*Major Crossing Fail* Train Approaches & Gates Rise, Power Inn Rd. Railroad Crossing, Sacramento CA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- [Filmed 2:07pm July 6, 2021] (EDIT This was fixed)
Just want to say first thing that this was reported right away by the train crew to the dispatcher and UP signal department after the train passed through they toned up the dispatcher. UPRR signal department came out and was out the rest of the day guiding trains through the crossing and fixing it. Also was told that this is not a malfunction but a sensor fail but still labling it a malfunction since the crossing did something its definitely not supposed to do.
While finishing up the day railfanning down the Fresno Sub having this be my last catch it got pretty dangerous. I noticed this crossing acting unusual like it never has before. The previous train I caught at Fruitridge Rd, I was looking down the tracks from there and noticed Power Inn Rd activated super earlier than usual activating before the train even got to 14th Ave which is north of here as usually you can see the southbound trains headlights before Power Inn Rd activates same with Fruitridge Rd due to how far they are from the curve at Brighton to here at Polk on Power Inn Rd. I thought it was the crossing having a one time early activation malfunction that crossings have sometimes when the train is detected wrong.
After Fruitridge, I moved here and was prepared for the early activation for just in case reasons so I could still get the full activation and deactivation but the situation got worse as this time while I was at the crossing the early activation malfunction happened again but this time the unexpected happened. The crossing gates rose all the way up in a detection sensor malfunction right when the train was basically at the crossing and traffic started to flow again almost causing a major accident with a high speed freight train with four vehicles especially that pickup truck across the way so the crew blew the horn nonstop as it was the only working warning left besides the malfunctioning flashing lights and gates. It amazes me though that even though people hear the horn and from my side could see the train approaching fast and still thing the gates rising means go across.
After railfanning and seeing these crossings for years I have never seen this malfunction here before this is the first time. If it's sensor damage I believe someone messed with the tracks possibly homeless in the area and if not that it's possible the switch at Polk up ahead my be shortening out and causing Power Inn Rd to have a bad detection for southbound trains coming from the north. Also it has to have something to do with the track sensoring trains as at the same time 14th Ave been having tail activation malfunctions for southbound trains also so somethings going on between 14th Ave and Power Inn Rd.
Union Pacific Railroad LRS59 Stockton Turn Local hauler freight train southbound passes through the Power Inn Road Railroad Crossing on the UPRR Fresno Subdivision main line in Sacramento, California with a near miss due to the crossing malfunctioning. This crossing is a mixed install with the close signal cantilever signal being an SPRR 1960s install with changes to the bell and lights. Its gated mast and the far cantilever gated mast are an UPRR 2000s signal build installs with changes to there gates. The far cantilever itself is an SPRR 1970s to 1980s signal build install with changes to its bell and lights.
Union Pacific Railroad - LRS59-06
UP 9924 EMD SD59MX, UP 9925 EMD SD59MX, UP 9920 EMD SD59MX
Crossing Info:
Location: Power Inn Road, Sacramento California
Horn Sequence: Quiet Zone
Crossing Owner and Maintainer: Union Pacific Railroad
Bell Sequence: Bells ring till gates rise
Crossing Activation Sensors Type: Timed Off Speed & Approach Movement
Train Line: UPRR Fresno Sub
Close Signal
Cantilever: RACO
Bell: WCH Gen 2 Type 2 Electronic Bell
Lights: Seven WCH 1st Generation LEDs and One 12 inch WCH 2nd Generation LEDs
Light Heads: Four pairs of 12x20 inch WCH Lights
Junction Box: RACO mast and WRRS overhead
Brackets: Safetran mast and WRRS overhead
- Cantilevers Gated Mast:
Gate Lights: Electro-Tech LEDs (Union Pacific Railroad Dedicated)
Gate Keeper: WCH
Counterweight Arms: WCH
Mechanism: WCH
Base: WCH
Far Signal
Cantilever: Modern Industries
Bell: WCH Gen 1 Type 1.5 Electronic Bell
Lights: Four pairs of 12 inch WCH 1st Generation LEDs
Light Heads: Four pairs of 12x24 inch Modern Industries Lights
Junction Box: Modern Industries
Brackets: Modern Industries
- Cantilevers Gated Mast:
Gate Lights: Electro-Tech LEDs (Union Pacific Railroad Dedicated)
Gate Keeper: WCH
Counterweight Arms: WCH
Mechanism: WCH
Base: WCH
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As of March 2024, this crossing will get entirely new crossing equipment by July 2024 to improve traffic and pedestrian safety at this crossing. Construction has started.
that is good! Also nice video!
RIP old raco cantilever
That’s wild, what’s even more stupid is the fact that people were actually going to still cross
Not a crossing fail, but a Darwin test. Less dumb people on the roads the better.
They are bots
People rely on the crossings to tell them when the train is coming so obviously they will cross if it goes up you can sue the city if someone gets hit btw
I thought the same thing
The crew didn't sound their horn from the distance. That's why there was confusion.
