Main Street Railroad Crossing, Ohatchee, AL

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Great Rail Therapy my friend Big like from Romania

[@handdryersrule]

Very cool crossing! Love the setup!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@handdryersrule]

@@freebrickproductions Yw!

[@TheCandoRailfan]

Interesting Lashup. I love that cute little cantilever!

[@freebrickproductions]

Same here!

[@TheCandoRailfan]

Short lines can sometimes have pretty interesting lashups. One time I had a CEMR lashup with Ex-CN GP9RM CCGX 4119 in Zebra Stripes, Ex-IAIS SD38-2 CEFX 6057 in patched IAIS Colours, and Ex-CP CEMR SD40-2 in the CEMR Scheme.

[@freebrickproductions]

Taylorover9001 - The Cando Railfan The HMCR here in Huntsville doesn't have as many engines as some shortlines, but they have an ex-Everette Valley SW9 (in a slightly modified EV paint scheme, but it's out of service), an ex-CSX MOW/L&N U23B (used to be in the CSX MOW paint scheme until they repainted it last year), one of the last three known ex-Southern B23-7s to retain its original high-hood (also in the HMCR's paint scheme, used to be in NS's paint sheme), and two B39-8s (one is ex-SLRG, the other is ex-MMA, both are in their previous owners paint, but the SLRG has patches on the side; the ex-MMA one is also out of service).

[@TheCandoRailfan]

Pretty cool. My favourite shortline in Winnipeg, the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway, only has two working locomotives, which are both MLW RS23's. The BNSF shortline in Winnipeg only has one locomotive working in Winnipeg at a time, which is currently BNSF 1523, a GP28-2.

[@DiamondTheNerd]

Same

[@takeadrive]

Super video ! 👍

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@takeadrive]

@@freebrickproductions You're welcome !

[@DJ_FOOD_STAMP]

Nice Catch !

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@thebnsftracker1317]

This is 1 of the coolest crossings ever! Awesome video, man!

[@freebrickproductions]

I agree! Thanks!

[@thebnsftracker1317]

Ur welcome!

[@brendacarrillo3395]

Minecraft

[@calpeninsularailfan]

@@brendacarrillo3395 no

[@tornadochaser283]

@@freebrickproductions Is that an older style cantilever?

[@ElliottWolcott]

Nice catch of the freight train.

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@ElliottWolcott]

freebrickproductions Your welcome.

[@Chris-xk3bp]

What a great classic crossing! It's a shame they got rid of the teardrop bell though.

[@freebrickproductions]

Yep! It appears the Seaboard Coast Line or CSX was the one who replaced the Teardrop bell, and it was with a WCH mechanical bell. That mechanical bell was replaced sometime between 2009 and 2014 with the e-bell you see here.

[@Joethaboss66]

Got any vids of the teardrop or WCH bells?

[@freebrickproductions]

No, they were replaced years ago.

[@Crossingman18]

Excellent catch with the ex "bloody nose" leading. That signal is very rare. Well done.

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@carbon2983]

i havent seen you comment on other videos in a long time

[@freebrickproductions]

Carbon2983 Trains I still comment on them.

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

I think that cantilever was formerly a wig wag. Amherst has a few crossings with mini cantilever signals like that on Whitney st. and bridge st. they later just took the wig wags off while keeping the pole and just added regular flashers to the pole.

[@freebrickproductions]

Nope! This is actually just how US&S did some of their small cantilevers back in the day. If you look at this crossing, you can see that it was designed to mount the lights like this: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Ohatchee/Main/

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

+freebrickproductions omg! I saw it on the website. I'm familiar with RXR signals so I'm not surprised.

[@tommyhunter1817]

With all that horn blowing and all that power, I thought a real train was coming.

[@freebrickproductions]

Well, it is a real train. :P

[@curraheewolf]

I like that crossing! Greta video! Happy railroading!!!!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@yenichaky9991]

Aayh

[@yenichaky9991]

Zaki

[@yenichaky9991]

Mama

[@RunninEight]

That's an amazing RS3L! Nice vid!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@ronnywhite2926]

Of gym

[@hermanuslemmer1695]

That train was making so much noise that I would not have trusted the warning lights!

