiliser! and sagging gate on close left signal.
At 32:44 is it that one of the bells is dead or is it that they are perfectly in sync? At 35:09 why did the emergency info face into the crossing?
At 38:59 That took a long time for the gates to raise.
At 40:56 what was that crossing with E-bells that can be heard just before the videoed crossing activated?
At 45:45 what would happen if the gate hits one of the overhead lights?
At 46:23 that crossing needs gates
At 50:26 dead bell?
At 54:35 is it just me or did one signal start up later than the other?
At 58:02 what an epic catch!
At 1:05:20 was that the broken light lying on the ground just to the left of the right hand signal?
At 1:05:39 wait... Cantilever gate mechs?
At 1:70:08 MISUSE!!!!
At 1:20:28 what the heck is wrong with the bell?
At 1:25:46 what are the middle two lights for on the traffic lights?
At 1:27:05 whoa! Re- activation!
At 1:34:00 nice catch with the teardrop.
At 1:39:41 why put brand new signals on a permanently closed road?
At 1:4:18 I think you'll agree all crossings look better at night.
At 1:58:45 what the heck is going on with the right signal setup?
At 2:11:56 why have two sets of back lights on the left cantilever?
At 2:15:21 What append to the right hand cantilever?
At 2:18:00 why isn't there more than one bell?
At 2:20:57 what an absolute twit! There was even a sign to say not to stop on the tracks!
At 1:27:43 I thought that red flashing lights and descending gates meant stop...
At 2:31:30 the closest gate mech needs a dampen putting in.
At 2:25:34 what happened to that E-bell?
At 2:37:57 I've commented on this crossing before... And where are the mast lights?
At 2:46:41 if looked at from the right angle, the HMCR locos look like a gate o the crossing.
At 2:50:17 what are the right signals higher lights for?
At 2:53:26 is it just me or did those gate mechs rev a lot?
At 2:54:49 again, that crossing needs gates.
P.S. I prefer it if you didn't include the trains. It makes the video a lot less time consuming to watch. Don't get me wrong it is a great video, but I needed to keep TH-cam open all night to keep this comment saved.
1:41/8:03 - No. 1:41 is how the L&N did their gated set-ups for a long time, and 8:03 had the original gate masts replaced back in the 1990s.
8:03 - The gate mechanism doesn't go all the way up due to the power line that would be struck by the gate arm if it did.
11: 49 - Elledge Lane #2 in Muscle Shoals, AL. Should be shown in this video as well. www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Muscle_Shoals/Elledge2/
13:28 - I'm not really seeing it.
16:07 - The bell at the crossing is wired through the farther gate mech, which lowers much quicker than the closer one.
17:32 - Yes, with a blue lens in it.
18:22 - Yes and no. Since the train had already cleared the crossing, they could proceed on through, as long as they had stopped first.
18:36 - The bell on the cantilever was disconnected when the new masts were installed back in the 1980s by CSX, and has never been removed. 8:03 is a similar situation.
20:07 - Traffic from the right is only allowed to turn right, with right-turn traffic only being the traffic allowed onto the side street. The one signal sits in a traffic island that directs the two right-turn movements, thus traffic can't go around the gate.
24:39 - There was a ton of people (from the nearby high school, it appeared) hanging around the tracks just up the line from the crossing at another crossing in the area.
26:40 - That is so that any cars on the tracks waiting at the traffic light can clear the crossing when it activates.
28:43 - The crossing is in a small yard along the ATN's line between Gadsden and Birmingham, AL. The crossing only sees about one train a day anyways (not including any switching going on in the yard).
30:00 - Both cantilever signals there have gate stabilizers.
32:44 - The latter.
35:09 - Because NS. When the blue DOT tags were initially adopted by them, they had them facing towards the road. This meant that the gated signals and gate masts for cantilevers had them facing right into the gate arm/conversion bracket. Oops!
38:59 - The train was moving really slowly.
40:56 - Church Street, Town Creek, AL. www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Town_Creek/Church/
45:40 - It would get stuck on the light-head.
46:23 - It does. The two crossings around it see less traffic but have gates while this one doesn't, for some reason.
50:26 - It works, but is way, way to quiet. It's part of the reason why Safetran Type 2/NEG e-bells are my least favorite bell (apart from being very bland sounding).
54:35 - One signal does start before the other. I've seen a few other crossings that do that as well.
58:02 - Thanks! I was kinda on the wrong side for this one though.
1:05:20 - Yes. Redneck Railfanner now has the light in his possession.
1:05:39 - Yep! They're rather rare though. I usually only see them used in areas where there isn't enough room for a standard gated cantilever set-up.
1:07:08 - I've seen worse.
1:20:28 - It's quite literally a mechanical school bell/fire alarm bell used instead of a standard crossing bell there. Why? I guess because the L&N was tight on cash at the time.
1:25:46 - As far as I can tell, absolutely nothing! One even has a broken lens.
1:27:05 - Tail-ring malfunctions are always fun!
1:34:00 - Thank you. It's the only active Teardrop I've been able to record. Have yet to get the one in Odenville, AL on the ATN.
1:39:41 - Signals were installed two years before the crossing was closed, and I don't think NS or Courtland, AL ever anticipated that the crossing would've gotten closed at the time. They got re-used at the next crossing over though.
1:46:18 - That was actually the late evening on a cloudy day, though I do agree they look nice in the dark. Hard to film them then though.
1:58:45 - I think the 8 inch lights at the bottom were meant to be side lights originally, facing eastbound traffic on US 72 that was turning left, before the intersection of AL 65 and US 72 was redone.
