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Incredibly unique and entertaining post, thanks. Never saw an overpass so close to a land crossing, very cool, what a perspective. Hope to see this as a live camera some day.
Truly one of those head-scratching places. I do remember a couple dual-level areas in Indiana are the Erie Lackawanna Mainline. We have a small variation of this crossing in Milwaukee where there is a crossbuck in front of a concrete overpass to call attention to a grade crossing on the other side that is a street running spur into an asphalt distributorship. The overpass is CP the street trackage is UP. 200 block East Washington St pretty much in line with the huge Allen-Bradley four-faced clock. Thanks for sharing this Oddity
Weird! I thought that the bridged track was the 'up' line, and the crossing was the 'down' line, but those trains were travelling in opposite directions, and yet using the same track. What traffic, if any, uses the bridge?
We've got a crossing just like that at 13th st. in Wichita. The BNSF, UP, and K&O, all cross overhead, but the WTA, ( Wichita Terminal Assn.) has to cross at grade to access the former Cargill mill, on the s.side of 13th st., so the signals are situated exactly the same.
Brit here, took me a while to get my bearings! Never seen such a configuration before, nothing like this in the UK. While awesome, has to be said, INCREDIBLY Dangerous!! lol. Brilliant video, thanks for the upload.
It's only "incredibly dangerous" if you've been softened up by the Globalist Safety Religion. Some of us still have bones, and are the only reason the rest of you are alive.
Judging by the bridge, looks like one vehicle can get by at a time and in case of a backlog of traffic, having the gate there to stop oncoming traffic before reaching the bridge would allow cars that are stopped on or near the tracks on the other side to clear.
It's tracks 1 & 2 of the split grade main, this runs for several miles in Northwest Ohio and into Indiana. Split grades are kind of rare. On the old Pennsylvania RR main that ran between Bradford, OH and Columbus ("The Bradford Line"), there was a three-way split grade (3 mains) between St. Paris and Urbana.
So that's why the trackbed looks weird in certain areas, and why it appears like that. Theres sets of bridges east of Urbana, and it all makes sense now. Thank you!
@@holger_p by the style of the underpass the elevated track was there decades before the street grade track was installed . It was much cheaper and faster to build it that way .
@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Sure, installing no traffic lights on intersections is also always faster and cheaper, but people don't want it always cheap in a civilized country. They want it nice, safe and comfortable.
I just went to google maps to this location ... when viewed from the south they got a train on the bridge and from the north they got a train on the level crossing ... how cool is that !
Yup, it had me scratching my head - "Why are there barriers on a trestle bridge?" but then it becomes clear. Anyon driving under the bridge wouldn't imagine that there's a level crossing just beyond it 😱. BTW, your freight trains are immense! Here in UK, a long freight train is about 25 cars!
Yep, such a major blind spot for sure. I’m almost certain there’s plenty more other crossings out there that needs to have the arm and lights on them for other instances of blind spots for everyone’s safety
There's a crossing just like this near me. Except the grade crossing is very rarely used, and there's no lights or gate. It's just a bell that I'm not sure even works anymore. It's used probably less than once a year mostly for MOW equipment. The overpass is the mainline.
In Owings Mills, Maryland, on Reisterstown Road, there is a CSX (formerly Western Maryland Railroad) overpass. About a hundred yards south there used to be an at-grade crossing that was a spur of the main line. Google street view shows the old tracks.
I've known about this crossing a while, live in Indiana... but have never gone and seen it for myself. But it's always been extremely fascinating to me. How could it not be?? The grade separation is seriously cool. The Erie Lackawanna through IN had a few areas of grade separation like this, but when it came to crossings, it was either a level crossing with both tracks, a road overpass over the tracks, or two rail overpasses at different heights above the road. But never a level crossing/overpass deal like this. This is a rarity for sure. And this line is an active Class 1 line... the EL has been removed for decades now.
On this day i was at Fostoria and I recorded trains in the morning about 12 to 2 and I didn't see these trains. Nice crossing, and it is sad the GE electronic bell died.
I was driving up to this crossing late one night and stopped to make sure there was no train coming. There was none and just as I was going across I heard a loud train and it scared me so much. Right then a train had passed on the top rail. I never forgot that.
This was about 15 years ago and there were no gates, just cross bucks. I was with my brother who worked on the signals in that area so he was familiar with it but I was not. I think I know what it feels like to be 1 second from death.
Back in the 90's, I live in Defiance, Oh., which isn't very far from this crossing. I rode my motorcycle much as possible in the warm months. Came thru here many times....werid!. Kinda stumbled across this video...