[@thomasshebat2351]

I guess he was making it loud and clear

[@arelymartinez3744]

Jk

[@michaelpatanella]

That's cause without gates people are morons

[@JawTooth]

He blows the horn forever while approaching but then stops blowing 4 seconds before he gets on the crossing. Kind of odd.

[@freebrickproductions]

There had been a bunch of kids trespassing on the line, plus another crossing, all to the east of here. Not sure why he didn't blow through the crossing.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

I like how the video ended at ''4:20''

[@Loverboy7789.]

freebrickproductions some States Don't blow Train Horns to keep the Neighborhood peaceful And Quiet

[@real_doombastic]

Yeah.... kill dumb people crossing the tracks .... the sleep of others is much more important ... wtf?

[@mypsnforxboxisaridasylumja5777]

freebrickproductions wow 330k viewS

[@KCSRailstudios]

Love the EX-SP

[@davidnissim9203]

With the amount of times the horn was blowing, you’d expect it to fly through the crossing.

[@filipplayz8772]

yep, wierd that he did not blow it trought the crossing

[@sicilian12345]

The third unit is an Ex CN unit, nice catch!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! The ATN actually has two ex-CN engines (both GP40-2Ws), but one of them has already been repainted.

[@George_M55729]

that was the loudest train I ever heard!!!!! Could you please consider doing a crossing tour if you haven't already?

[@freebrickproductions]

The ATN has upped the speed through here from 10 MPH to 25 MPH, and I plan on coming back to record this crossing again, so I will.

[@George_M55729]

Great. And i thought that those lights are LED, not halogen.

[@freebrickproductions]

George Munks Fire alarms and trainspotting This crossing is fully incandescent. I'm actually not aware of too many LED crossings along the ATN.

[@George_M55729]

***** Wonder why. I think they are turning halogen crossings to LED because they don't want to spend time and money repeatedly replacing broken bulbs.

[@freebrickproductions]

George Munks Fire alarms and trainspotting The ATN is a shortline, and they don't have the money to throw around on crossing upgrades like Class Is do. Most railroads also went with LEDs because the railroads realized that LEDs would last longer and save more money in the long run, despite higher initial costs. However, NS didn't adopt LEDs until 2014, and even that seems to be due to companies starting to drop support for incandescent equipment.

[@SolidCold]

You caught two ex sp units and one in its original paint which is something you dont see often great video!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@freighttrainsahpassing9790]

nice close up of the lights !

[@yenichaky9991]

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[@yenichaky9991]

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[@yenichaky9991]

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[@DevilMixmartialart]

Great Catching

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@kirkcoatsccc594]

How often do trains run through there?

[@freebrickproductions]

Usually at least twice a week, often two times a day on the days that they do run through here (Tuesday and Thursday).

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Great Catch!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thank you!

[@ikercruz2526]

Yth5wi0w

[@thomasshebat2351]

It's crazy how he blew his horn like he was going fast and slow as hell

[@anthonypaulakers2418]

He still couldn't stop going slow or not

[@jamilanosirova7276]

Thomas guess what

[@drummachine434]

This is the most weirdest crossing I've ever seen. I love it!

[@thomasshebat2351]

It's funny how he blew his horn till he got to the road

[@camhammon175]

ok the signal has 4 pairs of US&S 8 inch lights plus 3 pairs of wabco 8 inch lights equal to 7 pairs of 8 inch lights.

[@freebrickproductions]

Pretty much.

[@CanadianPacific1293Fan]

Wonder why there’s a GS-type 2/ Safetran type 2 ebll on a old signal crossing

[@freebrickproductions]

Because the older bells were replaced. And if you read the description, you'd see it's a GS Type 2.

[@cjs1982]

interesting crossing. I bet there used to be a wigwag there, in looking at how the mast was built.

