Railroad Crossings of the CSX South End Subdivision

The CSX South End Subdivision is a CSX main line that runs from Rocky Mount, NC, to Florence, SC, and forms the second-northernmost portion of the A Line, the former Atlantic Coast Line main line, between Richmond, VA, and Tampa, FL. To the north is the CSX North End Subdivision between Richmond, VA, and Rocky Mount, NC, while to the south is the CSX Charleston Subdivision between Florence, SC, and Savannah, GA. This line sees a fair bit of freight traffic across it, though not exactly a massive amount, along with at least half a dozen daily Amtrak trains, with four more north of Selma, NC. Almost every crossing along this line is gated, unsurprisingly, though a trio of gateless crossings still exist in downtown Fayetteville, NC. Many of the crossings along the line in NC have been upgraded with quad-gates since the early to mid-2000s or so, so none of these really have much in the way of interesting equipment (beyond the GEs in Fayetteville, at least).
On the North Carolina part of the line, everything is LED (save for the occasional incandescent gate light and an old ACL signal with an incandescent US&S 8 inch light), while in South Carolina, the line still retains a good few incandescent 8 inch lights and even the occasional incandescent 12 inch light. 8 inch lights, 12x20 inch lights, and 12x24 inch lights are all present on this line. Interestingly, the line features a gateless signal from the SAL along it in Rex, which was reused from the CSX Andrews Sub in Dillon, SC. You can also find a good few older cantilevers from the SCL and even a pair of WRRS ones from the ACL along the line, along with some newer CSX and SBD cantilevers. Latta also features a classic pair of RACO cantilevers from the SCL, though I haven't really had the chance to record those yet.
As far as bells go, most of them are electronic, with the e-bells being a mix of GS Type 1s, GS Type 2s, Safetran Type 2s, and NEG e-bells with a few Safetran Type 3s and a handful of GE e-bells mixed in. For mechanical bells, these are almost all a mix of 1st and 2nd Gen WCH mechanical bells, though you can also still find a quite few WRRS bells along the line if you know where to look. The line retains only four Safetran mechanical bells along it, one of which was sounding absolutely terrible when I recorded it, though I've only filmed two of them so far. There is also a lone (dying) Modern Industries mechanical bell along the line in Pembroke, NC, while Latta retains a pair of US&S Teardrop bells, surprisingly, these being the last pair of Teardrops in the southeastern US. I cannot recall if there are any other US&S bells along the line, though I didn't record any along it either way.
As far as lights go, the vast majority are unsurprisingly 12 inch, with most of these being LED. The LEDs in use on the line are mostly Leotek EV Series LEDs, though a good few Dialight Ball LEDs and WCH 2nd Gen LEDs can also be found in use along it. As far as 12 inch light heads go, you've got quite a variety, as I've found Federal Signal, Harmon, Modern Industries, Safetran (both the early-70s style and the more modern variants), WCH (of all ages as well), and WABCO, though I believe the line does retain some US&S heads as well. In regards to 8 inch lights, I've mostly seen WCH and Safetran, though there are some WABCO, WRRS, and Federal Signal mixed in, along with the aforementioned US&S 8 inch light in Wilson, NC, the last one on the South End Sub. All of the 8 inch lights are still incandescent, unsurprisingly.
In regards to gate mechs they are now mostly Safetran gate mechs from the 70s and newer, along with some Invensys Rail and plenty of Siemens ones mixed in. Otherwise, you can also still find quite a few older WCH gate mechs in use on this line, especially along the part in North Carolina, where there are absolute loads of them still in use. The line was also once home to a good few WRRS and WABCO/US&S Model 75 gate mechs, but CSX has long since replaced all of those, unsurprisingly. Regardless, there's still quite a nice (and surprisingly) good variety of older and newer equipment along the line to be had, which is nice to see.
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[@ziongaskins5765]

Funny enough i drove through all these places today since i came from Florence SC to Chester va lol .

[@rodgodx345]

12:27 did they fix the dead mechanical bell?

[@carstrainsandcrossings8639]

Knowing CSX I bet they will replace it With an NEG E-bell

[@dieselgaming9609]

pretty much every neg they installed in my area has died within a few years

[@HunterWilliams-le9bk]

@@carstrainsandcrossings8639does CSX use any other e-bells as crossing bell replacements or do they only use NEG e-bells?

[@Calebs_Media]

​@@HunterWilliams-le9bkThey mainly use NEG's because they are up to date.

[@nickthetrainman]

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[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@NeistMKII]

whats the e-bell at 1:38 called?

[@freebrickproductions]

It's a GE e-bell.

[@HunterWilliams-le9bk]

Hey David, I’ll be catching a train on the CN Beaumont Subdivision tomorrow and be posting the video right after since I usually post train videos the day they’re filmed.

[@freebrickproductions]

k

[@Canesfan7012]

I’ve wondered why some of those LED’s go dark for 3secs while active on the relay. Can you shed some light on that?

[@freebrickproductions]

It's an effect caused by my camera's frame rate, specifically the frame rate mixing with how rectified DC works. You won't see anything like that in person if you were to visit one of these crossings.