2:11:56 - Because there are no rear mast lights.
2:15:21 - Because it's an extendable RACO cantilever. Moulton Street in Decatur has Federal Signals's equivalent to that.
2:18:00 - Because either it's a direct replacement of the old L&N/NC&StL signals that were at the crossing, or CSX figured that the WCH mechanical bell was loud enough for the crossing when the signals got installed back in the 1990s.
2:20:57 - That don't stop everyone though.
2:27:43 - Some people just don't care, or need to get to their destination by yesterday, or just think the rules don't apply to them as they are _The Most Important Person On The Road_ (or _TMIPOTR_, for short).
2:31:30 - The signals haven't gotten much maintenance since the ATN took over the line from CSX.
2:35:34 - That's a Safetran "Type 1" e-bell. They were just made that way. IDK why, but it was rather flimsy (and probably more of them have been removed due to the supports breaking rather than the bell dying).
2:37:57 - You probably have, and no idea why there's no mast lights other than the side lights.
2:46:41 - Those reflective stripes do kinda look like that...
2:50:17 - Side lights at the crossing for a driveway right next to the tracks.
2:53:26 - It's not just you. The gate mech on the right seems to be aging rapidly since it was put back up on the replacement signal.
2:54:49 - The HMCR doesn't want gates (for reasons I've stated several times before), but Airport Road and Governors Drive are both crossings along their line that could probably use some gates.
Thank you so much for the information! I realise it must have taken you as long to reply as it took me to wright it up. However there is one that i missed.
At 47:10 The signal on the left is just a waste of money. And it makes 3 pairs of lights: To set, Bottom set, Vertical set.
But again, please leave the trains out.
47:10 - The lights are set-up that way, as the city of Athens planted a tree in front of the signal, which grew and blocked the main lights. So CSX went and installed a newer signal with another set of lights on it. However, the tree has grown some more, blocking both sets of lights.
I'm not really planning on it, as most people probably want to see the trains in these. I know with my Railroad Crossings videos, people always complain about how I leave the trains out in those.
Easily solved... Make one video without the trains and one video with the trains. That way both problems are solved.
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I just noticed... one of my friends caught a train at the same crossing at 1:06:53.. Had the same bell and everything.
Yea, that's 41st Street #2 in Birmingham.
@@freebrickproductions that’s literally the same place he railfans-
We have a Malfunctioning one in the middle of Pampa, Tx And White Deer, Tx, its near the Kingsmill Elevator
I was kinda confused since metal gates were closed and i didn't see any people that were bringing out any carts or what
Man..old comment go brrr
Do you really want to know why I would not like trains? BECAUSE THEY ARE SO LOUD I CAN BARELY CLOSE MY EARS JUST ABOUT THIS WIDE
Just how wide?
omg 0:17 the horn and 16:14 great
Dont forget the very last one to
Great crossings
Thanks!
I'm a AWS. welder Cantiliver, Cases, Houses and Gate for Railroad Crossings, Lots of item in this video was my company made it.
these engineers don't have to hold the horn for that long
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They do actually. It is required by law that the train blows a specific pattern witch goes as such (long,long,short,long) The final long blast of the horn must be held Until the front plow of the locomotive crosses the entire roadway. Federal railroad administration rule 14 a.
Well they do so stop worrying about their jobs and stay the hell out their business
Next time don’t tell people what they “don’t have” to do because you don’t fucking know!
People watch this for fun, meanwhile here by the Norfolk International Terminal, I curse the day I get stuck at a crossing. Could be an hour
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I like the rr crossing at 6:25.
Me too
Congrats, The video finally reached 1 million!
(I get that I'm late lol)
I love that horn 1:27
It's K5La
1:20:21 When class is over
Lol
I think that was a cargo train that just came by...idk
All tracks
Also, is there a video for the Train/Railroad crossing at 2:39:48? That is my favorite crossing video in this out of all of these. :)
US 431 (the one with four cantilever signals) or Cleveland Avenue? Either way, yes there are, and they're both on my channel.
Okay thanks
Yannitron 9000 that is Cleveland Ave
frankpierce2008 Okay thanks
ever noticed how 2:17:17 and 2:38:00 is the same train? same number and cars and stuff
That's because I chased that train, lol.
2:53:40 you catch the New York Central Norfolk Southern Hertz unit
Plus they caught NS 1111 "The Barcode Unit" with it.
I’ve always wanted to see a CSX engine but my town doesn’t have them 😐
My favorites: 11:38 12:54 19:57 24:20
Nice work!
My town does
@@Anticountryhumansguy nice
@@dakotapw2903 I know right
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@@dakotapw2903 I used to live in Uxbridge Massachusetts and Only P&W Went there But they have some Forgan power smtms
Anybody know who made those kind of cantilevers at 1:19 and at 6:18? I have a few in my area.
WCH, IIRC. WRRS and Federal Signal also made ones of both styles. WRRS ones use Union Metal bases, while Federal Signal and WCH have a different base with a tag on it (usually) that names the manufacturer. Both cantilevers at 6:18 are Federal Signal/WCH, BTW. The left-hand one is just an extendable variant of the right-hand one.
Excelente vídeo obrigado.
Obrigado! Você é muito bem-vindo!
1:20:20 - this crossing bell sounds like a fire alarm, also includes a really slow gate mechanism.
It does
Matthew H it kinda does actually
It is a fire alarm. I think David said that this is an old L&N crossing setup
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OMFG that "firehouse bell" is so friggin annoying!!! 😵😵😵