Sick Cold Alarm Sounding GS Type 1 BNSF 4720 Oil Train Twin Cities Rd Railroad Crossing Elk Grove CA

Описание: Filmed February 4, 2023
For my first catch while heading to Stockton, I seen a southbound meeting a northbound on the Sac Sub so I setup here at Twin Cities Road railroad crossing in Elk Grove, California on the UP Sacramento Subdivision to get this BNSF Railway oil freight train with h1 here. Also since it was very foggy and cold, it affected the General Signals Type 1 Electronic Bell here at this crossing. Old GS Type 1s react to cold weather by their pitch changing and its even worse when its foggy. Most lower their pitch while a very few raise their pitch. This is a cold start which is also a sign that the bell is old and will eventually die and a lot of GS Type 1s now have this problem during the winter time but not all.

BNSF 4720, 8073, 1103, 4680, 7380 (DPU), 4611 (DPU)

Crossing Info
Elk Grove, California

This crossing owned and maintained by UPRR is an horn zone and bells ring till gates start rising.

Right Signal
Bell: GS Type 1 E-Bell
Lights: One 12 inch Harmon Dotted LEDs, Two 12 inch WCH 1st Generation LEDs, and One 12 inch General Electric Pixilated Look LEDs retrofitted in Three 12x24 inch Federal Signal Lights and One 12x24 inch WCH Lights
Junction Box: WRRS
Gate Lights: Electro-Tech Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install Type: WP 1970s, Installed 1970 - 1979

Left Signal
Bell: Griswold Mechanical Bell
Lights: One pair of 12 inch Harmon Dotted LEDs and One pair of 12 inch WCH 1st Generation LEDs retrofitted in One pair of 12x24 inch Harmon Lights and One pair of 12x20 inch Safetran Lights (Hawker Siddley Era)
Junction Box: Safetran
Gate Lights: Electro-Tech Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arm: Federal Signal with WRRS counterweight arms
Base: WCH
Install Type: WP 1970s, Installed 1970 - 1979

Camera
Sony Handycam FDR-AX700