Heh, when i was young, me and my dad would watch these videos all the time. He'd joke around on how you run up to the crossing and hold your camera high in the sky. whenever he did so he'd call you "happy" and would go "ohoho, I'm going to the train, say cheeese!" and it would crack me up. obviously i knew he was joking around. good times.
Normally I would watch everything, trains included but it’s 4:00AM and I haven’t slept and all I’m really interested in in where they are and what the bells sound like
The NERR is calling your name! There’s been a few bell replacements on the mainline such as mechanical bells being replaced with electronic bells and Safetran type 2s being replaced with GS type 3s!
You should come back here at some point because there has been a few bell replacements and Light upgrades on the mainline! And also some LED upgrades on the Old Hickory branch!
The railroad crossing on Hay Street in Lebanon, Tennessee sounds like the one in Cowen, Tennessee with the same Modern Industries mechanical bell. Also the yellow and blue Nashville and Eastern trains look like CSX Transportation trains and the orange ones look like BNSF trains.
Awesome! Here’s a quick update, I will not go to any sirens in Madison County today due to the fact that I’ve been sick since the past week. However, I will redo my first video this month for Madison County.
Hey there. You're like me crossing obessed.its the only place I wacth train's. Got home layout with 3 crossings on it. Love wacthing them activate when I run.have a great railroad day
I used to watch trains on the US Navy spur line that passed by my grandmother's house (private crossing - thus no lights/gates/other stuff). Along that whole spur (since disestablished), the ONLY gated crossing was that of US 301 (Robert Crain Highway) at the eastern end of said spur. Google the Western Charles (MD) Rail Trail (it is in place of that former spur).
US 301 has a lit (but gateless) crossing in my current home county (and the only one I know of) - in Upper Marlboro just south of the US 301/MD 4 interchange. That is a feeder to the CSX (ex-B&O) Alexandria Extension from the CSX (ex-B&O Popes Creek Subdivision (which runs east of US 301 from Bowie to (among other places) Chalk Point, NAWCAD Patuxent River, and Brandywine/Cedarville), before coming to a halt at Morgantown. The NAWCAD spur starts just south of the Prince Georges/Charles County line, and actually used to cross MD 5 in Hughesville, MD twice (first north of town, then again south of it) then did the same (of MD 235) in Saint Mary's County before entering NAWCAD Patuxent River itself. That entire round-robin run (and all four crossings) was replaced with a straight run that has no crossings at all - instead, it stays to the left of first MD 5, then MD 235 (and has an underpass of MD 4, which enters Saint Mary's County via the Gov. Johnson Bridge from Solomons).
Awesome video! I love the crossings on the Old hickory branch line! Also is there a rock train that leaves Nashville Tennessee after music city star 159? I was in MT. Juliet and never saw one but heard there is one that leaves Nashville Tennessee on Friday nights after music city star 159?
this is a great video, must have taken lost of time, waiting and effort to put this together, but you still made it happen! that's what a look for in a content creator. :)
Hi this Joey I am writting to let you that in one of video’s there I a car that goes around the crossing gate I think it is toured the end time is 1129pm on June 1st
I'm can't believe how stupid some drivers are at the crossings without gates. Flashing lights and bells ringing does not give you permission to cross if you stopped then see the train is far enough away to carry on over the tracks. Some didn't even stop at all. Just dumbfounded by these idiots.
Will the crossing signals always time out if the train is just sitting there not moving? Edit: i've always hated the signals that don't have LEDs just because most of the time you can't even see that the signals are on (when theres no gate) because the ones with LEDs are brighter
In one of the video’s almost at the end there is a car that drives around the crossing gate. And that is against the law where where the police at to catch that driver this is from a ex firefighter. Who has seen to many train and car accidents where the train winns from Joey a ex firefighter. I do not want you to like what I wrote I would like for you to try to find the car in the video.
This is a great video!!! The shots are amazing. I am terrified of trains 😅 The power and speed of a train, its just a thing for me. Question, why isn't there gates on some of the crossings? Sorry I am from Illinois and I find this interesting about there being no gates being put down when the bells go off
Thanks! Because the railroad that installed the signals without gates (most of which are from the L&N, a few are from the Tennessee Central, and a few are also from the NERR) didn't see the need to install any gates. In fact, had the Music City Star not been operating on the NERR, there'd probably be a lot fewer gated signals along this line.
