We had arrived at the Mary Avenue railroad crossing. My mom calls it the big crossing because the railroad crossing is big, covering four lanes and needing two gates to cover one lane. My mom parks the car at a nearby Seven-Eleven while I grab my iPhone to record the Caltrain that goes by the crossing. I walk across Evelyn Avenue to the railroad crossing where I will wait a few minutes for the Southbound Caltrain to pass. I looked left and right to see if the train was there but it wasn’t there. After 5 minutes I finally saw the blinding headlights of the approaching Caltrain so I walked backward and got my camera ready. Then the railroad crossing activated first with flashing red lights and the sound of the electrical bell ring and then the gates slowly came down and blocked the road for the oncoming Caltrain and I started recording. My heart starts pounding faster. The sound of the Caltrain’s Nathan P2 train horn echoed across Sunnyvale. I through the bushes to see the train and I was excited to see the train speed down through the crossing. Another loud honk from the horn of the Caltrain and I could hear its loud and running engine. Another short honk and I could see the rapidly approaching headlights of the Caltrain and then a loud long honk from the Caltrain and I jumped a little from hearing the loud horn so suddenly. I could finally see the EMD F40PH-2CAT locomotive with the Caltrain logo on its side and “908 Redwood City” painted below the cab window, it the top of the locomotive was painted black, the middle was painted white, and the bottom was painted grey. The train sped passed me pulling four two-story coaches and started slowing down to stop at Sunnyvale Station. The bells of the crossing stopped ringing and the gates went up again. I stopped recording and went back to the car where my mom was waiting for me.