Description
Oct 13, 2026
Caltrain Commuter Rail Train northbound passes through the Rengstorff Avenue railroad crossing on the JPBX Peninsula Sub in Mountain View, California. The shoulder signals here are the only signals remaining from SP late 80s era on this line especially the left one which features Modern Industries light head frames.
JPBX 307
JPBX 308
Crossing Info
City: Mountain View, California
Crossing Signal/Line Onwer: Caltrain (JPBX)
Railroad User(s): Caltrain, UP Locals
Bell Sequence: Ring till gate start to rise
Filmed Side: Western Side
-Western Side
Right Pedestrian Gate
Gate Light: NEG Clear LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Look"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: Caltrain 1990s equipment used in the late 2000s, Installed 2008
Right Shoulder Signal
Bell: WCH E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch GE Harmon Fading LEDs/WCH Lights (90s & 2000s)
Junction Box: Harmon
Gate Lights: NEG Clear LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Look" with Hinged Gate
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: SP Late 1980s Signal, Installed between 1987 & 1989
Median Signal
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch WCH 2nd Gen Miller Felpax LEDs/WCH Lights
Junction Boxes: WCH
Gate Lights: NEG Clear LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Look" with Hinged Gate
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: Caltrain early 2010s, Installed 2010 or 2011
Left Pedestrian Signal
Bell: WCH E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch WCH 2nd Gen Miller Felpax LEDs/WCH Lights
Junction Boxes: WCH
Gate Lights: RECO Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: Caltrain early 2010s, Installed 2010 or 2011
- Eastern Side (Near Intersection)
Left Pedestrian Gate
Gate Light: NEG Clear LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Look"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: Caltrain 1990s equipment used in the late 2000s, installed 2008
Left Shoulder Signal
Bell: WCH E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch GE Harmon Fading LEDs/MI Lights
Junction Box: Modern Industries
Gate Lights: RECO Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: SP Late 1980s Signal, Installed between 1987 & 1989
Median Signal
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch WCH 2nd Gen Miller Felpax LEDs/WCH Lights
Junction Boxes: WCH
Gate Lights: RECO Gate LEDs
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: Caltrain early 2010s, Installed 2010 or 2011
Right Pedestrian Signal
Bell: WCH E-Bell
Lights: 2 pairs of 12x24 inch WCH 2nd Gen Miller Felpax LEDs/WCH Lights
Junction Boxes: WCH
Gate Lights: NEG Clear LEDs "Alstom-Aurora Look"
Mechanism/Counterweight Arms: WCH
Base: WCH
Install: Caltrain early 2010s, Installed 2010 or 2011
This crossing also features 4 no right turn blank out signals and a queue cutter traffic signal setup. It appears one or more no right turn signals may have stopped working.
This crossing owned by the Caltrain system (JPBX) is a mixed signal install with the shoulder signals being the oldest modernized being SP late 1980s signal installs with changes to there bells, lights, some light heads, gates, and gate lights. The median signals are Caltrain late 2000s to early 2010s signal installs with gate and gate light changes and also the pedestrian signals being the same install. The pedestrian gates are Caltrain 90s signal installs but used in the late 2000s with gate light and counterweight arms and possibly mechanism changes.
Camera
Sony FX30 Cinema Line + Tamron 17mm - 300mm