I know this comment isn’t going to get to the right people because the people watching this are mostly rail fans, but seriously trains are no joke. It doesn’t matter how slow you *think* a train is moving, you should never put your life in danger to get someplace a few minutes faster.
And not even "a few" minutes faster, that Jeep that finally stopped for the tracks, probably didn't even have a green light yet by the time the train cleared! I can't say I've seen THAT many people for THAT long, crossing after the flashing lights have started... Having said that, I absolutely love this capture!! Gorgeous whistle on that train. :)
I guess if it's a gateless level crossing that you're used to traversing every day, yeah, sure, whatever. Best judgement. I grew up around a lot of rail and you've just gotta navigate around the train traffic sometimes. But damn I was wincing at every car continuing to push it when the train is CLEARLY in sight and damn near already in the road. If you misjudge and that stoplight is backed up you'd better be really quick about dropping into reverse and hope to hell if there's anyone behind you they can read the situation and be just as quick, and the same for whoever is behind them... It's not worth the extra few car lengths of pavement you might manage to get. Also it's good to see another Colton!
Isn’t that kind of what cars are all about? Higher risk of death to get places faster? lol. But I do agree a lot of people crossed those tracks, New Hampshire live free and die. AND/OR WHATEVER.
God those drivers are something else.... the hell are you going in such a hurry up that neck of the woods lol. On a lighter note, the duck not minding the train and just going for a lil swim is adorable.
@@joshuabessire9169 the inevitable is not going to happen that's just a tourist train. It runs no other trains on there at all it's just strictly for scenic I think it's top speeds about 15 mph if that?
Well, I guess the traffic either had to stop or get hit by a train, huh? Wow. Thanks for sharing this. When was the last time you saw a locomotive with an 8-cylinder diesel? Awesome.
U.S. GRADE CROSSINGS ! The insane & irresponsible behaviour of American road users in ignoring & passing red lights, never ceases to amaze me. This is a criminal offence in Europe, & you are likely to be charged with "Endangering the lives of passengers", which could get your driving licence revoked or even get you jailed !!!!!
That was very interesting on several points. First- Excellent video with a good viewing position, most enjoyable. Second- There was a delay after the lights started flashing before the bells sounded?? Third- Was that a Hancock Air Whistle on the leading car? Fourth- Do the local car drivers actually have driving licences, or have they all got really bad eyesight?
1. Thank you. I’m glad people appreciate my videos. 2. There were two railroad crossings at that intersection due to it being a weird shape and the bell for the first crossing isn’t audible because of where it is. 3. I think it was an electronic horn that played the sound of one. 4. Honestly, no clue.
@@northrailproductionsThanks for the update on that. It is a very long time since I last heard one on a loco (Patapsco & Back Rivers Railroad) but it sounded like it was.
I live in a small town in Tasmania Australia. We have 6 rail crossings with lights and bells only. About 6 freight trains a day. Some people do jump the lights occasionally but regret this. When the bells start so does the camera. It's a very costly lesson for many stupid impatient drivers.
Geez, lights flashing, bell ringing, horn blasting, the train is _in view,_ and multiple people continue to cross. A swing gate really need to be installed
Great video! 😃👍🏻👏🏼 That is a really cool train and horn! 🚂 It makes me so mad to see all those idiots and morons running the railroad crossing signal red lights when they should’ve stopped! Some people just don’t make sense to me! 😡
I truly think this crossing needs some new signal upgrades I think the reason there are drivers speeding this crossing is because it’s a unsafe blind spot this crossing spans a very wide road on a curve and there’s not enough lights and no bells for drivers to know when a train is coming
The video was filmed at approximately 44.03743077192121, -71.67636716374606 According to what I see on Google Street View, there are extra signal lights so they are visible from all approaches to the crossing. Without doing a full engineering study to compare against the requirements laid out in the MUTCD it is hard to say for _certain,_ but I'm betting things are fine. Drivers just choose to ignore the signal lights because "nothing bad will happen to me, it always happens to someone else."
If only I could take this line to go somewhere; otherwise it is just another zombie railway. Rolling stock looks good though.Due credit to those who keep it running and preventing a trail conversion.
Where I live the RR Police hide near crossings. They will bust you if you try and beat the train with the lights flashing. They will also bust you for speeding if there is no train coming.
Crazy there are no gates and the ignorance of all the drivers. This is a scenic train full off people and you'd think they would take every precaution to keep them safe.
