UP 1475 Florin Flyer Switching Siding & SacRT | Nimbus Rd. Railroad Crossing, Rancho Cordova CA rare

Описание: Nov 14, 2025 10:08am
After looking at the car count of the Florin Flyer from the railcam in Roseville on their departure, I noticed that they had a lot of tanker cars including a couple of boxcars one for wayside lumber and the 5 hoppers for Nevada Cement. After seeing this, I was thinking this is a good size train coming this day and knew they would cut off the hoppers in the siding near the cement plant. However, the train was bringing 5 gondolas for Radius Recycle but have to pick up 10. I knew this would boost the train car count past 19 by the time they needed to come to this siding at Nimbus and Hazel at Aerojet. So I setup at Nimbus Rd to see if I was correct that they would have to make a rare move which is pulling East of this crossing here and have to split run-around their train and so it happened. This is my first time catching the freight train running east of Nimbus Rd/Hazel Ave crossing besides the short video I filmed back in May 2023 when they last had to do this move both this and that time reaching the Hazel Station inbound side and even a rare train meet East of Nimbus Rd of the freight and light rail. No telling when the next time a move East of Nimbus will occur again as the last time like stated was in 2023 and before that, 1 or 2 times back in 2018 and then before that way back a couple of times also in 2015. East of Nimbus use to be a normal move back up until the mid 2000s around 2006 - 2007 when the Aerojet spur track was taken out of service and then eventually removed a year later after that. If they kept the hoppers, they would of reached the Hazel Station pedestrian crossings but the crew dropped them off just in case because the track ends just east of the station and didn't want to overshoot the line. Would be cool though if they ran a little longer to reach the pedestrian crossings another time. You will also see the 3rd light rail train in this video not at a crossing view as all trains were running off schedule especially on this end and that light rail surprised me to film it in a crossing view.

Union Pacific Railroad Florin Flyer Local freight train on the UP Placerville Branch switching the Nimbus/Hazel Siding and Sacramento Regional Transit light rail trains on the SACRT Gold Line pass through the Nimbus Road railroad crossing in Rancho Cordova, California.

I wish I would of filmed this at a further back angle but a security was sitting a distance behind me checking in trucks therefore, I didn't want to look obvious and a problem starts despite I'm on public property and haven't passed there line. Of course things always timed last minute for me to get the actual view I wanted and got a close view clipping part of the cantilever.

UPRR - LRR54
UP 1475
UP 1386

SACRT 425, 404 Siemens S700
Gold Line - Inbound

SACRT 419, 406 Siemens S700
Gold Line - Inbound

SACRT 408, 409 Siemens S700
Gold Line - Outbound

Crossing Info
City: Rancho Cordova, California
Crossing Owner: Sacramento Regional Transit
Bell Sequence: Ring through whole activation

Right Shoulder Signal
Cantilever: Fabricated Metals
Lights: Four pairs of 12 inch RSI LEDs retrofitted inside Four pairs of 12x24 inch US&S Lights
Junction Boxes/Brackets: 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
Junction Boxes/Brackets: US&S
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: US&S Modal 95
Base: US&S
Install Type/Installed: SACRT Mid 2000s, Installed In 2005

Median Signal
Lights: Six 12 inch RSI LEDs and One 12 inch GE Pixilated Look/Fading LEDs retrofitted inside Four pairs of 12x24 inch US&S Lights
Junction Boxes/Brackets: US&S
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: US&S Modal 95
Base: WCH
Install Type/Installed: SACRT Mid 2000s, Installed In 2005, Reinstalled in 2017 Knocked Down

Left Shoulder Signal
Bell: GS Type 2 E-Bell
Lights: Four pairs of 12 inch RSI LEDs retrofitted inside Four pairs of 12x24 inch US&S Lights
Junction Boxes/Brackets: US&S
Gate Lights: WCH Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: US&S Modal 95
Base: US&S
Install Type/Installed: SACRT Mid 2000s, Installed In 2005

Yellow Flasher Signal (Not In View)
Lights: One pair of 12 inch Yellow Safetran Fading LEDs retrofitted in One pair of McCain Traffic Signal Lights & Brackets
Base: L&W
Install Type/Installed: SACRT Mid 2000s Yellow Flasher Install, Installed In 2005

Inbound Crossing Beacon
L&W White LED Light
L&W Base

Outbound Crossing Beacon
L&W White LED Light
L&W Base

Crossing also has two no right turn signals.

This crossing owned by Sacramento Regional Transit is an SACRT Mid 2000s signal install with its gates, gate lights, median base and a light changed from original equipment.

Camera
Sony FX30 Cinema Line + Tamron 17mm - 300mm