Wow That’s Crazy At least nobody was killed
In a situation like that someone should definitely call the railroad crossing number that’s usually posted on the gate or somewhere and tell them there’s an activation problem.
That was close!
That's crazy and dangerous
I don’t see why that truck tried to cross when that malfunction occurred
Whatever caused the malfunction I’m glad nobody got killed
What they need to do is stop all of this no train horn zone crap i mean literally the horns will save people's lives
It looks like the train engineer noticed the malfunction, because as soon as the gates started going back up, they blasted their horn to warn the cars. Good eye!
Damn! Very dangerous malfunction that could’ve turned into a big tragedy…
Only dangerous for people who are dumb enough to cross it when a big ass train is on their right
That's not a malfunction, that's an Activation failure. An extremely serious issue that must be reported to the FRA with-in 15 days. Last year in 2020 there were only 30 reported activation failures in the entire country.
CWT=Constant Warning Time (AC/Audio Frequency) circuits are very reliable and seldomly fail. They are designed fail-safe so any faults in the PLC system will drop the gates. From my experience this issue would be found in the track switch. A failed insulated joint in the switch it-self or Shunt bypass/couplers issue. It resulted in the PLC losing the train for only 6-8 seconds but as you can see it caused the crossing to almost fully recover.
Great video and glad the crew reported it right away and people at the crossing were looking out.
Gm in I’m un pop
No crossing is fail safe. But a bad insulated joint, would cause a track indication (assuming it’s signal used) and they wouldn’t be running at track speed period. The problem is inside the crossing controller
@@kaseyaldrich4746 No, most problems are track circuit related and very seldomly is it an actual problem with the crossing PLC. When you have problems in the case the signal equipment will almost never recover unless you jump the crossing. You have many different frequencies and DC signals (power) sent through the rails. Shunt couplers and such can cause some very intermittent issues. Yes if a failure of an insulated joint happens it'll drop all block signals to their fail safe. A shunt coupler IE (00:56) what is in those boxes track side is another story, you can even watch the video and see the signals recover between the shunt couplers. They're not true insulated joints like back in the day. They're an insulated circuit from the rest of the neighboring crossing and signal systems. The problem you're discussing is the issue that caused the Metra Mokena 191st crossing activation failure. This issue is similar but different. Regardless in the next 20 years I believe PTC software and GPS will activate most crossing signal systems. It's already in place on HSR lines in Illinois and Michigan, and being tested on electrified corridors that cannot carry an AC/AF CWT circuit. Also I'm sure many light rail lines might use the same type concept. I'll continue to research all of this.
@@TrainmanKight been maintaining crossings for 7 years.. it’s just called a shunt. But a shunt, is not going to be causing a crossing issue that close, we design and test them to keep this from happening. If that shunt was to be failing, the crossing it is for would be having problems well before this crossing.
@@TrainmanKight PTC isn’t being designed to “control” crossings on freight lines. Atleast not yet. You would have to change all of the programming and upgrade every crossing. The only goal at this point for PTC and crossings, is for PTC to shut the train down for a crossing order. Which is going to cause even more delays
Oh wow! That was a close one, I've seen crossing that act like this too. Scary
Very surprising. This is a good explanation on why you should stop, look and listen at all crossings, even if they have lights, gates, and bells. Although quiet zones have a big disadvantage here.
Man that's crazy thankfully no one was killed.
Not really thankfully. Thinning the dumb-dumb herd.
Right 👍
This is why you can't 100% rely on the gates. Everyone is so lucky that the engineer of 9924 blew the horn or the traffic going the opposite way would've been history.
Holly cow thank God that truck on other side didn't go all the way thru
Holy crap, I thought that truck on the other side was about to get nailed!
Oh geez I thought that honking van was gonna try to pass the crossing 😳. That was scary to watch
Great video! Hopefully they've gotten that activation failure fixed!
God bless that driver for blasting that horn. I would have freaked out and slamed that sob into emergency.
I likethe fact that these are recorded in 4k bcz then I can watch them in high resolution on my tv too
Here is how the malfunction may have happened:
The track circuit thought that the train came to a stop
Or It did not detect the train moving
or maybe it stopped detecting the train
Now that is scary. You think they'll make a news article or something about the video? 💀
No
Not if no one got hit
People are just idiots nowadays. The driver in the white truck experienced a near death situation. Even if the gates went up, the lights were still flashing, the train was still approaching. That train is closer and moving faster than you think. Be safe out there, people. Never cross a railroad until the gates are up, the lights stop flashing, and the bells stop sounding.
Dang that truck almost got smoked the other cars were honking like crazy just like the train
It's good that the train decided to blow the horn. If it hadn't, that truck might've ended up crossing without noticing the train.
If I'm completely honest that truck driver should be ashamed of himself He or she almost got their self killed Even though the gates weren't activated the right way :( The train was still coming
1:08-1:21 *Most replayed*
Train dont care how ignorant people are ⚰️😁
"Gates going back up, should I look myself to make sure a train isn't coming? Forget that!"
I’ve one seen an issue when I was in the train and the gates were still falling by the time the train reached the intersection so the train actually had to slow down significantly
That truck goes to show how stupid some people can be at railroad crossings.