Crossing gates for one crossing cost around $300,000, so they'll typically not installed on a lightly used tourist railway. But the behaviour of those 20 or so drivers is definitely not acceptable
Lincoln/N Woodstock NH is a HUGE tourist trap. Clarks, Hobo, Flume, Lost Riv, Loon, Kanca, etc. The town and the state are not going to do _anything_ that discourages people from visiting and leaving their $$$$$$$$$$$$. There is little to no traffic enforcement in any of NHs tourist areas - and that is intentional.
They wouldn't have done that if there was a crossing gate, and not just the crossing sign. And what was the idea of the warning bells starting to ring about a minute AFTER the red lights started flashing? That's not how most railroad crossings operate, and I should know because I've seen plenty of them. Usually, the lights start flashing and the bells start ringing AT THE SAME TIME! After all, not every motorist notices the lights flashing, but they're all bound to hear the bells ringing, not to mention the train horns or whistles blowing. Unfortunately, some of the motorists in this video ignored the lights, the bells, AND the horn! What idiots we have today! It's like nobody, ABSOLUTELY NOBODY, has even a bit of common sense in their heads!
@@michaelpalmieri7335 They would just drive around the gate. Because they obviously don't care. The bell you heard was for the separate crossing for the side street (Railroad St). The video was taken from approximately 44.03743077192121, -71.67636716374606.
All those idiots that crossed the tracks while the lights and bell were on should get ticketed the same way they would if they had run a red traffic light. The funny thing is, most of them ended up sitting at the red light just past the crossing anyway. Why break the law if it’s going to have no benefit to you??
i know a bit about train's and crossing's those driver's technically did not do anything wrong when the light came on that was a warning a train is approaching that is why the bell did not activate until it was closer to the crossing but as soon as the bell starts going ding ding ding YES you must stop but i did notice people tried to risk there live's even when the bell was ringing people do not realise how much damage a train can do to a vehicle please people have some common sense or a IQ
The drivers are required to stop when the lights are flashing. This is always the case. The bell doesn't matter, as crossing bells are really only there for pedestrians. Some areas allow cars to proceed after stopping if it's obvious there is no train coming and the way is safe. I don't know whether Lincoln, New Hampshire allows this. It is ALWAYS illegal to drive around or under a lowered or lowering (or raising!) crossing gate arm. The only rare exception to this is if directed to do so by law enforcement or a railroad employee. The More You Know 🌠
The more you don't know...lol Depends on state law what the requirements are for crossings with no gates. Some states allow you to go thru the lights if you have stopped to check that the train isn't close. Once bell is activated you must stop. Being a smart ass doesn't Pay when you are wrong...lol
@@brianide3770 _“Depends on state law what the requirements are for crossings with no gates. Some states allow you to go thru the lights if you have stopped to check that the train isn't close.”_ That is what I wrote above, although I did not specify states because different municipalities can setup their own laws more stringent than the state's laws. _“Once bell is activated you must stop. Being a smart ass doesn't Pay when you are wrong”_ That is utter and complete bullshit. You're welcome.
Railways are not a new idea - I would have thought that by now there would be national rules, not a plethora of state and municipal ones . . . @@jovetj
@@EllieMaes-Grandad Ignorance of _federalism_ is easily cured. You have the sum of human knowledge at your fingertips (unless you live in China or North Korea).
Friggin tourists running the crossing signals. When it travels back they wont see it on their right. Nice train ride for the kids. Took my kids a few times 25 years ago.
Something to note, the Hobo Railroad has since been renamed to the Granite State Scenic Railway and now operated under the reporting mark PLLX.
it was always operated under PLLX and plymouth & lincoln. its just the hobo ops are granite state scenic now
I know this comment isn’t going to get to the right people because the people watching this are mostly rail fans, but seriously trains are no joke. It doesn’t matter how slow you *think* a train is moving, you should never put your life in danger to get someplace a few minutes faster.
And not even "a few" minutes faster, that Jeep that finally stopped for the tracks, probably didn't even have a green light yet by the time the train cleared! I can't say I've seen THAT many people for THAT long, crossing after the flashing lights have started...
