34th Street Railroad Crossing, Sacramento, CA
2,364 views · Published 18 November 2018 · 1:21 · Indexed 16 October 2026
Channel: freebrickproductions · 2018 · Science & Technology
*originally recorded on 10-28-18* Signal on the left: 4 pairs of Harmon 12x20 inch lights with Safetran Fading LEDs, an ASC electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and Alstom LED gate lights. Signal on the right: 2 pairs of Safetran 12x20 inch lights with Safetran Fading LEDs, 1 pair of Harmon 12x20 inch lights, an ASC electronic bell, a Safetran gate mechanism, and Alstom LED gate lights. On October 28th, I took a daytrip over to Sacramento to check out a few of the older crossings over there. This was the first train that I caught, a westbound SACRT train on the Gold Line heading for downtown. This crossing has a pair of signals dating back to when the Southern Pacific still operated this as a branch line, and has received a few upgrades since (such as the bells, LED lights, and gate mechanisms), but is still relatively unchanged. This crossing was likely one of the earlier SCART crossings to get e-bells, as this crossing features a pair of ASC electronic bells. It also has the last pair of incandescent lights on the SACRT system, though sadly, one of them is blown. In fact, the incandescent lights were the reason I set-up on this side, despite the shot being backlit. The reason the one pair of side lights managed to survive without an LED upgrade is due to them facing west for years towards absolutely nothing. It appears that they once protected traffic pulling out of the parking lot just to the right of my camera, but the driveway they would've protected has long since disappeared, but it wasn't until just earlier this year that SACRT turned them around to face R Street/Stockton Boulevard. This is also just technically half of the crossing in question, with the other half being Stockton Boulevard. http://www.rxrsignals.com/California/R-S/Sacramento/34/