I don't know what's more baffling. The gates rising or the people on the opposite side not looking before crossing. Did it not occur to them to ask "I wonder why these gates went down?>="
I live near train tracks, so when the crossing gates lowered down completely the train that was passing my area blew the horn.
So it was like the train passing my area was in the video.
Rusty rail or broken circuit. Looks like an advanced approach island circuit with motion detectors. Prone to failure if the rail joints hyperflex and snap the bond wires
(Update) New video of this crossing is uploaded with it functioning normally with its activation. th-cam.com/video/Gb6N8I-KILA/w-d-xo.html
If I was at the other side of the crossing & I was the driver. Id would roll down my window check if that was a false time out listening the engine get loud or a horn. But in this fact… this ain’t timeout
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1:13 that is very dangerous, what if the train hits a car or someone. This is why railroad crossings are very important. This was a very very close accident.
THIS is why you don't proceed while the light is on and gate lifting you never know!!!!
Too close of a call for those people to drive thru!
😳 Whoa THAT'S Crazy And Scary Mind 🤯 Blown That Truck Almost Got Smoked
I never see that I’m glad everyone is safe and that was dangerous
Wow I have no words glad everybody was all right
Damn that pickup at the other side would have chosen death if he did not stop
Is the crossing a no horn zone? The fact that cars were still gonna cross is just ridiculous
Angled grade crossings are the most dangerous depending on which direction the train is coming
Only if you're stupid.
Train simulator railroad crossings in a nutshell
Great job not freaking out verbally or shaking the camera
This is big problem. Train horn probably saved peoples life thankfully. They need to investigate this issue.
1:05 Why Was The Railroad Crossing Up?
Likely a sensor malfunction at the switch caused it.
WOW!!! That was a close call. too close:0
At 0:30 you can see a train coming down the tracks so idk if i would say that this is a crossing fail
Oh I see
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LMAO. Good thing no one was killed, lol
time to finally call the number on the back of that sign
that's not major thats serious railroad crossing failure.
wow super scary, is this a no horn crossing? I didnt hear the long-long-short-long (stop look and listen) sequence.
Yep quiet zone.
I would just sit on the barrier so it would not go up
crossing: goes to sleep
train when the horn blows: wake yo a$$ up
GODdddddddd
Wtf
Is it just me or do Union Pacific crossing bells sound different from the other main railroads
UP used a lot of WCH E-Bells more than any railroad.
If you’re seeing the gates drop before a train, even well in advance, odds are there is a dax unit involved and that’s how its designed to work
Yeah this crossing activated super earlier than when it's supposed to. Usually it would activate after the train headlights come from around the corner at the speed the train was going but this time before.
What is a Dax unit
That white truck was almost hit!
Mexican gated crossings in a nutshell
Filipino railroad crossings be like
Whoa the truck most hit by train
And this is why I hate quiet zones
Well the engineer did blow a horn to alert drivers right away though
In the description, do mean after the train passed through? Btw, insane malfunction! Glad no one was hurt!
Yes. Typed this fast plus auto correct changed some of my sentences without me noticing.
That old RACO still there or has it been replaced?
Still there.
Is that gate mast loose?
It looks quite dangerous for a gate mast to be loose.
That could’ve been fatal
1:13 that was close!!
RxR
Did you call it in?
The train crew did. Signal department was working on it all day.
Wow! That x-ing signal needs to be reported.
Yeah it was right away.
That truck driver must've thought the train was invisible 😱
1:04 gates go back up
That’s terrible, did you report that to the railroad?
And people were going to cross it.
The pickup almost got hit!!!
危っぶねぇぇ、鳴り止んだ直後に列車が！
Train Simulator: Hold my beer.
Was it no train horn?
Oh Wow!
Only an emergency like that is when the engineer would have the right to blow the horn in a quiet zone blow the horn short of men and machines cars and pedestrians fowling the crossing
No sir not true. If there is a crossing order, such as someone calls in gates down no trains, a broken gate, even as simple as a gate light being burnt out, you WILL sound Bella and whistles, even in quiet zones. Or say a maintainer places a crossing order to do work on the crossing, again, full bells and whistles.
@@kaseyaldrich4746 also track orders
That is not true the engineer can sound his awesome train horn in the stupid quiet zones if he want
@@kaseyaldrich4746 how is this different than what he said
@@youraveragejoe2 buddy the comment I was correcting, ain’t even posted in more.
Nice video
When I saw that truck start moving again I just wondered where his braincells went. There's nothing blocking the view of the train, he knew it was right there.
At the angle the track crosses the road, the train is almost coming up behind the truck. The driver would have to rotate his/her head more than 90 degrees to see the train, not to mention the truck’s blind spot (which may move at the same rate as the train from the truck’s perspective since it was also moving) due to the truck’s A pillar. Most people don’t even check their blind spots for cars on the road let alone trains at such an extreme angle. The truck would’ve been a crumpled can if not for the engineer’s horn. That driver was one lucky SOB that day.