*New LED Light* UP 5280 Intermodal With NS & CSX North - Airport Way Railroad Crossing Manteca, CA

Filmed February 11, 2023
After catching that southbound manifest, I moved to Louise Ave but changed my mind and came here to the Airport Way railroad crossing instead and glad I did. Not only to get a head on view of the Northbound Tacoma Z-Train with Norfolk Southern and CSX and get so picture also of it bit I had discovered that the far signal has a new LED light and UP used another Dialight Ball LED as the replacement which I would of missed and never noticed if I didn't move up on the UP Fresno Subdivision to this grade crossing here in Manteca, California.
UP 5280, NS 8159, CSX 7809, UP 8851 (DPU) - Union Pacific - ZLCTM-11
Crossing Info
Manteca, CA
This crossing owned by UP is an horn zone and bells eing till gates start rising.
Right Signal
Bell: WCH Mechanical Bell
Lights: Two pairs of 12 inch General Electric Pixelated Look LEDs retrofitted in Two pairs of 12x24 inch Safetran Lights
Junction Box: WRRS
Gate Lights: Electro-Tech Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH with WRRS counterweight arms
Base: WCH
Install Type: SP Late 1980s to mid 1990s, Installed Between 1993 - 1995
Left Signal
Bell: Safetran Type 2 E-Bell "NEG E-Bell"
Lights: Three of 12 inch General Electric Pixelated Look LEDs & One 12 inch Dialight Ball LEDs retrofitted in Two pairs of 12x24 inch Safetran Lights
Junction Box: WRRS
Gate Lights: Electro-Tech Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH with WRRS counterweight arms
Base: WCH
Install Type: SP Late 1980s to mid 1990s, Installed Between 1993 - 1995
This crossing owned by Union Pacific is an SP late 1980s to mid 1990s signal build install with changes to its lights, light heads, gates, gate lights, and the left signals bell.
Camera
Panasonic hc-x2000

[@drewjames808]

Awesome, and so cool😊

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video and crossing!

[@adamghimenti6988]

Awesome catch I caught it at K street in midtown Sacramento on 2/11/2023

[@TheBCRailfan]

Great video and crossing! Interesting UP used a Dialight Ball LED there.

[@RandomRailfan828]

Nice catch and crossing man!

[@leonelyt5533]

very nice

[@TheRailfan360]

Love that K5HL on 5280!! Interesting to see that dialight ball LED on UP. It gives BNSF vibes.

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Especially with the Safetran lights.

[@GTFilms3636]

That Raised Letter K5HL train horn sounds so beautiful 😌😌.

[@TheRailfan360]

@@GTFilms3636 I believe that is actually a narrow font K5HL

[@salvadormedinafeliciano6454]

🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@derricktherailfan]

Fantastic video!! How often do you see the CSX?

[@natesmainlinevids]

It rather seems like more of the NS is becoming a rather normal on UP and BNSF in California in some ways instead of it being more rare.

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

NS has been leading a lot of trains here also.

[@freebrickproductions]

IIRC, NS has a lot of power-hours to pay back to BNSF so I wouldn't be surprised if similar is true for UP.