There's one gateless railroad crossing in Henderson NC. It's on a tiny street called Carter Cross. And it only connects to 2 roads that goes along with the track.
Thanks! I'll see if it's possible. Most of the older stuff that I haven't recorded is east of Gordonsville, so catching those depends almost entirely on getting a sand train, which won't be running for a few months yet.
You know you're in the South when you encounter RR "Xings" without crossing gates! 🙂 It should be mandatory for gates to be up at all RR crossings so that way it'll limit the amount of stupid people who decide "Hmm, I don't feel like waiting for the train to pass.......oh look no gates let me just floor it and beat the train out!!"(which I've seen plenty of times).
Will NEVER understand the point of blowing the horn once the train is already in the crossing. edit: Then again I really don't know why they blow their horns at any controlled crossing. If some dumbass wants to run a red signal and get hit by a train who cares? It is no different than someone running a red signal at an intersection and getting hit by a crossing semi truck. Still dead and no horn needed or required.
They're required to hold the horn as they pass through the crossing as part of the legally required horn sequence. And they do it as it's found to be safer than not blowing the horn. I assume it's because since people don't hear the train horn, they just drive around the lowered gates assuming the crossing's malfunctioning, only to get hit by the train. In fact, in the 1990s, the state of Florida made the entirety of the Florida East Coast Railway a "quiet zone" (a place where trains don't blow their horns except in an emergency). However, afterwards, the FRA noticed an increase in accidents along the FEC, so they made them start blowing their horns again and the accidents went back down. As a result of this, the FRA created new regulations about quiet zones, including mandatory safety upgrades to crossings (such as quad-gates and/or non-traversable medians to prevent people going around the gates), which went into effect in 2005.
@@freebrickproductions Thanks for the reply. So in other words Federal law is protecting idiots from getting hit by trains. The normal traffic laws are not good enough so we all have to get our ears busted just for the idiots. Honestly I couldn't care less about those people who get hit by trains. They did it to themselves by being stupid!
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Heh, when i was young, me and my dad would watch these videos all the time. He'd joke around on how you run up to the crossing and hold your camera high in the sky. whenever he did so he'd call you "happy" and would go "ohoho, I'm going to the train, say cheeese!" and it would crack me up. obviously i knew he was joking around. good times.
Normally I would watch everything, trains included but it’s 4:00AM and I haven’t slept and all I’m really interested in in where they are and what the bells sound like
The NERR is calling your name! There’s been a few bell replacements on the mainline such as mechanical bells being replaced with electronic bells and Safetran type 2s being replaced with GS type 3s!
I know, lol.
I’ve known this railroad ever since 2016 this is a great railroad in Nashville. They used to have Santa Fe b23-7 I think about 7 or 5
Give credit to Nashville & Eastern for replicating the old BNSF font on their logo on those ex BNSF engines.
I just find trains fascinating to watch. Never get tired of them.
Me either
You should come back here at some point because there has been a few bell replacements and Light upgrades on the mainline! And also some LED upgrades on the Old Hickory branch!
If I can get more daylight trains I will, lol.
Awesome Videos of all the crossing videos you took along this line! keep up all the great work!
Thanks!
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1:13:44 PARIS FRANCE RAILROAD CROSSING
Fantastic video! Some of those crossings are certainly very nice!
Thanks!
The railroad crossing on Hay Street in Lebanon, Tennessee sounds like the one in Cowen, Tennessee with the same Modern Industries mechanical bell. Also the yellow and blue Nashville and Eastern trains look like CSX Transportation trains and the orange ones look like BNSF trains.
Well, some are ex-CSX while others are ex-BNSF, so I'll let you figure out why they look like CSX and BNSF engines...
I wonder why some bells don't continue ringing while the train passes.
Just the way they're set.
Did you hear about the NERR derailment today! In Mt. Juliet?
Nope.
@@freebrickproductions they don’t know what happened but that happened today!
Great catches! I railfan Chicago metra and these look exactly like the Pullman cars
Thanks! I'm not surprised, the passenger cars the Star uses are ex-Metra.
This is a great idea to have a great trip to our city and get the great service
Awesome! Here’s a quick update, I will not go to any sirens in Madison County today due to the fact that I’ve been sick since the past week. However, I will redo my first video this month for Madison County.
