Railroad Crossings I've Recorded With WRRS Bells (Part 1)

* - one or more of the WRRS mechanical bell(s) at this crossing has been replaced since this video was recorded
** - crossing has received an upgrade since this video was recorded, but the WRRS mechanical bell(s) still remain
*** - one or more of the WRRS mechanical bell(s) at this crossing has died since this video was recorded, but has not been replaced (yet)
Decided to make a compilation of all of the crossings I've recorded with WRRS bells at them, as I hadn't done so yet, and have recorded 70 different crossings with WRRS bells as of the time of writing this. This first part only contains WRRS 0222 bells I've filmed. These bells are always fun to find on crossings, and are probably the most common of the "vintage" crossing bells out there.
WRRS 0222s started being made back in the 1930s, it appears, and were WRRS's standard crossing bell for decades. In 1968, Federal Signal bought WRRS. However, they kept making the 0222 without any changes to the design for several more years, with the only branding change being to the paper inside the door. As there's no way to tell the WRRS 0222s from the FS 0222s externally, I consider them all to be WRRS bells for the sake of both this video and all other videos and pages on the site. In the mid-70s, however, no sooner than late-1975, Federal Signal introduced the 0333 bell to replace the 0222 bell in their catalogue, so the WRRS 0222 finally ceased production.
These bells were quite widely used, and, as mentioned above, a good few can still be found in service across the country today. Down here in the southeast, the L&N seems to have been the biggest user of the 0222 bells, though the Central of Georgia, ACL, SCL, Frisco, and ICG all used them at some point as well, with some retaining more than others of the ones they installed. The SOU also did, but, other than their ex-CofG lines, their WRRS bells aren't super easy to come across these days, though one is featured in this video, and you can still find the occasional example if you know where to look. As a result, however, the vast majority of WRRS bells I've filmed have been on ex-L&N and ex-SCL lines. I don't believe I've filmed any ICG or Frisco examples yet.
All of the crossings in this video are from the southeastern US, though the next part, whenever I finally get around to posting it, will also feature a few that I recorded up in New Jersey years ago, including the three mini-bells I filmed up there. Gonna include the mini-bells I've filmed, as I doubt I'll ever be able to film enough on crossings to make a good compilation with.
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[@RobloxRails2024]

Nice catches of the WRRS bells

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@BBFHD721]

2:00:22 that’s Nathan K5LLA

[@amandap569]

When is Part 2 coming?

[@buffalo716railran]

When they have time lol

[@freebrickproductions]

It's pretty much ready to upload, but there's a video in it that I want to post first before posting the entire compilation, so it'll be after that one gets out.

[@paulcarter1280]

Any gateless crossings need gates so idiot drivers can't go through in my opinion.