Railroad Crossings of the LA Metro L Line (Union Station - Pasadena)

Thanks guys for 100 subs! Sorry for this being a little late, but here it is nonetheless!
The LA Metro Rail L Line (Formerly the gold line from 2003-2020) Is a rail line that was opened in 2003 and was built on a former section of the “Second district of the ATSF.” The section ran from Union Station to Irwindale. It closed in 1994 and construction started the same year. It opened in 2003. Following that, 2 extensions were opened in 2009 and 2016, following new right of ways. But those are not here because I am doing the original gold line section
The Crossings are mostly the same, Averagely consisting of WCH Bases, Safetran Gate Mechs, Harmon 12”x24” Incandescent lights, and WCH E-Bells, although there are some GE Uniform LEDs in the mix aswell as GE Dotted LEDs GS Type 2 E-Bells
That’s all that has to be said, hope you enjoy the video!

[@TastyBishop]

Mission Station, El Centro, and Hope are crossing I know by heart.

[@threepea1151]

I know most of them by heart already lol

[@onhiatus526]

11:15 They should add a second train coming warning system, as there's another train coming

[@threepea1151]

Probably yea

[@LRF_101]

Nice!!! It’s funny how there is that strange font on the crossbucks and mostly the lights are incandescent lights

[@threepea1151]

Yea it is strange indeed

[@sgtdebones]

Retro highway gothic font (probably handmedowms from ATSF) and Harmon incandescents

[@Cars.Trains.and.Planes]

Litarely liking every L Line Gold video

[@threepea1151]

Thanks lol

[@sgtdebones]

Wow, you actually got the Pasadena DWP crossing. Epic!

[@threepea1151]

Thx

[@kcmorailfan4784]

Nice video! I've noticed how some of the crossings on this line have their bells set to ring the entire time while some have theirs only ring from startup, until the gates lower.

[@threepea1151]

Thanks!

[@metrorailinlosangelesprodu4407]

It’s the A Line now . The blue line . Good video

[@threepea1151]

I’ll always call it the gold line

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

I love the part that you flim trains

[@threepea1151]

Thanks?

[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Great video and crossings! Congrats on 100 Subs!

[@threepea1151]

Thanks!

[@alexanderbanos8125]

UPDATE: All railroad crossings along the original Gold Line (later L Line in 2020) are now part of the Blue Line (A Line since 2020), with the Regional Connector now complete. The A Line took over the L Line running towards Pasadena and Azusa, finally accomplishing LA Metro's original vision of the "Pasadena Blue Line".

[@threepea1151]

Im always gonna call it the gold line

[@alexanderbanos8125]

Do you know that all railroad crossings among the Metro Gold Line (original 2003 segment) had GS type 2 electronic bells until possibly 2006 or 2007 when they all got replaced with WCH electronic bells.

[@threepea1151]

Actually most of them were WCH Type 1 E-Bells

[@threepea1151]

@Alexander Banos I actually discovered in a commerical that the mission street/meridian ave crossing used to have Mechanical bells that were replaced at some point, possibly more signals had them too

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

Nice video

[@threepea1151]

Thanks

[@verenicemiron6426]

IDK if they will replace the gates, since WCH was very common in the 2000s

[@verenicemiron6426]

I ment to say crossing, not gates

[@threepea1151]

Yea

[@aaronj.brooks1977]

The L Line ( Gold Line) now the A Line ( Blue Line) from Azusa to Long Beach

[@ThePeelRegionTransitChannel]

Almost all of these crossing bells are western cullen hayes e bells

[@threepea1151]

Ye

[@sgtdebones]

*El Centro St/Glendon Wy

[@313southrailfan]

Why do some of the bells have things mounted on them

[@threepea1151]

So the sound will travel a certain way