UP 726 Florin Flyer Local Switching - Mather Field Rd. Railroad Crossing, Rancho Cordova CA

Sep 16, 2024 1:09pm
Union Pacific Railroad Florin Flyer local freight train switches off the UP Placerville Branch onto the Mather Spur for Pacific Supply passing the Mather Field Road railroad crossing several times in Rancho Cordova, California. This crossing was specifically designed to not include the spur track in the protection.
YSR62R
UP 726
UP 636
Crossing Info
City: Rancho Cordova, California
Track Line Owner/Users: Light Rail - Sacramento Regional Transit, Freight - UP & SACRT Joint Powers
Crossing Owner: Sacramento Regional Transit
Bell Sequence: Ring through whole activation
Turn Lane Signal
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch Harmon Fading LEDs/Harmon Lights
Junction Box: Harmon
Gate Lights: NEG Clear Alstom-Aurora Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: L&W
Install: SACRT Early 2000s Type B, Installed 2004 & knocked reinstalled 2021
Right Shoulder Signal - Harmon Cantilever
Lights: 6 pairs of 12x24 inch Harmon Fading LEDs/Harmon Lights
Junction Boxes: Harmon
Gated Mast
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: 1 pair of 12x24 inch Harmon Fading LEDs/Harmon Lights
Junction Box: Harmon
Gate Lights: NEG Clear Alstom-Aurora Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: SACRT Early 2000s Type B, Installed 2004
Left Gate-less Pedestrian Signal
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch Harmon Fading LEDs/Harmon Lights
Junction Box: Harmon
Base: Harmon
Install: SACRT Early 2000s Type B, Installed 2004
Left Shoulder Signal
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch Safetran Fading LEDs/Safetran Lights (1 by Siemens & GE)
Junction Box: Safetran
Gate Lights; NEG Clear Alstom-Aurora Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: Safetran
Install: SACRT Late 90s, installed in 1998
Median Signal - Safetran 1990s Cantilever
Bell: Non Functional Safetran Mechanical Bell
Lights: 4 pairs of 12x24 inch Safetran Fading LEDs/Safetran Lights
Junction Boxes: Safetran
Gated Mast
Bell: WCH E-Bell "Type 2"
Gate Lights; NEG Clear Alstom-Aurora Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: Safetran
Whole Install: SACRT Late 90s, Installed 1998
Right Gate-less Pedestrian Signal
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch Harmon Fading LEDs/Harmon Lights
Junction Box: Harmon
Base: Harmon
Install: SACRT Early 2000s Type B, Installed 2004
Yellow Flasher Advance Folsom Blvd Signal (Not In View)
Lights: 1 pair of 12 inch Yellow Safetran Fafing LEDs
Junction Box: Harmon
Base: Harmon
Install: SACRT early 2000s yellow flasher, installed 2004, knocked reinstalled 2024
This crossing also has two no right turn blank ouy signals.
This crossing owmed by SACRT is an mixed install with the gatef signals on the southern (far) side being SACRT Late 1990s signal installs with bell, a couple of lights one on cantilever and one on shoulder, gate, gate lights, mechanisms, and counterweight arms changed from the original install equipment. The two gateless signals and two gated signals near the intersection are an SACRT Early 2000s Type B signal install with gate, gate lights, mechanisms, counterweight arms, and a base change for the turn lane. The yellow flasher is a SACRT early 2000s install.
Camera
Sony Handycam FDR-AX53

[@timeforbeans]

Too bad there's not an Engineer on that job. RCL's across public roadways...ugh. Interesting Crossing set up. Little surprised there is no STOP board for the Train to activate the crossing. We have some here in Fresno, but the Train has a STOP board, to activate the gates and then crosses the road. Thanks for sharing this was pretty cool to watch. I have seen that UP 726 in Fresno a lot.

[@cynthiapickett8577]

Especially reminded of Vermont @Gardena here in SoCal; there was a recent (non-fatal) 🚗-train 💥 at that intersection.

[@tcp3059]

Always interesting to see some of the local fauna in action. In other news, did they never think about putting a crossing circuit on that spur?

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

No plans as of now it include it.

[@tcp3059]

@@MobileRailSpotterRxR I question the wisdom of this decision

[@stephenswift5531]

Hey i have a question do railroad crossings active when a train does that

[@edy21865]

1:59 dangerous crossing failure. You can clearly see how close to a collision with the white SUV the locomotvie came even when going at a snails pace. 2:21 premature lifting of the barriers. Such a crossing should never have become a silent zone. An acciedent is just waiting to happen.

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

This isn't a quiet zone for freight trains. The spur track isn't included in the crossing circuitry. Its been like that for decades here.