[@freebrickproductions]

It is an odd one. I had thought that at one time as well, but it was just a signal that US&S offered. Where the lights are mounted (and how they are mounted) shows that it couldn't have been a wig-wag.

[@jovetj]

Wow, I would have thought it was just a custom job.

[@freebrickproductions]

Jovetj Same here, but since multiple examples of these exist on ex-SAL lines around the US, it had to be something US&S offered.

[@jovetj]

If it was just seen on one railroad that suggests to me it was a custom design they came up with themselves. I've never seen anything quite like it before. And the heavy use of threaded pipe (versus prefab/bent) also makes me think custom. If, maybe, a custom but standard design the railroad used at times.

[@freebrickproductions]

Jovetj Maybe, since these haven't been found on non-ex-SAL lines yet.

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

Wasnt there a mechanical bell there before?

[@freebrickproductions]

There was a WCH mechanical bell here before there was the GS e-bell, and before that would've been a US&S Teardrop.

[@jeantremblay5408]

This cantilever is very cute

[@twobecameone06misakifangamesgw]

No

[@nvaa1991]

Is That Some Sort Of Leslie Or P3?

[@anncunningham276]

Got any pictures of the micro cantilever?

[@freebrickproductions]

www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/G-Q/Ohatchee/Main/

[@Joethaboss66]

This crossing once had a teardrop bell?

[@freebrickproductions]

When the signals were originally installed by the SAL, yes, it would've. At some point, it was replaced with a WCH mechanical bell that got replaced by this e-bell after 2009.

[@SpokaneAreaRails]

Old signal with new bells: exist All who expect old with old: *ILLEGAL*

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Why is he blowing that horn ?

[@freebrickproductions]

There was a group of kids on the tracks just east of this crossing.

[@Thomas1980]

great Video

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@TheBCRailfan]

Great Video!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@AndreaSpurgeon-r6o]

Nice film you caught

[@AndreaSpurgeon-r6o]

And who's watching this during 2024

[@seaboardproductions199]

When I first saw this I thought it was weird and now I realized this was an older model of signals that was popular in my state.

[@freebrickproductions]

Yea, the SAL liked to use these signals, so a good few can still be found across their lines.

[@701cabman]

Wow... that is some horn action. I expected the train to come barreling through at about 30 MPH they way he was blowing it. And then no horn as he entered the crossing.

[@freebrickproductions]

There were a lot of people on the tracks near a crossing just east of this one.

[@NariNW]

That's strange, why is the light on your side have a extra one and a top bracket?

[@freebrickproductions]

Extra one? The overhead lights are for visibility, as there's a hill right behind the camera (which was actually on the side of the hill).

[@camhammon175]

IS IT NS SD40R OR SD40-2 HERITAGE UNIT BEHIND SP 5387?

[@freebrickproductions]

Neither. It's an ex-SP SD40R.

[@jamesbirt2676]

Man... he wasn't stingy with the horn...

[@genehudson1462]

James Birt why was I thinking the same thing like is someone on the damn tracks lmao

[@SNICKS89films]

Whay does ATN mean? Like i know its like OMLX

[@freebrickproductions]

It's the reporting mark of the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway.

[@chevyandmoparfan1466]

Nice vintage signals there. I can see the bell has been replaced though.

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! The bell was replaced years ago.

[@chevyandmoparfan1466]

So it used to be a Teardrop? Dang they replaced a very hard-to-find bell with probably the most common e-bell of all time (at least in my area)

[@conecuhvalleyttrak]

Very cool crossing signal!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@thewhateverandthesucidalbi2729]

The horn kind of represented a conrail horn in my opinion.

[@thewhateverandthesucidalbi2729]

Like at 0:53.

[@freebrickproductions]

It's an RS3L, which Conrail loved to use, IIRC.

[@hb120877]

The Leslie horn... used by Conrail, PC, NYC, PRR

[@firepower782]

What railroad is this?

