Thompson's Station Road Railroad Crossing, Thompson's Station, TN

originally recorded on 7-2-24
Signal on the left: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x24 inch lights with WCH 2nd Generation LEDs and a General Signals Type 1 electronic bell.
After I caught L696, I hung around in the area a bit, first trying to wait on M584 at Trousdale Road in Nashville, before heading to Mallory Station Road in Franklin for L696 to come back south. Unfortunately, L696 wound-up sneaking-up on me at Mallory Station Road, so I hit the road and thankfully was able to successfully chase it down to this crossing in Thompson's Station. Here we see CSX L696 heading back south to Spring Hill, with the GP40-2 leading the SD40-3 for power this time.
This crossing is a pretty nice one, and I believe is the last crossing on the Nashville Sub with any L&N equipment at it. The signals here are a pair of gateless mast signals installed by the L&N back in the 1960s or so (it appears), though, in the late-90s, CSX replaced the bell here with the current GS Type 1 e-bell. Then, sometime between 2008 and 2014, this crossing was given an LED upgrade, and the 8 inch lights that were here were sadly replaced with the current LED Safetran 12x24s. Since then, however, thankfully no further changes have occurred to this crossing. I'm especially glad to see another GS Type 1 e-bell stands here, as they're always nice to see. ‪@EthantheRailfanner‬ was able to confirm two other GS Type 1s exist on this line on this day, and we suspect there may be a fourth in Franklin. We'll just have to see, I guess.
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[@evaneells9105]

Awesome, I look forward to seeing more trains on this Nashville, TN to Columbia, TN line in the days ahead!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! Hopefully! The remains of Beryl may throw a wrench in those plans...

[@evaneells9105]

​@@freebrickproductionsI understand. The Coleman Road Franklin, TN Railroad Crossing has gates that come down when the trains go through!

[@Hawaiianfangamer2020]

Nice catch, love the gs type 1, those are my favorite ebells along with safetran type 3 low pitch

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@jtherailfanner2058]

Nice catch and crossing

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@jadg575]

Nice catch!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@RailroadCrossingsAndFunStuff]

Nice crossing seems like the 12x24 light on the left on the right signal seems mounted further from the mast

[@tux_the_astronaut]

Ye probably so they could angle them without the mast getting in the way

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! And yeah, it's due to the angle of the road here.

[@crazymariobrothers2]

Nice E Bell. Are the lights facing the other street or is it the same street with it turned 120 degrees?

[@freebrickproductions]

Same street.

[@crazymariobrothers2]

@@freebrickproductions ok