These signals were put up in 1988, but the line wasn't opened until July 1990.

On weekdays, 239 trains go by this crossing, on weekends and holidays, it's 180 daily trains.

This line used to belong to the Southern Pacific railroad. They abandoned this line around 1987, when the Metro Blue Line immediately took over rebuilding the line for high speed usage. This crossing had 8" lights at the time SP owned them. The old SP DOT number is 747804E, and got 2 daily trains while it was in service. When Metro Blue Line took over, they were never assigned a DOT number.

This street has a exclusive crossing for the Metro Blue Line Railroad that travels along a 100 mile stretch. This is the last signalized crossing heading south. There are other crossings, but the traffic lights somewhat help, but not much.

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An overview of the crossing.	WATCH FOR TRAINS	The left bulb is burned out.	The right one is okay.

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Another signal is at the side of the crossing for pedestrians.	The train finished crossing in 3 seconds. The signals took another 3 seconds before they decided to go up.	The gates rise after being activated for only 20 seconds.

 

CLICK THE ICON TO THE LEFT TO HEAR THE CROSSING IN ACTION. (RECORDED 1991)

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Here's the updated look at Spring St. The only thing I see that's different is the 2 Tracks sign on picture #10 as compared to picture #5. The "WATCH FOR TRAINS" sign is still there and in the same place. I shot filming too early. About a minute after filming, the signals activated and TWO Metro Blue Line trains crossed the crossing at the same time! I kick myself for missing that one.   The bells still stop ringing after the gates fully lower.

Google Street View shows that the lights now have LEDs, the backgrounds changed to 12"x24" and the Safetran mechanical bells changed to WCH electronic bells.