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Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:15 am
by gamefan
While heading to San Pedro I noticed on the railroad crossing on Pacific Ave and N Front St that there appears to be bags on the lights on both the cantilever's and the smaller signal. Not sure what's going on there but I don't think the crossing is inactive. though I'll check the track on Google Map and see what comes up.
Edit: A few more crossings have the same bags on their lights going up N Front St. including one by the entrance to the 110 freeway by the Vincent Thomas Bridge and a crossing just after the bridge.
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:21 am
by ZachL
Possibly the beginning of abandonment? Signal replacement?
Could you perhaps get us some pics for us to look at?
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:23 am
by ZachL
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 11:24 am
by ToledoRailfan
Ah, the Waterfront Red Car. I think they're shutting it down for an extension of a light rail line but I'm not sure.
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:10 pm
by gamefan
ToledoRailfan wrote:Ah, the Waterfront Red Car. I think they're shutting it down for an extension of a light rail line but I'm not sure.
ah I see now. I'll try to see what's going on there next time I head over to San Pedro.
And I've heard a lot of talk about expanding the Metrorail to San Pedro, would be cool to see them do it.
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 8:37 am
by LosAngelesMetro56
gamefan wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Ah, the Waterfront Red Car. I think they're shutting it down for an extension of a light rail line but I'm not sure.
ah I see now. I'll try to see what's going on there next time I head over to San Pedro.
And I've heard a lot of talk about expanding the Metrorail to San Pedro, would be cool to see them do it.
The Red Car was shut down for a possible upgrade. No Metro Rail line is expected there. The trains that were rumored to take it's place was a streetcar unofficially proposed and the Metro Green Line South Bay Extension that isn't even supposed to end in San Pedro, but the city next door, Torrance.
Update: It will be open soon as for major construction was what caused service to pause.
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 10:38 pm
by gamefan
Hey all, sorry for the necropost but I just got back from San Pedro, the Red Car line is still out of service but I think I know why, Ports o call is being reconstructed and all that area is sealed off. Tracks leading up to the construction area are severed.
Also chance to see an active crossing, one of the dock entrances on John S Gibson road by the 110 Freeway was active, the train was parked there for a long while. It was still there when I was leaving San Pedro
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 12:03 am
by freebrickproductions
gamefan wrote:...sorry for the necropost but...
No need to apologize! It's actually prefered if you bump and old thread to starting a new one as long as you add some new and/or useful information to the thread...
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 2:36 pm
by ZachL
gamefan wrote:Hey all, sorry for the necropost but I just got back from San Pedro, the Red Car line is still out of service but I think I know why, Ports o call is being reconstructed and all that area is sealed off. Tracks leading up to the construction area are severed.
Also chance to see an active crossing, one of the dock entrances on John S Gibson road by the 110 Freeway was active, the train was parked there for a long while. It was still there when I was leaving San Pedro
Looks like it was active in December 2017 as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7564226 ... 384!8i8192
Re: Unusual sight at a railroad crossing in San Pedro CA.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 3:47 am
by gamefan
ZachL wrote:gamefan wrote:Hey all, sorry for the necropost but I just got back from San Pedro, the Red Car line is still out of service but I think I know why, Ports o call is being reconstructed and all that area is sealed off. Tracks leading up to the construction area are severed.
Also chance to see an active crossing, one of the dock entrances on John S Gibson road by the 110 Freeway was active, the train was parked there for a long while. It was still there when I was leaving San Pedro
Looks like it was active in December 2017 as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7564226 ... 384!8i8192
ah cool. one thing I remember about that crossing along time ago when I saw it active was that the traffic lights used to flash the red lights when the crossing was active, now they don't do that.