Douglas Avenue Railroad Crossing, Nashville, TN

originally recorded on 6-21-24
Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Leotek EV Series LEDs, a WCH mechanical bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with Leotek EV Series LEDs, a Safetran Type 2 electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and RECO LED gate lights.
While waiting on M533, I142 had pulled-up alongside it to my south, so, once I was able to film M533, I grabbed my camera and hopped on into my car to make my way north across Nashville. I decided to head back to the crossing here at Douglas Avenue and wait for it, getting to meet another railfan from North Carolina while I was waiting. However, to my surprise, rather than sending I142 like I thought they would, CSX wound-up lining a southbound train through here instead. As such, I got to see my tenth and final train of the day here: CSX M281 with a pair of ES44AHs for power. After this, I went down to Foster Street (where I documented the new NEG e-bell there for the site) and tried to wait on I142. However, once the sunset, I decided it was too dark to continue to wait and went on back home to Huntsville for the evening. Still a pretty successful day today overall, if I must say!
Thankfully, nothing has changed to this crossing since I last recorded it back in 2021. Glad to see the WCH mechanical bell on the far side is still around.
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[@jtherailfanner2058]

Nice catch and crossing love this bell combo I love the ebell too

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@joshuatherailfannerproduct7576]

Nice catch that E-bell is probably going to die soon at least the other bell is still loud and healthy

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! I believe this one's been a bit quiet for a few years now, Safetran Type 2/older NEG e-bells ain't the loudest bells out there to begin with.

[@ericshook9270]

⁠@@freebrickproductionsit’s definitely more quiet than it used to be but at the same time I don’t know if CSX could have done something to it or if the speaker could be getting slightly weaker!

[@freebrickproductions]

@@ericshook9270 I suppose it could be the latter. It was also a pretty cold day last time (didn't get above freezing) so the sound would've travelled a bit easier.

[@hhwinterproductions8850]

NS 4822 is on 363

[@freebrickproductions]

I'm aware.