ST&E 777 Local Fright Train Works Switching NexCoil - N Shaw Rd. Railroad Crossing, Stockton CA

November 1, 2023 11:16am
After I got then switching at Broadway, I setup next here at N Shaw Rd. Unfortunately, I didn't include the video and a few time out activations of them heading east past this crossing before to their yard east of here as a nearby resident here dogs got loose and started crawling up my legs and when I walked them back, I missed the activation. This extremley pissed me off as I'm already railfanning a hard to catch shortline railroad, already tense this whole year of railfanning in 2023 because of the headache of a population in this era so I cut those videos out and called them B Roll and will publish the B Roll videos on a non main upload day sometime in the future.
Anyways, the train came back after working their yard near Salt River Pheonix Cement Company light power westward on the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad Main Line to go work NexCoil Intsel Steel so I decided since theybwere going to pass this crossing several times to just make a crossing/switching video of them working the customer and filmed the North Shaw Road railroad crossing from both sides here in Stockton, California.
This train had a nice crew also as the conducyor was telling me where their next section of work is at.
ST&E 777 MP15DC
Crossing Info - First Perspective
Stockton, CA
This crossing owned and maintained by the Stocmton Terminal and Eastern Railroad is a horn zone and bells ring till gate start rising.
Right Signal
Bell: Safetran Mechanical Bell
Lights: Two pairs of 12 inch WCH 1st Gen/Red LEDs retrofitted in 12x24 inch WCH Lights
Junction Box: Fabricated Metals
Gate Lights: Safetran 4 inch Incandescent Gate Lights
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: Safetran
Base: LI/Progress Rail
Install: ST&E Early To Mid 2000s, Installed between 2003 - 2006
Left Signal
Bell: WCH E-Bell "Type 3"
Lights: Two pairs of 12 inch WCH 1st Gen/Red LEDs retrofitted in 12x24 inch WCH Lights
Junction Box: Fabricated Metals
Gate Lights: Safetran 4 inch Incandescent Gate Lights
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: Safetran
Base: LI/Progress Rail
Install: ST&E Early To Mid 2000s, Installed between 2003 - 2006
This crossing appears to be a early mid 2000s crossing looking at the equipment in person. This would maje this crossing an ST&E early to mid 2000s install mainly seems to be an mid 2000s signal install with changes to its bells.
Camera
Sony Handycam FDR-AX53
Sony Cybershot RX10 IV

[@ChaseFanNo.9]

Yeah the dogs of that residents did that last time I was there. For me I wouldn’t bother with adding any time out activation as I focus on the train going through the crossing. The people at that residents though aren’t an issue. I hope 2024 will be a better year for us railfanners.

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

I'm not worried about the time out videos as those were only filmed in case the train came back by during one if them as I would save those 3 time outs for their own time out video. The problem is the dogs distracted me when the train ran east towards the yard with the cement plant so I cut that video out of this main video. Luckily, they ran back west to NextCoil so could gwt a proper video(s) of this crossing.
I attached the missed activation video and attached it to the time out videos and considering it not a main publish but like a b roll video just to show the train headed east I'll post sometime in the future.
The residents weren't the problem themselves as luckliy they could care less about what I'm filming but got distracted by their dogs. I been having a lot of run ins everywhere I go with people more than ever I even had one guy threaten me saying where he's from in LA they shoot people for filming. This era's society has changed my feeling for railfanning the past few years and its gotten worse so far, something I use to enjoy not stress over doing but want to continue. People are violent for no reason nowadays. A few years ago this use to not be as common and back when I started railfanning years ago, everyone seemed more level headed. We can hope 2024 be better but I doubt it.

[@salvadormedinafeliciano6454]

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