This is probably the strangest railroad crossing I've ever seen. I mean, not only are there 2 tracks but one of them is high up while the other is on solid ground. Sure is something you don't see every day huh?
I think is part of the ex-B&O mainline from Pittsburgh to Chicago. Amtrak's Broadway Ltd., and then, The Three Rivers would have come through here from 1990 to 2005.
At first I thought only in Ohio. Then I realized there was another cross track on the other side of the underpass. Brilliant set up. The lights on the far side confirmed it for me when they lit before the train arrived. Thanks.
If that's the line I think it is the train is on the original B&O line. The one with the trestle is the High line. It was built from Akron to Chicago to limit crossings and waits for other railroads especially the Pennsy which would tie B&O trains up.
The lights use LEDs that flicker at a frequency that you normally don't see (probably 30 Hz, half the mains frequency), but is very close to the shutter speed of the camera. In reality, you don't see the lights dim. It's just that sometimes the camera takes a picture right at the time when the leds are off for a very short time.
Wow I've never seen a railroad crossing like this before especially with a Crossing signal next to a train trestle bridge and a train track that's pretty awesome with another train track on the other side
wow man I just retired after 42 years trucking the first thing I saw was the clearance sign & you can see that bridge was hit by a truck @ some time But when the train came past THAT BLEW MY MIND
I notice that the bridge height is 11" and are measured without train traffic. How much deflection down does a train have on the bridge when passing because that opening is going to shrink some when something heavy is on it. Every driver should know the height of their vehicle, but that is a down and up road under the bridge, so you're going to height if the road on either side isn't flat longer than the vehicle passing under it. Wonder what happens to the signals if something is crossing the bridge? Oh, and this is a science and math question. 🙃
I grew up 10 miles from this location in the 50’s and know this location. There was no crossing gate or lights at this location back then. Only crossbucks. This crossing is on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio to Chicago which was bough out by the Chessie System.
@@JohnGeorgeBauerBuisI've been seeing this around my area for many years (I'm going to guess that it's been more than 30 years). It makes perfect sense, though. There's no need for the fake bell sounds to continue once the gates are down. These things are all controlled with electronics now, so greater nuances are possible in how such things function.
Nearly every gated CSX crossing as well as NS and a good number on both CPKC and CN are set to ring until the gates fully lower. Im not exactly sure why they are set like this. Though I think the idea for this kind of set up is more for the bell to be a warning that the gates are dropping rather than a warning that a train is coming overall. Unlike signals that ring their bells when the gates are down. This also increases the life on bells since they are not used nearly as much and it decreases wear and tear as a result. Especially on mechanical bells.
@CarsonTrains I followed this line on Google for several miles each way and this is the only crossing like this I found. My assumption is the at grade track was built later. Perhaps to old bridge here was not structurally sound enough to configure 2 tracks ?
@@MrWc867it’s the logical assumption, there’s only one main in the past, and when they added the second one the rr don’t want to make a second overpass so they make a grade crossing adjacent to the main track
I see an awesome movie seen... Come down that hill on the other side of the tracks,,, hit the tracks fly right over the bridge... Just the good old boys..
I want to go there someday, weird but unique setup, i think having a third crossing signal after the one you are standing at is kind of odd as well, but its necessary because what if you get caught up between the first right signal and the second right signal CSX went right through there on the second video
This is why we have to respect those gates- even when it doesn't seem necessary!
I think they have it so if the bridge collapsed nothing or nobody would be under it. My thinking
Oh never mind I thought the only rr was above the bridge🤣
Not sure
@@billybob-zz5sv yea I didn't see that coming lol
@@billybob-zz5sv It probably has more to do with line of sight than being concerned about the bridge collapsing.
It would be so cool to have a train passing on the high track at the same time that a train was passing at the grade crossing!
Yes, that would be fantastic!
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@@BrylcreemBill My "Baby Girl" is part Lilac Point Siamese and part Gray Tabby. So I guess I kind of own a Siamese...she's just beautiful. "Baby" will be 17 years of age on March 1 of this year (2024)! Found her when she was barely six weeks old, under a pile of trash/garbage!! Thanks for asking!
Incredibly unique and entertaining post, thanks. Never saw an overpass so close to a land crossing, very cool, what a perspective. Hope to see this as a live camera some day.
Here in Earth City, MO, there's a very sketchy setup like this off MO 141 and MO 370. No gates, just dirty incandescent lamps that can barely be seen.
No kidding! Talk about a completely obstructed view for both operators!
