Most of the crossings along the Rochester Sub here in western NY have been updated to newer LED lights and gate mechanisms and only a handful of crossings just got newer LED lights and didn’t get a full on replacement. The NS Southern Tier is flooded with older crossing installations although only sees a max of 6-10 trains a day
Hey I have a question so I do crossing tours on my UA-cam channel and I need to know how can you tell the difference between a westerwestern Cullen Hayes clamp style base and other brands?
Was out of town for about a week and then been sick with COVID since then. Before I left there hadn't been any major changes since my last update video on it, outside of maybe the new gateless signal having a crossbuck added to it (though it still hadn't been installed).
@@freebrickproductions okay just curious because it seems like NS is slowly starting to move away from the Siemens equipment and was just wondering if it might be the case for Pratt Ave
@@DTVM2003 Nah, it appears they're still using Siemens equipment. Outside of the US&S Model 95s in the Carolinas (and parts of Georgia and Tennessee) and their trial a few years back of WCH gate mechs (mostly up in the midwest), I haven't seen much sign of them moving towards any other brands. Only exception is General Signals for e-bells on new signals, for the most-part.
@@freebrickproductions I say that because class j video productions and Nicholas Miles have both documented crossings on NS main lines that have been recently upgraded to all Western Cullen Hayes equipment in Virginia and Ohio along with NEG e bells and either WCH 2nd gen LEDs or leotek EV series LEDs, and it just made me think they would do the same thing to Pratt avenue
@DTVM2003 The new equipment for Pratt Avenue can be seen in at least one of my update videos, and it's all Siemens equipment (save for the bells, which I don't believe have shown-up yet). And just because one division of NS is trialing WCH and other brands of stuff again doesn't mean that other divisions are gonna follow suit. The Gulf Division (previously the Alabama Division) never used any of the WCH gate mechs or US&S gate mechs when other divisions were using them, for example. The Tennessee Division, which the Memphis Districts were apart of prior to the dissolution of that division, also didn't adopt e-bells as quickly as the other divisions I've noticed.
I know I’m very late on this. But I have to say, great job on another compilation of older railroad crossings on the CSX Railroad.
Thanks!
The name of this line is definitely one of the names of all time
Named that because of a certain predecessor that once owned it.
No bells for the first video? Why?
The L&N just never installed any there it seems.
Here's a good place to get video of trains along the CSX Transportation's mainline try over on Adam Shepherd Parkway just off of Buckman Street.
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why hasnt CSX updated their crossings yet?
Because they ain't needed to along this line.
@@freebrickproductions fair point
Because they don’t need to?
It a very expensive project, and it's a waste of money
Most of the crossings along the Rochester Sub here in western NY have been updated to newer LED lights and gate mechanisms and only a handful of crossings just got newer LED lights and didn’t get a full on replacement. The NS Southern Tier is flooded with older crossing installations although only sees a max of 6-10 trains a day
EMD TIER 4 ?
Huh, that’s odd in first one, no bells?
Nope.
It's rare.
Hey I have a question so I do crossing tours on my UA-cam channel and I need to know how can you tell the difference between a westerwestern Cullen Hayes clamp style base and other brands?
DPU I see you
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Any updates on Pratt avenue?
Was out of town for about a week and then been sick with COVID since then. Before I left there hadn't been any major changes since my last update video on it, outside of maybe the new gateless signal having a crossbuck added to it (though it still hadn't been installed).
@@freebrickproductions okay just curious because it seems like NS is slowly starting to move away from the Siemens equipment and was just wondering if it might be the case for Pratt Ave
@@DTVM2003 Nah, it appears they're still using Siemens equipment. Outside of the US&S Model 95s in the Carolinas (and parts of Georgia and Tennessee) and their trial a few years back of WCH gate mechs (mostly up in the midwest), I haven't seen much sign of them moving towards any other brands.
Only exception is General Signals for e-bells on new signals, for the most-part.
@@freebrickproductions I say that because class j video productions and Nicholas Miles have both documented crossings on NS main lines that have been recently upgraded to all Western Cullen Hayes equipment in Virginia and Ohio along with NEG e bells and either WCH 2nd gen LEDs or leotek EV series LEDs, and it just made me think they would do the same thing to Pratt avenue
@DTVM2003 The new equipment for Pratt Avenue can be seen in at least one of my update videos, and it's all Siemens equipment (save for the bells, which I don't believe have shown-up yet).
And just because one division of NS is trialing WCH and other brands of stuff again doesn't mean that other divisions are gonna follow suit. The Gulf Division (previously the Alabama Division) never used any of the WCH gate mechs or US&S gate mechs when other divisions were using them, for example.
The Tennessee Division, which the Memphis Districts were apart of prior to the dissolution of that division, also didn't adopt e-bells as quickly as the other divisions I've noticed.