Having said that, I absolutely love this capture!! Gorgeous whistle on that train. :)
I guess if it's a gateless level crossing that you're used to traversing every day, yeah, sure, whatever. Best judgement. I grew up around a lot of rail and you've just gotta navigate around the train traffic sometimes. But damn I was wincing at every car continuing to push it when the train is CLEARLY in sight and damn near already in the road. If you misjudge and that stoplight is backed up you'd better be really quick about dropping into reverse and hope to hell if there's anyone behind you they can read the situation and be just as quick, and the same for whoever is behind them... It's not worth the extra few car lengths of pavement you might manage to get.
Also it's good to see another Colton!
Right you should always stop soon as the lights come on. The red flashing lights mean DANGER!
Isn’t that kind of what cars are all about? Higher risk of death to get places faster? lol. But I do agree a lot of people crossed those tracks, New Hampshire live free and die. AND/OR WHATEVER.
This crossing still has the traditional bells! Neat! Nice looking train!
We have those here all around Minnesota
That's good to hear! They are becoming obsolete out here in California and who knows in how many other states!@@mysteryrgo
God those drivers are something else.... the hell are you going in such a hurry up that neck of the woods lol. On a lighter note, the duck not minding the train and just going for a lil swim is adorable.
I saw 15 drivers run the crossing lights.
I’m almost positive that there were more than 15 in the uncut version.
No gates no wates
No cops no stops🙃🙃
And when the inevitable happens, someone from The Community is going to say how unsafe the crossing is.
More than 15.
@@joshuabessire9169 the inevitable is not going to happen that's just a tourist train. It runs no other trains on there at all it's just strictly for scenic I think it's top speeds about 15 mph if that?
Wonderfull these vintage video's. A bit alarming that nobody cared about the red lights and the approaching train.
@fredr6557 the introduction says it was filmed 7 months ago hardly vintage!
@@ivatt442 Whoops. It does look like 50 years ago... I guess modern trains and infrastructure haven't arrived there yet.
@@fredr6557 It's a passenger railroad for people who like traveling on trains though scenery. What do you expect??
ngl, I was expecting an actual hobo who manage to put together his own train lol
That reminds me, why is it called the Hobo Train?
wow this is Awesome that train it must be beautiful being on that train viewing the mountains. looks nice there. any more videos like this.
Well, I guess the traffic either had to stop or get hit by a train, huh? Wow.
Thanks for sharing this. When was the last time you saw a locomotive with an 8-cylinder diesel? Awesome.
Great video and catch some people aren't very smart going through the crossing once the signals have activated it's illegal
"The American People" ~ half of whom chose Biden and crew; not a very bright bunch . . .
U.S. GRADE CROSSINGS !
The insane & irresponsible behaviour of American road users in ignoring & passing red lights, never ceases to amaze me. This is a criminal offence in Europe, & you are likely to be charged with "Endangering the lives of passengers", which could get your driving licence revoked or even get you jailed !!!!!
In New Hampshire I'm pretty sure people just don't see crossings because people never stop till they see/hear the train.
It’s a moving violation in the US, but police don’t have time to sit at the crossing and pull people over.
Live free or die! NH has a great deal of contempt for passenger trains
It's so long and curved they probably got a exsepension because of a little amount of trains and slow speed
Should be like that here.
I like the landscaping at the end there and the pedestrian level crossing.
Awesome video and train ride. We rode that on July of 2021. Thank you for sharing! 🙂Jeffrey Hull Jr. (Jeff & son Lew)
Beautiful 'little 'train. Cheers! 😊
AMAZING, EVERYONE ignores the lights!
That was very interesting on several points.
First- Excellent video with a good viewing position, most enjoyable.
Second- There was a delay after the lights started flashing before the bells sounded??
Third- Was that a Hancock Air Whistle on the leading car?
Fourth- Do the local car drivers actually have driving licences, or have they all got really bad eyesight?
1. Thank you. I’m glad people appreciate my videos.
2. There were two railroad crossings at that intersection due to it being a weird shape and the bell for the first crossing isn’t audible because of where it is.
3. I think it was an electronic horn that played the sound of one.
4. Honestly, no clue.
Sure sounded like a Hancock.
It is a real hancock air whistle
@@northrailproductionsThanks for the update on that. It is a very long time since I last heard one on a loco (Patapsco & Back Rivers Railroad) but it sounded like it was.
Fourth - would you actually, honest to God, sit there for 2 minutes before the bells even start sounding, with the train in sight moving at 15 mph?
train coming: gotta get through so i can stop at the light!