This could have been 2 different competing rail lines from a long time ago
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A very unique train video! I don't think I have ever seen two rail lines that close together at different elevations. Thank You!
OK, I've got it. I wondered why they would have a grade crossing for a train trestle.
Because it's Ohio 😂
It took me a minute but then I realized when they zoomed in that one line is at rd level and the other is elevated
I have seen a simular one in Stockton, Ca.
Agreed
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Truly one of those head-scratching places. I do remember a couple dual-level areas in Indiana are the Erie Lackawanna Mainline. We have a small variation of this crossing in Milwaukee where there is a crossbuck in front of a concrete overpass to call attention to a grade crossing on the other side that is a street running spur into an asphalt distributorship. The overpass is CP the street trackage is UP. 200 block East Washington St pretty much in line with the huge Allen-Bradley four-faced clock. Thanks for sharing this Oddity
Weird! I thought that the bridged track was the 'up' line, and the crossing was the 'down' line, but those trains were travelling in opposite directions, and yet using the same track. What traffic, if any, uses the bridge?
@@davidgrayburnhale4125looking at Google Maps seems to indicate this is just a regular double tracked line: maps.app.goo.gl/brvnqzmfpyVQMSmx8
Wow, without the crossing gates anyone driving through the underpass would be totally blind to the surface train…
They would be a whole new world.💀
Gatesll crossing it’s called more danger
Nice one....thanks for sharing
Cool video and interesting crossing.
Oh boy you fooled me! I didn’t even see the rails on the other side until you zoomed in 😂
It fooled me as well I was like why lol 😂😂😂
I have never seen a crossing like that before. Very nice find.
Excellent catch!! Love the perspective!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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That was great, I may have to go check that out myself. Thanks for the share
We've got a crossing just like that at 13th st. in Wichita. The BNSF, UP, and K&O, all cross overhead, but the WTA, ( Wichita Terminal Assn.) has to cross at grade to access the former Cargill mill, on the s.side of 13th st., so the signals are situated exactly the same.
Unique rail crossing and passage way, with the narrow bridge. Nice video.
Brit here, took me a while to get my bearings! Never seen such a configuration before, nothing like this in the UK. While awesome, has to be said, INCREDIBLY Dangerous!! lol. Brilliant video, thanks for the upload.
It's only "incredibly dangerous" if you've been softened up by the Globalist Safety Religion. Some of us still have bones, and are the only reason the rest of you are alive.
Judging by the bridge, looks like one vehicle can get by at a time and in case of a backlog of traffic, having the gate there to stop oncoming traffic before reaching the bridge would allow cars that are stopped on or near the tracks on the other side to clear.
Very Beautifull and Very Excellent catching ❤️👍
What a wonderful place to film a locomotive.
great clip ... the best ever ... the realism was gripping ... and what action scenes ... hard to breathe now
It's tracks 1 & 2 of the split grade main, this runs for several miles in Northwest Ohio and into Indiana. Split grades are kind of rare. On the old Pennsylvania RR main that ran between Bradford, OH and Columbus ("The Bradford Line"), there was a three-way split grade (3 mains) between St. Paris and Urbana.
So that's why the trackbed looks weird in certain areas, and why it appears like that. Theres sets of bridges east of Urbana, and it all makes sense now. Thank you!
@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory You're welcome, I'm glad this post was helpful to you!
putting 1 track on a bridge, and the other not, is kind of ridicolous. Like in an underdeveloped country, "there was only money to elevate one track".
@@holger_p by the style of the underpass the elevated track was there decades before the street grade track was installed . It was much cheaper and faster to build it that way .
@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Sure, installing no traffic lights on intersections is also always faster and cheaper, but people don't want it always cheap in a civilized country.
They want it nice, safe and comfortable.
It would make an attractive feature on a model rr. 👍👍👍
I just went to google maps to this location ... when viewed from the south they got a train on the bridge and from the north they got a train on the level crossing ... how cool is that !
I just saw that now! That’s awesome!!
It's amazing how little it takes to entertain some of us.
That’s the greatest railroad crossing I’ve seen
Yup, it had me scratching my head - "Why are there barriers on a trestle bridge?" but then it becomes clear. Anyon driving under the bridge wouldn't imagine that there's a level crossing just beyond it 😱.
BTW, your freight trains are immense! Here in UK, a long freight train is about 25 cars!
Yep, such a major blind spot for sure. I’m almost certain there’s plenty more other crossings out there that needs to have the arm and lights on them for other instances of blind spots for everyone’s safety
It had me fooled for a while, too.
