SACRT 131 & 239 Gold Line Light Rail Trains - Marketplace Ln. Railroad Crossing Rancho Cordova CA

May 6, 2024
Sacramento Regional Transit light rail trains pass through the Marketplace Lane railroad crossing on the SACRT Gold Line with two new crossing activation dwarf signal beacons installed a week and a half before this video in Rancho Cordova, California. The beacons wont go active until August 2024 when the Glenn double tracking is done.
SACRT SRTD 131, 125 Siemens Duewag U2A
Gold Line - Inbound
SACRT SRTD 239, 213 CAF
Gold Line - Outbound
Crossing Info
Location: Rancho Cordova, CA
The bells at this crossing ring through the whole activation and is a horn zone for freight. Owner is Sacramento Regional Transit.
Right Signal
Cantilever: Fabricated Metals
Lights: One 12 inch RSI LEDs by Ansaldo/Hitachi STS, One US&S LEDs, and three pairs of 12 inch RSI LEDs retrofitted inside Four pairs of 12x24 inch US&S Lights
Brackets/Junction Boxes: US&S
- Gated Mast
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: One pair of 12 inch RSI LEDs retrofitted inside one pair of 12x24 inch US&S Lights
Brackets/Junction Box: US&S
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: US&S Modal 95
Base: US&S
Install Type: SACRT Mid 2000, Installed in 2005
Median Signal
Bell: GS Type 1 E-Bell
Lights: Three pairs of 12 inch RSI LEDs by Ansaldo/Hitachi STS retrofitted in Two pairs of 12x24 inch and One pair of 12x20 inch US&S Lights by Ansaldo/Hitachi STS
Brackets/Junction Boxes: US&S by Ansaldo/Hitachi STS
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: US&S Modal 95 by Ansaldo/Hitachi STS
Base: L&W
Install Type: SACRT late 2010s made like mid 2000s, installed in 2017 and reinstalled many times and is a knocn down replacement itself of several signals in this spot.
Left Gate-Less Signal
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: Five 12 inch RSI LEDs and One 12 inch RSI LEDs by Ansaldo STS retrofitted inside two pairs of 12x24 inch and one pair of 12x20 inch US&S Lights
Brackets/Junction Boxes: US&S
Base: US&S
Install Type: SACRT Mid 2000, Installed in 2005
2 Non functional wayside crossing beacons with L&W Base's.
This crossing owned and maintained by Sacramento Regional Transit is an mixed install with the shoulder and gateless signals being an SACRT Mid 2000s signal install. A couple of lights on them, gates, and gate lights are changes to them. The median signal is a knock down replacement installed in 2017 and reinstalled a few times after that latest being 2022 being an SACRT mock mid 2000s late 2010s signal install with its gate and a light changed.
Camera
Sony Handycam FDR-AX53