I live in a small town in Tasmania Australia. We have 6 rail crossings with lights and bells only. About 6 freight trains a day. Some people do jump the lights occasionally but regret this. When the bells start so does the camera. It's a very costly lesson for many stupid impatient drivers.
quackers had a nice view of the train from the pond
Geez, lights flashing, bell ringing, horn blasting, the train is _in view,_ and multiple people continue to cross. A swing gate really need to be installed
So much for Stop on Red Signal.
Great video! 😃👍🏻👏🏼 That is a really cool train and horn! 🚂 It makes me so mad to see all those idiots and morons running the railroad crossing signal red lights when they should’ve stopped! Some people just don’t make sense to me! 😡
I truly think this crossing needs some new signal upgrades I think the reason there are drivers speeding this crossing is because it’s a unsafe blind spot this crossing spans a very wide road on a curve and there’s not enough lights and no bells for drivers to know when a train is coming
The video was filmed at approximately 44.03743077192121, -71.67636716374606
According to what I see on Google Street View, there are extra signal lights so they are visible from all approaches to the crossing. Without doing a full engineering study to compare against the requirements laid out in the MUTCD it is hard to say for _certain,_ but I'm betting things are fine. Drivers just choose to ignore the signal lights because "nothing bad will happen to me, it always happens to someone else."
Do they have a death wish. You don't have line of sight on that crossing to see where the trainis
Those lights went on way to early, BUT, they are what they are.
They're fine. The drivers are not.
god damn a lot of cars went through that crossing before the train reached it. A shame the road is too wide for gates.
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NICE!!!
I get it now, they're all colourblind, deaf to the sound of bells and planning on a short lifespan. In the words of Homer Simpson, DUH!
Great video, just a shame that someone had pointlessly put some flashing red lights in the middle of the shot...
The fact so many drivers completely ignored the red lights is shocking. American driving standards are that of 3rd world countries.
Plenty of other drivers in Europe and Australia do the same.
Import the third world, become the third world.
You are a drama clown and your standards are of a failed special education.
They need gates there because of stupid drivers who are to impatient to wait 25 seconds for a train to pass
Is this the train that goes down through Crawford Notch?
It's difficult to see the flashing lights when you are focused on your cell phone.
American drivers proving ' you can't fix stupid'
Can someone explain to me how the lights activate long before the bells do
Interesting that the crossing bell didn't activate at the same time as the lights!
*bell
Bell was for the crossing on the side street.
The main street crossing lights don't have a bell? Very unusual! @@jovetj
@@eatonjask They do, but it's at the far end of the crossing, 120m away.
If only I could take this line to go somewhere; otherwise it is just another zombie railway. Rolling stock looks good though.Due credit to those who keep it running and preventing a trail conversion.
What's the red lights for?
ask your grand parents and please stay in school.
What state is that in
Why is there a depowered RDC on there? Is it just being used as a coach? Has the blister been reused for a genny?
It’s been demotored. It’s just a coach now.
Thank you
Theres no arms at this crossing, whats up with that?
Shouldn't it be called Unhoused Person Railroad now?
Ha Ha
Where I live the RR Police hide near crossings. They will bust you if you try and beat the train with the lights flashing. They will also bust you for speeding if there is no train coming.
The only reason the SUV stopped at 1:12 is because the road on the other side of the tracks was blocked.
Crazy there are no gates and the ignorance of all the drivers. This is a scenic train full off people and you'd think they would take every precaution to keep them safe.
Crossing gates for one crossing cost around $300,000, so they'll typically not installed on a lightly used tourist railway. But the behaviour of those 20 or so drivers is definitely not acceptable
People! When you see those lights flashing at a level crossing, you have to _STOP._
Lincoln/N Woodstock NH is a HUGE tourist trap. Clarks, Hobo, Flume, Lost Riv, Loon, Kanca, etc. The town and the state are not going to do _anything_ that discourages people from visiting and leaving their $$$$$$$$$$$$. There is little to no traffic enforcement in any of NHs tourist areas - and that is intentional.
Welcome to america, where stopping for crossings is optional.
Yes I skipped the first 90 seconds of empty rail..
1:31 Hobo Train
Unbelievable.😮
Oh man, sale at Roger's? I'd better get on it!
If there's ever a reason to put crossing gates at a railroad signal, this is it!!!
The moron drivers will just drive around them.
What designates " a hobo train" ?