There's a crossing just like this near me. Except the grade crossing is very rarely used, and there's no lights or gate. It's just a bell that I'm not sure even works anymore. It's used probably less than once a year mostly for MOW equipment. The overpass is the mainline.
Ok, you got me as well. I was thinking whoever put crossing gates at an overpass was doing some serious snorting that day. 😅
Great video and so interesting
Very interesting railway crossing. Looks very unique with all those barriers in front of and behind the bridge etc. Thumbs up! :)
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In Owings Mills, Maryland, on Reisterstown Road, there is a CSX (formerly Western Maryland Railroad) overpass. About a hundred yards south there used to be an at-grade crossing that was a spur of the main line. Google street view shows the old tracks.
I've known about this crossing a while, live in Indiana... but have never gone and seen it for myself. But it's always been extremely fascinating to me. How could it not be?? The grade separation is seriously cool.
The Erie Lackawanna through IN had a few areas of grade separation like this, but when it came to crossings, it was either a level crossing with both tracks, a road overpass over the tracks, or two rail overpasses at different heights above the road. But never a level crossing/overpass deal like this. This is a rarity for sure. And this line is an active Class 1 line... the EL has been removed for decades now.
VERY rare GE e-bell on that close mast! cool catch
The ge bell died
On this day i was at Fostoria and I recorded trains in the morning about 12 to 2 and I didn't see these trains. Nice crossing, and it is sad the GE electronic bell died.
Bell only programmed to ring on initialization and until the gates come down.
There used to be 2 GE E bells both of which were functional. One got replaced and the other is dead unfortunately.
Well that was interesting.
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I was driving up to this crossing late one night and stopped to make sure there was no train coming. There was none and just as I was going across I heard a loud train and it scared me so much. Right then a train had passed on the top rail. I never forgot that.
Wow that would definitely freak me out too especially at night
This was about 15 years ago and there were no gates, just cross bucks. I was with my brother who worked on the signals in that area so he was familiar with it but I was not. I think I know what it feels like to be 1 second from death.
That is so cool.
Back in the 90's, I live in Defiance, Oh., which isn't very far from this crossing.
I rode my motorcycle much as possible in the warm months.
Came thru here many times....werid!. Kinda stumbled across this video...
Nice Catches
That's pretty neat! 👍
Wonderful perspective clip! Had me thinking for a bit.
I was canvassing for a citizen action group in Hicksville back in winter of 1993/94, it was very surreal!
You had me fooled! I thought, why would they put up a gate for a trestle? Surprise Surprise! Thanks for the Vid!
This is probably the strangest railroad crossing I've ever seen. I mean, not only are there 2 tracks but one of them is high up while the other is on solid ground. Sure is something you don't see every day huh?
I think is part of the ex-B&O mainline from Pittsburgh to Chicago. Amtrak's Broadway Ltd., and then, The Three Rivers would have come through here from 1990 to 2005.
Excellent video 📸 didn't see this train 🚃 coming
Ah. I wonder if this overpass has 'eaten'/shaved trucks like the 11'+8" bridge?
I was expecting debris to fall from the bridge when the train passes over it, and that's why the crossing gates were needed...
Love those tiny gates!
At first I thought only in Ohio. Then I realized there was another cross track on the other side of the underpass. Brilliant set up. The lights on the far side confirmed it for me when they lit before the train arrived. Thanks.
I like seeing a good old 3 engine mail train keeping schedule …
That is an interesting railroad crossing!
Interesting crossing.
If that's the line I think it is the train is on the original B&O line. The one with the trestle is the High line. It was built from Akron to Chicago to limit crossings and waits for other railroads especially the Pennsy which would tie B&O trains up.
Good shot!
I wonder why is there a crossing gate before the overpass when there's one right before the tracks themselves?
You can’t see the other gates if the bridge is blocking them
Hi from U.K. Time for a picnic whilst you wait for train to pass. Why do lights keep going out ?
The lights use LEDs that flicker at a frequency that you normally don't see (probably 30 Hz, half the mains frequency), but is very close to the shutter speed of the camera. In reality, you don't see the lights dim. It's just that sometimes the camera takes a picture right at the time when the leds are off for a very short time.
Do trains go across the bridge, or only use the Level Crossing now?
Wow I've never seen a railroad crossing like this before especially with a Crossing signal next to a train trestle bridge and a train track that's pretty awesome with another train track on the other side
Amazing video.
Nifty idea for a layout!
Awesome vid
wow man I just retired after 42 years trucking the first thing I saw was the clearance sign & you can see that bridge was hit by a truck @ some time
But when the train came past THAT BLEW MY MIND
Those train horns kinda give me goosebumps, they remind me of the 2005 War of the Worlds tripods
Cool video
How many wagons were in the train ? Anyone?