[@freebrickproductions]

Alabama & Tennessee River Railway (reporting mark: ATN)

[@JordanClass37Fan]

Great vid 👍

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@jb8107]

That horn Must have hurt your ears

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

The cantilever looks like an old wig wag one

[@joellafargue9882]

A friendly word of advice: When shooting these videos, if you want to show details of the crossing signals, the time to do that is BEFORE the train reaches the crossing. Just saying.

[@freebrickproductions]

Can't see the lights lit-up before the signals activate. Anyways, these days I don't typically try to mess with my camera while recording.

[@SouthernPacificRailfanner]

The USS teardrop bell probably died or something

[@freebrickproductions]

I'm guessing. It appears that it was replaced with a WCH mechanical bell back in the 80s or so as well.

[@jamesbirt2676]

Awesome crossing dude!

[@Damonlive783OfficialTM]

Nice US&S Cantilever! Most Of Thiese Type Of Signals have Teardrop Bells But Everyone Thinks That Thiese Are Replaced Wig Wags .-.

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! It used to have a Teardrop when the ATN bought it apparently.

[@ExplodoShooter]

it kind of looks like like this crossing used to be a wig wag, you can see by the wig wag-looking cantilever, and i used to have a teardrop bell too.

[@freebrickproductions]

It wasn't ever one.

[@camhammon175]

ON 1:44 IS IT A NS SD40-2 HERITAGE UNIT 7371?

[@freebrickproductions]

No. It's an SD40R, and I believe it's from the Southern Pacific.

[@AmtrakProductions]

i would have a stop light there

[@freebrickproductions]

Ohatchee is a small town of about 1,144 people, and they've been losing population since 2000. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they don't need a traffic light there.

[@AmtrakProductions]

It would be safer though

[@freebrickproductions]

Amtrak Productions Yes, but it isn't warranted.

[@TheCentralTexasRailfan]

Yeah, the intersection looks fine.

[@Richard82567]

This is Grade Crossing Number 639657X, Main St., Ohatchee, AL.

[@robertgift]

Please scan around so we can see the area. Why the higher mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* ? Is there a rise behind the camera?

[@freebrickproductions]

Yes, there is a small hill right behind the camera.

[@eyehatefarcebook11]

Come to think of it... I can remember some years back (10+ years now) before they built a bridge over the CSX rail line that passes thru in Novi, MI on Novi Rd. south of Interstate 96 that had a very similar small cantilever type crossing like this because of a hill on the south side of the crossing. I believe both ends had this similar type. Yes, no crossing gate there either.

[@darlenekennyhayes9580]

Love that RS3L (or P5)!!!!

[@freebrickproductions]

RS3L, IIRC.

[@DebraMcMillintheRailfannerandA]

Superior train video!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@GhostbustersFrozenEmpire2024]

The signal on your side looks like a wig wag

[@freebrickproductions]

Yea, but it wasn't ever one. Similar mast design, but it's obvious this was built originally to have more standard lights mounted on it.

[@GhostbustersFrozenEmpire2024]

@@freebrickproductions really!? I like the style

[@freebrickproductions]

@@GhostbustersFrozenEmpire2024 Yep.

[@KelwinCummings]

The train was blowing so loud can't believe

[@SolidCold]

Nice catch BRUH

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@SolidCold]

freebrickproductions Yo welcome

[@terricoddington7291]

I haven’t been to ohatchee forever 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@JOHN021360]

It hasn't changed much.

[@gembelspedavlog_0780]

Ex wig wag crossing ????....

[@freebrickproductions]

No.

[@derricktherailfan]

Long sound of train horn

[@RunnerisNumber1_UTTD]

Like in Wisconsin of WSOR!

[@KiddBloo86]

I like how they used the wig wag's old mast for the updated signals.

[@freebrickproductions]

This was never a wigwag.

[@thecoolsayam1094]

the bell does not match with the crossing

[@CrazyMarioRailfan2105]

you don't match with your life

[@richardw.smithjr.6683]

Alabama, watch out carrying crude oil tankers, like West Virginia did in 2015. Their water contaminated, governor called the national guard for drinking water after 9 counties were declared disaster areas.