The railroad is called ‘The Hobo Railroad’
Insane amount of railroad crossing misuse.
There should be an up and down gate at that crossing, MAYBE it would stop red light runners.
the fact that a barrier is needed to even try and stop people running red lights is so concerning
It wouldn't.
@@jovetj I'm sure your correct...they would just plow through the gate. A gate won't fix stupid 👍
Those flashing red lights. .. just a suggestion.
Judging from the number of drivers ignoring the lights, the residents of Lincoln NH have a very weak self-preservation instinct.
I always thought red meant stop
except in america
This is the problem with mandatory crossing gates: they condition people to believe they don't have to stop without them.
I was expecting to see actual hobos on a freight train...
Not the best horn usage for streets as busy as that is.....hmm
Looks like a beautiful place to me. Don't know why there are so many people with suicidal tendencies?!
It sounded like a steam train
The nerve of all those fuckers driving through the activated crossing. Great shot though.
They wouldn't have done that if there was a crossing gate, and not just the crossing sign.
And what was the idea of the warning bells starting to ring about a minute AFTER the red lights started flashing? That's not how most railroad crossings operate, and I should know because I've seen plenty of them.
Usually, the lights start flashing and the bells start ringing AT THE SAME TIME! After all, not every motorist notices the lights flashing, but they're all bound to hear the bells ringing, not to mention the train horns or whistles blowing. Unfortunately, some of the motorists in this video ignored the lights, the bells, AND the horn!
What idiots we have today! It's like nobody, ABSOLUTELY NOBODY, has even a bit of common sense in their heads!
@@michaelpalmieri7335 They would just drive around the gate. Because they obviously don't care.
The bell you heard was for the separate crossing for the side street (Railroad St). The video was taken from approximately 44.03743077192121, -71.67636716374606.
Needs crossing arms/barriers.
All those idiots that crossed the tracks while the lights and bell were on should get ticketed the same way they would if they had run a red traffic light. The funny thing is, most of them ended up sitting at the red light just past the crossing anyway. Why break the law if it’s going to have no benefit to you??
I really thought we were gonna see some ghetto train scrapped together by some sketchy folks
They need gates, seriously
Nobody stopping 😂
Are people blind that they can not see the red signal lights????????
interisting consist.
So many stupid drivers. Crossing needs gates
The cops could've made their entire month's quota in two minutes.
It’s called I don’t care.😮
Flashing lights? What flashing lights?!
I was expecting to see hobos riding a train through town. Dislike.
i know a bit about train's and crossing's those driver's technically did not do anything wrong when the light came on that was a warning a train is approaching that is why the bell did not activate until it was closer to the crossing but as soon as the bell starts going ding ding ding YES you must stop but i did notice people tried to risk there live's even when the bell was ringing people do not realise how much damage a train can do to a vehicle please people have some common sense or a IQ
The drivers are required to stop when the lights are flashing. This is always the case. The bell doesn't matter, as crossing bells are really only there for pedestrians.
Some areas allow cars to proceed after stopping if it's obvious there is no train coming and the way is safe. I don't know whether Lincoln, New Hampshire allows this.
It is ALWAYS illegal to drive around or under a lowered or lowering (or raising!) crossing gate arm. The only rare exception to this is if directed to do so by law enforcement or a railroad employee.
The More You Know 🌠
The more you don't know...lol
Depends on state law what the requirements are for crossings with no gates. Some states allow you to go thru the lights if you have stopped to check that the train isn't close. Once bell is activated you must stop. Being a smart ass doesn't Pay when you are wrong...lol
@@brianide3770
_“Depends on state law what the requirements are for crossings with no gates. Some states allow you to go thru the lights if you have stopped to check that the train isn't close.”_
That is what I wrote above, although I did not specify states because different municipalities can setup their own laws more stringent than the state's laws.
_“Once bell is activated you must stop. Being a smart ass doesn't Pay when you are wrong”_
That is utter and complete bullshit. You're welcome.
Railways are not a new idea - I would have thought that by now there would be national rules, not a plethora of state and municipal ones . . . @@jovetj
@@EllieMaes-Grandad Ignorance of _federalism_ is easily cured. You have the sum of human knowledge at your fingertips (unless you live in China or North Korea).
Very risky of all those cars disregarding the signals.
Friggin tourists running the crossing signals. When it travels back they wont see it on their right.
Nice train ride for the kids. Took my kids a few times 25 years ago.