Trains Meet - NS 4197 Leads UP ISELC Meets UP ZLCTM, French Camp Rd Railroad Crossing French Camp CA

April 15, 2023 10:21am
For the first catch out in French Caml this day, I setup on the other side of this crossing. After waiting a while, I seen a southbound headlight approaching and looked like an Norfolk Southern unit then I seen the headlight also approaching northbound. Not knowing what train will crossing first, I decided to run to this side of the crossing so the Norfolk Southern leader wouldn't be blocked but I could of stayed on the other side. I assume the NS leader was the ISELC?. The second one is the ZLCTM though. The ZLCTM and ISELC are counterpart trains also as the ZLCTM was the ZLCBR and the ISELC was the ZBRLC & ZBRLA.Right after this, I caught a train race of the Tracy Turn and a Manifest both northbound.

Norfolk Southern leads Union Pacific Intermodal Stack Train southbound and the northbound Union Pacific Z-Train stack train intermodal pass through the French Camp Road railroad crossing on the UP Fresno Sub in French Camp, California.

NS 4197, UP 7502, UP 5099 - ISELC

UP 8119, BNSF 5526, UP 4203, UP 2695 (DPU), UP 8779 (DPU) - ZLCTM-15

Crossing Info
French Camp, California

This crossing owned by UP bells ring till gates start rising.

Right Signal
Bell: WCH Mechanical Bell
Cantilever: RACO
Lights: Four pairs of 12 inch WCH, Aurora Clear LEDs retrofitted in Four pairs of 12x24 inch WCH Lights
Junction Boxes: RACO
Install Type: SP 1960s, Installed: Between 1960 - 1970
Gated Mast
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arm: Safetran
Base: Safetran
Install Type: UP Late 2010s, Installed 2015

Left Signal
Bell: Safetran Mechanical Bell
Cantilever: Safetran
Lights: Mast - Two pairs of 12 inch General Electric Pixilated Look LEDs, one pair of WCH 1st Generation LEDs, Overhead - Two pairs of 12 inch Harmon Fading LEDs retrofitted in Mast - Two pairs of 12x24 inch WCH Lights, Overhead - Two pairs of 12x24 inch Harmon Lights
Junction Boxes: WRRS
Install Type: SP/UP Mid To Late 1990s, Installed Between 1995 - 2001
Short Gated Mast
Gate Lights: NEG Gate LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Style"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arm: Invensys Rail
Base: WCH
Install Type: UP Late 2010s, Installed 2015

This crossing owned by Union Pacific Railroad is an mixed install with the close signals cantilever being an SP 1960s signal build install with changes to its bells, lights, and light heads. It's gated mast is an UP mid 2010s signal build install with hanges to its gates and gate lights. The left signals cantilever is an SP/UP Mid to late 1990s signal build install with changes to its lights and light heads and brackets. It's gated mast is an UP Mid 2010s signal build install with changes to its gate and gate lights.

Camera
Sony Handycam FDR-AX53