UP 1466 LRS51 Local With Stacks & UP 7708 Lathrop Switcher - Roth Rd. Railroad Crossing Lathrop CA

November 7, 2023 9:02am
Minutes After the LRS99 went by I didn't make it for, the Union Pacific Railroad LRS51 Local doing an unusual move pulling a intermodal stack train car meeting the working Union Pacific Railroad LT1 Lathrop Switcher which pulled forward for a switching move at the Roth Road railroad crossing on the UP Oakland Sub in Lathrop, California.
This was an unusual move both to see the LRS51 pulling a stacker and also running on this section of the Oakland Subdivision. They dropped the stack off on the Sharpe Depot side here in Lathrop. The Lathrop switcher had two stack container cars sandwitch between 4 locomotoves. This was nearly a meet as the Lathrop switcher was moving towards the crossing but then stopped thats why the gates dropped while raising and then went back up. Also, As of publishing this, I believe this crossing now functions off its new relay case as in this video its using the old one. Also as of publishing this, the new wayside signal system is active now but when this was filmed it was still being worked on imcluding a new crossover switch to the right of this crossing was being installed this day and as of publish, thats not active also.
UP 1466, 1483 - LRS51-07
UP 7708, 8105, 8818, ?
Crossing Info
Lathrop, CA
This crossing owned and maintained by Union Pacific Railroad is an horn zone and bells ring through whole activation.
Right Signal
Bell: NEG E-Bell
Lights: Two pairs of 12 inch GE Pixilated Look/Dotted LEDs retrofitted in Siemena era 12x24 inch Safetran Lights
Junction Boxes: Siemens era Safetran
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: Siemens
Base: Siemens
Install: UP Early 2020s, Installed 2023
Left Signal
Bell: NEG E-Bell
Lights: Two pairs of 12 inch GE Pixilated Look/Dotted LEDs retrofitted in Siemena era 12x24 inch Safetran Lights
Junction Boxes: Siemens era Safetran
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: Siemens
Base: Siemens
Install: UP Early 2020s, Installed 2023
This grade crossing is an UP Early 2020s signal install.
Camera
Sony Handycam FDR-AX53

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Merry Christmas

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Nice catch. I caught a CPKC on my Mississippi trip

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Awesome

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I’m at this RR crossing now, the train has been stopped and blocking traffic for 45 min now. Wth ?? I truly hate coming through this road.

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sd40 with intermodal really?

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GP40-2.