[@jb8107]

I haven’t seen 8 inch railroad lights in a long time

[@marleneregan4017]

Cool and awesome 😎

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@72867morgan]

Always amazed live nearby people need to be told not to stop on tracks recall excellent public school education particularly stop look listen rr safety

[@Enderking_]

those US&S cantilevers are rare to find

[@Enderking_]

I think the bell used to be a WRRS m-bell in 2007

[@freebrickproductions]

It was most likely a WCH bell.

[@Enderking_]

oh ok

[@carbon2983]

that mast signal resembles a cantilever.that atn sounds like fwwr

[@freebrickproductions]

It is a cantilever signal.

[@MegaZsolti]

E-bell, whyyyyy. Thankfully, there was an RS3L coming around the corner to save the day.

[@freebrickproductions]

The Teardrop bell that was here probably died.

[@armankordi]

strange to see an RS3L on an ex-SP I'd expect a nathen P3

[@brucetharpe762]

Are thede Former SP and CN engines

[@freebrickproductions]

Yes.

[@markschroeder2578]

That last unit looks more CP than CN to me.

[@TheTrainStationinc]

Looks like that cantilever used to hold a wgwag.

[@freebrickproductions]

It does, doesn't it? However, with the way that the lights are mounted on the overhead, plus the fact that the SAL installed several examples of these on their lines across the country (a few of which survive to this day, including two on this line), it shows that these were made this way.

[@TheTrainStationinc]

@@freebrickproductions I noticed the overhead lights didn't have the normal brackets. Looks like they are mounted directly .

[@freebrickproductions]

Yea, there's points on the pipes for the overhead where the lights are mounted to, most likely being where the wiring is run through. Also of note is that the mast lights on the "micro-cantilever" don't appear to be an original feature of the signal. (None of the WABCO lights here are really, as they would've all originally been US&S 8 inch lights, but it appears the SAL-spec US&S "micro-cantilevers" of this style never had mast lights, originally.)

[@4funJust4you]

That sounds like an RS5T train horn.

[@garrettsubproductions8705]

Like blowing the horn a lot that for sure

[@garrettkessler1895]

I'm guessing that cantilever held a wig wag at one time.

[@freebrickproductions]

It was never a wigwag.

[@amjkodaz]

Two Ex-SP and 2 Ex-CN units

[@freebrickproductions]

Actually, there's only one Ex-CN. The GP20 was built by EMD as a demonstrator unit (though I don't know what railroad(s) used it between EMD and GWR).

[@amjkodaz]

I see

[@amjkodaz]

Thanks

[@LongmontRailway27]

That's the smallest Cantilever ever!

[@aidendodson5613]

first time catching WABCOS

[@freebrickproductions]

Yep.

[@jamessimms415]

What !!!!!! It didn't derail !!!!!!

[@cowwofficialTV]

Your being dramatic when it's slower it didn't you bot

[@richmondrailfan8444]

EX southern pacific and quite the horn show

[@regular5641]

Main street. *has gateless, tiny lighted, not-lengthy parted crossings* Yes, "main street".

[@freebrickproductions]

Ohatchee is a tiny town.

[@XShadowX682]

Nice video 😀

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@XShadowX682]

freebrickproductions you are welcome😊

[@gmftrainvideos]

Nice!!!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@amtraktom3223]

he tried to be an Amtrak wanna be going slow as hell

[@gregrocks66]

Nice horn

[@markcinque2910]

yeah!,kick's total rear end.

[@freebrickproductions]

???

[@markcinque2910]

i love trains.

[@NoBe5]

RS3L horn

[@TheJakeman789]

Is this old crossing still in place as I make this comment in 2019? XD

[@freebrickproductions]

Most likely.

[@aprilgrizzard9311]

2020 and the answer is yes

[@foxthorne]

The cantilever signal looks similar to a wigwag signal. I hope it doesn't get knocked over by a tall vehicle. Cute and cool signal

[@freebrickproductions]

Yea, the SAL liked to install signals like this years ago.