F Street, Sacramento, CA

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*originally recorded on 10-28-18*

Signal on the left: 2 pairs of WCH 12x20 inch lights, a Griswold mechanical bell, a Griswold EM gate mechanism, and Electro-tech LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 2 pairs of WCH 12x20 inch lights, a Griswold mechanical bell, a Griswold EM gate mechanism, and NEG incandescent gate lights.

This was another crossing I had wanted to record. Like D Street, this crossing features a pair of old Western Pacific-era Griswold EM signals, with the lights on this one having been upgraded in the 1990s instead. The right-hand signal also still features an older diagonally-striped gate arm, which still retains some incandescent gate lights! I was actually a few crossings south documenting a pair of newer UP signals when I saw the train approaching from the south, so I raced on up here to get set-up. I just barely beat the train, which is why the beginning isn't as steady and it appears my camera was at a slight angle. Several other crossings can also be heard, including G Street, which is a completely incandescent crossing that has a pair of NEG e-bells. There was another crossing like this one and D Street down on O Street that I had wanted to record, but sadly no other trains came through on the UP Sacramento Sub from what I could tell.