Science Guy Actually, those are GRS/WRRS model 10 gate mechanisms. WRRS mini bells are also a current common sight in Maine. Youll find them a lot in the videos in my Maine Series 1, 2, and 3 videos.

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Science Guy ah dont feel bad. There are US&S model 95 gate mechs in Maine. Look up either Longwood Rd, Field Rd, Woodville Rd, Danville Junction, Tuttle Rd, or Greely Rd. You'll find those there.

They just look so similar

@@scienceguy722 They're fairly different in shape.

Thank you buddy. I have always enjoyed the look of the whipple st crossing myself.

why don't you come to Maine sometime and see all these awesome signals? They ain't going anywhere time soon.

Crossingman18 You can probably guess: I have no means of transportation. I also have no idea when the trains run and when I did go up to Maine, I wasn't interested in railfanning yet

Yoshi the Railfanner Guilford/Pan Am usually ran early in the morning between 6-8 and again in the evening between 3-5.

Crossingman18 Since I'm gonna make a road trip somewhere when I'm in college, I'm probably going down to Folkston and filming some of the old signals down there, since I already have seen multiple WRRS bells before

Yoshi the Railfanner... I got some bad news for ya. I went to folkston, before I went to Maine. Check those videos before you make plans. Everything was upgraded there.

Looking at the history of the railroads in Maine, the only information I can find out about this branch was origonally Maine Central back in the 1860's and has basically been the same to this day as the line is the Maine Central Springfield Terminal Railway that was once Guilford and Pan Am Railways, which is now owned by CSX Transportation.

Thanks. When I first found the crossing I wanted to get it in action, but never had the chance in 2007, but had better luck (And a better car in 2014). And yes RS5T's are some of the best horns ever made, and the Mini-bell is my favorite mechanical bell.

Crossingman18 its so fast it almost sounds dutch!

The BC Railfan yeah it does. The mini bell is my #1 favorite crossing bell

@@Crossingman18 what about the US&S teardrop bell?

@@UsTrainsAndSirens The teardrop while it is impressive if you actually FIND one, to me it sounds just like a WRRS mechanical bell with a E Flat tone gong, similar to what use to be on the cantilever crossing at the former Peacock Hill Rd #1 crossing for St Lawrence before the crossing was removed and relocated. But to me, the WRRS mini bell stands out to me as my favorite bell, is because thats usually what I heard while living in Maine, along with the WCH mechanical bell, and a safetran bell if you got lucky on the St Lawrence & Atlantic line.

They didnt have the swinging lantern lights, but did have 1 to 3 WRRS 1590 lantern lights back in 2007.

@@Crossingman18. Where in Maine is this? I'm curious to see if it's still in service

@@DolenzFan5 yeah its still in service. Its located in Lewiston Maine on the Maine Central Springfield Terminal with Pan Am Railways.

thank you :D

Welcome :)

Maine has lots of unique signals around its state. Check out some of my other Maine crossing videos like College Rd, Greely Rd, and fields rd

I never knew

The kind that never look the same, unlike everything on CSX in Alabama. But ain't no crossing that looks more rediculous than Greely Rd

piktureit thats because it is a GRS/WRRS model 10 gate mechanism. ;) These are ALL OVER the state of Maine

I would say most likely the 1950s.

@@thesierrastandard7281 wow! That sounds and looks very good for 60 years old! I'm assuming the original bell was a us&s teardrop bell.

@@UsTrainsAndSirens This is the original bell. To my knowledge WRRS has been making Mini Bells since the 1920s!

@@thesierrastandard7281 wow! Didn't even know that! Still sounds very good after around 60 years of use!

there's a railroad crossing I believe freebrickproductions had got it is located in Portland Tennessee on the old l&n.. it's used everyday by the CSX on the bowling Green sub. but it's about a little bit faster than that and it either sounds to some people like a burglar alarm going off for a school bell ringing..

strange because I got the crossing back in July and it was working perfectly. Now if this video was taken in the winter, it would make Sense as cast iron doesn't do well at all in cold climate conditions and mini's tend to freeze solid in the Maine winter.

Crossingman18 Yeah that is very strange, that's my video you are referring to pluey200. I am glad you came back as recent as you did Crossingman, because I had no idea they fixed the bell. I was here in the summer of 2012, and it rung maybe 3 times then died out, then I was here again in late October (no snow on the ground) of 2013 and it did the same as it did in 2012. But since they just repaved the crossing sometime this year, maybe they tuned up the bell? Either way, I am thrilled to hear it operating! Sorry for the confusion pluey200, I had no idea! And excellent video! I love the faded rims.

dcarpine28 Yep. Whipple is as good as ever, what makes me happy is they actually fixed the bell, instead of scrapping it and replacing it with something else, like you normally would see on a class 1. Whipple St is running strong, and you should be able to hear it again, next time you drop by Lewiston. The backgrounds haven't changed at all. I took pictures here back in 2006 and although they are even more faded out than back then, glad to see they haven't changed at all. Gives those discs some class.

Oh did you? Let me know if you get it in action sometime. I would be happy to see it.

no way. That just goes to show how long these signals have been up. The faded out discs bring class to these old things.

True, but these things get class for the fact they have made it as long as they have. After all they only get better with age. Might as well keep them looking that way too.

I dont make the road names, I just make the train videos. xD

I know lol