I remember seeing this crossing recorded by someone else years back. It’s too bad that GE bell died
I notice that the bridge height is 11" and are measured without train traffic. How much deflection down does a train have on the bridge when passing because that opening is going to shrink some when something heavy is on it. Every driver should know the height of their vehicle, but that is a down and up road under the bridge, so you're going to height if the road on either side isn't flat longer than the vehicle passing under it. Wonder what happens to the signals if something is crossing the bridge? Oh, and this is a science and math question. 🙃
Cool! I was able to find this crossing on Google Maps and see it from both sides.
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What a trip. Had me there for a minute. 😅
I grew up 10 miles from this location in the 50’s and know this location. There was no crossing gate or lights at this location back then. Only crossbucks. This crossing is on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio to Chicago which was bough out by the Chessie System.
This crossing is about 20 minutes from where I live. But I had no idea it is there. I need to check it out
Thats weird yet cool and shows why barriers/gates are needed.Can't imagine anything like this in the UK!
Always wondered why the bells tend to stop ringing once the gates lower... 🤔
Because the noise of the train would drown them out?
It’s a newer type of bell combination, I have not seen many so far where the bell stops when the gate is all the way down.
@@JohnGeorgeBauerBuisI've been seeing this around my area for many years (I'm going to guess that it's been more than 30 years). It makes perfect sense, though. There's no need for the fake bell sounds to continue once the gates are down. These things are all controlled with electronics now, so greater nuances are possible in how such things function.
Nearly every gated CSX crossing as well as NS and a good number on both CPKC and CN are set to ring until the gates fully lower. Im not exactly sure why they are set like this. Though I think the idea for this kind of set up is more for the bell to be a warning that the gates are dropping rather than a warning that a train is coming overall. Unlike signals that ring their bells when the gates are down. This also increases the life on bells since they are not used nearly as much and it decreases wear and tear as a result. Especially on mechanical bells.
Wow, way cool catch. Thanks for sharing. Is the overpass for a different rail company?😎👍
Thanks, and no both of the tracks are the CSX Garret Sub, I’m not sure why one of the tracks in elevated
@@CarsonTrainswas the level track also suppose to become elevated? From a certain angle it looks like that.
@CarsonTrains I followed this line on Google for several miles each way and this is the only crossing like this I found. My assumption is the at grade track was built later. Perhaps to old bridge here was not structurally sound enough to configure 2 tracks ?
@@MrWc867it’s the logical assumption, there’s only one main in the past, and when they added the second one the rr don’t want to make a second overpass so they make a grade crossing adjacent to the main track
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The speed of the trains at this crossing!! Put as many gates wherever needed to preserve life and rail action together.
Cool! Nice Concept for a Model layout 🛠🛤🤩👍
Did they...put a gs soundboard in that GE e-bell? There was a video of this crossing years ago with the GE bell as it shodve sounded like
Awesome shot
Muy interesante. Gracias
Hey, I don't live far from there! For years, this just had flashing lights
As 7 of 9 would say you are unique!
Wasn’t expecting that from the first camera angle! 😂
Why does it appear that the alternating red lights occasionally turn off?
Why does the crossing lights fade out often
If the camera is at 24 or 25 fps and the lights flashing at 30 Hz, this happens. Recording at a higher frame rate would solve this problem.
What track would that be on the viaduct? Norfolk Southern?
It’s CSX, both tracks are part of the same line, the CSX Garret Sub
@@CarsonTrains Does amtrak go thru there?
@@curiousmaster1970Amtrak does not go through here
I see an awesome movie seen... Come down that hill on the other side of the tracks,,, hit the tracks fly right over the bridge... Just the good old boys..
The flashlights on both sides does not flashing always. Sometimes regularly they are missing 1-1 pair flashes! 🙄
I was wondering whether this might have been an artefact due to shutter frequency of the camera overlapping with LED supply voltage frequency?
This is nicely different of track set up.
Good job brother
Talk about a blind crossing! Wow!
Hey, I live 10 min down the road from here!
What a twist!
I bet Tom Scott would love this.
Wow I watched this type of Railway Crossing in which one track is high up and another track on the beneath. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊😊
I still think this is so damn cool and interesting.
I want to go there someday, weird but unique setup, i think having a third crossing signal after the one you are standing at is kind of odd as well, but its necessary because what if you get caught up between the first right signal and the second right signal
CSX went right through there on the second video
Why to the crossing lights stop working?!