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This video was filmed on November 15, 2024 on a beautiful clear fall evening in Lemon Grove with the moon coming up. It was around 50 degrees and the humidity was around 5% so the air was extremely dry too.

I just wanted to come to this crossing at night and film two orange line trolleys passing by here because there is a lot of light in this area and even though I don't like doing night videos, it's an exception when I'm in a well lit area like here. This is also one of my favorite crossings largely because of that mechanical bell that is old, but very healthy and every time it dings, it hits that gong hard and it sounds so good. It will probably be the longest lasting mechanical bell on the trolley line too. There are four other hybrid mechanical bells that MTS still has in service including one that still rings continuously that you will see a video of further down this line in the future. There is another bell on the other side of this crossing and that is a new electronic bell that replaced a similar mechanical bell and I thought that was unnecessary because that other mechanical bell still worked and was much louder than this electronic bell that you can't even hear because it's that quiet.

Another interesting fact is that this was the very first railroad crossing owned by MTS that went from incandescent flashing lights to LED so the LED retrofit lights are very old now. One more interesting fact is that freight trains also use this crossing, but it is very rare and only happens in the middle of the night and you should know me by now that I love to film rare things happening and I have a video of a freight train using this crossing below.

Here are my videos of this railroad crossing in action at different times of the day including different angles.
   • #railroadcrossing Bell Glitch At Lemon Gro...  
   • Lemon Grove Traffic Lights & #railroadcros...  
   • The Healthiest & Loudest Safetran Hybrid M...  

Also here is my video of when some freight train locomotives passed by here in the middle of the night.    • Freight Locomotives Pass By Lemon Grove De...  

Finally here is an older video I did of this crossing in October of 2020 where you will see stupid people walking right in front of a moving trolley.    • MTS #railfanning At Lemon Grove Depot (Bro...  

RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNALS INFO:
All 16 red flashing lights are LED
All 9 flashing gate lights are LED
There is 1 electronic bell and 1 mechanical bell
These signals are owned by MTS

TRAFFIC LIGHTS INFO:
All 17 red lights, 17 yellow lights, and 17 green lights are LED
All 10 pedestrian signals are LED countdown
The traffic signals are owned by the city of Lemon Grove