Norfolk Southern Intermodal with a MONSTER K5LA at Hillsborough, NJ

[elirosen1391]

Is this a quite zone crossing?

[ecoRfan]

@elirosen1391 Yes it is, as of mid or late 2009. Hillsborough residents were complaining of the loud train horns keeping them up at night, so quiet zones were installed. Apparently, the first quiet zones in New Jersey.

[elirosen1391]

@ecoRfan That explains why they changed the bells.

[elirosen1391]

It sounds like only one of the bells work in this video.

[elirosen1391]

Are there any crossings along this line that still retain their mechanical bells?

[ecoRfan]

@elirosen1391 Sadly every NS crossing in Hillsborough now has crappy electro-bells. Even though the mechanical bells worked fine. Funny enough, it's pretty tough to find electro-bells on NJ Transit crossings, almost every NJT crossing has mechanical bells.

[elirosen1391]

@ecoRfan I have figured that out. But are there any NS crossings outside of Hillsborough that still have their mechanical bells?

[ecoRfan]

@elirosen1391 Beats me.

[elirosen1391]

@ecoRfan There are pictures taken recently at Three Bridges' Main Street crossing. It still has a Safetran m bell. The funny thing about it is that it's actually pretty new. It was actually put up in the place of a GS Ebell.

[conrailbuff]

i love how the mudflaps flap in the wind, shows how fast there movin.

great vid!!!

[unionpacifictrain]

the sun was blocking

[ecoRfan]

Sorry, I couldn't get to the other side. My camera is crap too, hopefully find a good deal on a better one.

[TrainiacProductions]

Wow! That was a fantastic K5LA! Really awesome video man! Faved

[ecoRfan]

This is one of the loudest K5LA's I have ever heard. Louder than most NS Dash-9's in fact.

[bano7384]

NS 21m

[trainzrok]

Not exactly, it depends what time it was taken, looks like 213 to me

[ecoRfan]

This train is an eastbound, so it has an even number.

[StickRail1]

backlighting is bad for CCD sensor.

[trainzrok]

ah i love rycefield road, its a nice place to railfan