A crossing was prefabricated in Sebastopol and loaded on a flat car pushed to the crossing location, but when the interurban crew arrived to install the crossing on January 3, 1905, they found a pair of steam locomotives on either side of the crossing fitted with steam nozzles to spray hot water on anyone approaching the crossing site.
A prefabricated crossing was transported to Sebastopol and placed on a flat car, but when the interurban crew arrived to install it on January 3, 1905, they found two steam locomotives flanking the crossing, each equipped with nozzles that sprayed hot water at anyone approaching.