Southeastern Avenue & Oriental Street Railroad Crossing, Indianapolis, IN

[@TheBCRailfan]

Great crossing! Love those classic signals, especially the WRRS bells!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! Shame the weather was trying to freeze one of 'em.

[@BBFHD7216]

Cool catch! Old Wrrs mechanical bells in oriental street, and modern industries mechanical bell sound like safetran mechanical bell!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! There are only WRRS bells at this crossing, lol.

[@BBFHD7216]

@@freebrickproductionsoh, right. I thought it was. 🙂

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Probably my second favorite type of cantilever signal is the safeTran drop arm cantilever like this one the gantry on the cantilever closely resembles the ones found on some traffic light cantilevers where I come from there’s a lot of them still in service specially for any drop arm cantilever signals haven’t seen any examples what I’m more commonly see is first my most favorite being the Raco CO type cantilever signals

[@freebrickproductions]

This isn't Safetran, Safetran never made cantilevers of this style.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@freebrickproductions oh my bad still pretty cool I wonder what signal company actually made the drop arm cantilever signal model?

[@freebrickproductions]

@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan Not entirely sure, I know WRRS, FS, and later WCH all sold 'em. The older WRRS ones tend to have Union Metal bases, whom also make/made traffic/street light mast-arms IIRC, but IDK if they actually made these or if WRRS did and they sourced bases from Union Metal. If they ain't got the Union Metal bases, then I typically see 'em with FS or WCH branding on the tags of the bases, should the tags remain, and rarely with WRRS branding.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@freebrickproductions that’s very cool I did not know that another cool type of candle lever is the old style 1950s union switch and signal company cantilever signals which I believe was also made by Griswold I can’t know for sure here’s a link to a pair of these signals in action
th-cam.com/video/lLXJcj0LTKY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sTA6mZHIKonFgEMW

[@freebrickproductions]

@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan I think those may have been made by a third party, although I cannot confirm, as multiple brands sold those with their own branding and few, if any, changes to the design.

[@observationpostcharlie1365]

I lived there as a kid late 60s early 70s prr worked that yard there supior coffee was there the building on the right was the old serta mattress co we use to watch them load semi trailers with a early 60s international semi

[@SailorgalaxyGabrieljacobhunt06]

Congratulations

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@SailorgalaxyGabrieljacobhunt06]

@@freebrickproductions your welcome

[@Zoompipes]

I growed up there late 60s an early 70s use to sit and watch them put trailer on rail cars with an old international r160

[@Hawaiianfangamer2020]

Nice video and btw is that leota ave that is close to this crossing, if so then why is it so close

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! Yes, and it's just the way the streets here were laid-out.

[@Zoompipes]

There is a lil switch yard there

[@mattlogue1300]

Umm, so the ambulance/fire engine just had to chill there. Kinda sucked but hey it was near the end.