Upgrading Railroad Crossing Lights

[@Norfolksouthernproduction-ns]

Wow nice

[@leo-merrickwhitmore483]

O my God 😮 the crossing looks a little different. But it's nice 😎👌👍

[@htownrep190]

What crossing controller do you use with this crossing or is this a AC/DC circuit track?

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

This operates on a PMD-2.

[@htownrep190]

@@RailroadSignsandSignals ahhh good ol PMD2, one of my favorite units!

[@VincentRobinson-ir9fs]

That's nice the crossing got LED's lights now and LED gate lights

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

It is best not to mix the two either. When the main lights are LED as well as the gate lights it causes way less issues.

[@VincentRobinson-ir9fs]

@@RailroadSignsandSignals Yeah it's not at times

[@MSCM2000]

Great work!

[@frankietrainspotter]

I no right!?

[@Mr-blue584]

did you upgrade main back light?

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

Yes. And apologies for not showing that but I did not have a lot of time to do the LED changeout and could not show every light being changed out either. It was about 11:00-11:30pm when I was working on these.

[@Mr-blue584]

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[@JacobRailShortline]

Looks insane dude.

[@Isaactheviolinistandviolist]

Great video man and question what does the pedestrian gate use for if people are only gonna go left off of that path is that gate gonna be part of the future second crossing?

[@Isaactheviolinistandviolist]

And also another question why does the gate go so slow lowering

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

The pedestrian gate was put there as I had the resources to do so. Works well with the other equipment on this particular setup too. There is no future second crossing planned at the moment, just that the pedestrian gate will be operating off a different flasher and crossing control system than the other two. As for how it will operate once said and done, I will give an update video then.

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

That problem has already been addressed and will be resolved in the next video. These videos were actually filmed about a month prior to posting and everything is fixed and operating properly now.

[@Isaactheviolinistandviolist]

@@RailroadSignsandSignals ah ok thanks

[@Isaactheviolinistandviolist]

@@RailroadSignsandSignals ah ok thanks man

[@tylerhays7365]

Nicely done with the retro fitting you did. Not bad at all.

[@Xavier-rg9py]

What do you use to activate the railroad crossing

[@VincentRobinson-ir9fs]

Them LED's are so nice and bright at night when it's dark or when a train approaches or being tested

[@Decorsclocks]

Yea nice and bright, bright enough to cause permanent eye damage

[@PenggunaNyasar]

Is this a Private Railroad Crossing?

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

Public crossing.

[@VincentRobinson-ir9fs]

I see you added the lights on pedestrian crossing got the two in the back facing forward when you approached it bro

[@leo-merrickwhitmore483]

The S40 did you use the LEDs from that video when you upgrade the signal in your friend's backyard what the LED lights in the wch mechanism

[@nickwilson4832]

Is that San Juan Capistrano?

[@carolinarailfanning]

Gotta love the brand new LEDs with diodes that are ALREADY DEAD. Tell the person who made that decision to put incandescents back in.

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

Incandescent lights won’t work with the new crossing controller going into the relay house. Some of the incandescent lenses and especially the mirrors were in worse shape than the LED modules that were installed. The LED inserts were by no means new and were well used previously.

[@carolinarailfanning]

the next best thing would probably have been ball LEDs then because they look the most natural, the worst I have to say are dotted LEDs

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

I don’t have a choice in what I use. New LED inserts will cost around $1,200 for a full set. As for looks that is the least of my concern. Whatever passes the requirements will do.

[@carolinarailfanning]

yea it just sucks that people who don't work with the equipment make the decisions.

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

Here I actually do make the decisions on what goes on with the signals as well as own and maintain all the equipment featured. It all comes down to cost, efficiency as well as safety. All the equipment I have was acquired through eBay, railroad contractors and signal maintainers. Unfortunately this means that what I get I have to make the best use out of it and maintain it well to make them last.

[@Decorsclocks]

Those crossings have been ruined. Signals look so much better with incandescent

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

I agree but I do not like to mix both LED and incandescent main lights. The new unit that will control the crossings will operate better with the LEDs for the main crossing. The side crossing will still remain incandescent and relay driven.

[@thepokemonguy996]

@@RailroadSignsandSignalshonestly it’s the same with the old mechanical bells. Like Ik it’s probably more efficient to have the e bells but the m bells sound too good

[@Hadil-rw4ug]

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[@calvinnguyen7059]

That was quite slow

[@Twix_sty]

HDR does hurts my eyes, which is a negative to me.

[@SamuelElevatorFanAndTrainsMore]

New Safetran 12x20 Incandescent Lights!

[@leo-merrickwhitmore483]

Wch 3590

[@RailroadSignsandSignals]

There is no 3590 at this crossing anymore. That had been replaced over a year ago now.

[@transitkidjasonproductions]

I thought it was American railroad crossing

[@JonathanB-y8z]

The leds suck they are just so bad

[@Yannitron]

Great work!