Thanks! Alright.
Are You still going to the 40V1T?
@@madisoncountysirens4295 Yep!
@freebrickproductions Good deal.
@@freebrickproductions When are you gonna upload the 40V1T?
Hey there. You're like me crossing obessed.its the only place I wacth train's. Got home layout with 3 crossings on it. Love wacthing them activate when I run.have a great railroad day
I used to watch trains on the US Navy spur line that passed by my grandmother's house (private crossing - thus no lights/gates/other stuff). Along that whole spur (since disestablished), the ONLY gated crossing was that of US 301 (Robert Crain Highway) at the eastern end of said spur. Google the Western Charles (MD) Rail Trail (it is in place of that former spur).
US 301 has a lit (but gateless) crossing in my current home county (and the only one I know of) - in Upper Marlboro just south of the US 301/MD 4 interchange. That is a feeder to the CSX (ex-B&O) Alexandria Extension from the CSX (ex-B&O Popes Creek Subdivision (which runs east of US 301 from Bowie to (among other places) Chalk Point, NAWCAD Patuxent River, and Brandywine/Cedarville), before coming to a halt at Morgantown. The NAWCAD spur starts just south of the Prince Georges/Charles County line, and actually used to cross MD 5 in Hughesville, MD twice (first north of town, then again south of it) then did the same (of MD 235) in Saint Mary's County before entering NAWCAD Patuxent River itself. That entire round-robin run (and all four crossings) was replaced with a straight run that has no crossings at all - instead, it stays to the left of first MD 5, then MD 235 (and has an underpass of MD 4, which enters Saint Mary's County via the Gov. Johnson Bridge from Solomons).
Awesome compilation ! 👍🏻
Thanks!
You're welcome !
Awesome video! I love the crossings on the Old hickory branch line! Also is there a rock train that leaves Nashville Tennessee after music city star 159? I was in MT. Juliet and never saw one but heard there is one that leaves Nashville Tennessee on Friday nights after music city star 159?
Thanks! Not sure, when I shot these videos, all of the trains were daytime essentially. Not sure how RJC is running things now.
I always have loved your crossing videos over the years! Keep it up.
Thanks!
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this is a great video, must have taken lost of time, waiting and effort to put this together, but you still made it happen! that's what a look for in a content creator. :)
Thanks!
@@freebrickproductionswhat is your name
@@johnhipp604 My name, or at least the only part I feel comfortable sharing publicly, should be listed on my channel's about page.
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@@johnhipp604 You have the ability to look-up the information for yourself on my channel.
At 22:35, what kind of freight train was crossing River Hills Drive?
Gravel train.
Awesome, thanks!
56:27 Federal Signal 2001-130 siren in the background!
I'm aware.
It looks like an SRN
It's a 2001-130.
Never in my life have I seen a gateless railroad crossing activate in person
You’re like me when it comes to railroad crossings. Always have to get them pictures.
Other people: AAARGH STUPID TRAFFIC LIGHT AGAIN! DANGIT!
Me: Dibadee Dime, its Photo Time!
@@levelcrossingspotter-lcsra3368 ikr im the same way!
@@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907 lolll, always gotta rip out the ole trusty camera
Nashville Tennessee railroads picture is awesome tank cars box cars keep up the good work
Thanks!
I am featured in some (but not all) of the crossing videos though.
MY 2 YEAR OLD AND I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL STATE.
Thank you!
So it looks like 7 inch LED gate lights DO exist. (0:00)
That is what I was trying to get you to notice was that vide you made where the car went around the crossing gate.from Joey.
I'm well aware of that video.
Hi this Joey I am writting to let you that in one of video’s there I a car that goes around the crossing gate I think it is toured the end time is 1129pm on June 1st
I'm can't believe how stupid some drivers are at the crossings without gates. Flashing lights and bells ringing does not give you permission to cross if you stopped then see the train is far enough away to carry on over the tracks. Some didn't even stop at all. Just dumbfounded by these idiots.
Nice catches of the trains.
Thanks!
freebrickproductions Your welcome.
Who was the person in a blue jacket in private crossing 4?
On the far side there? That is Ethan the Railfanner.
man the sound of rail road crossing and the trains too
Can you do more of these videos please I love when they really long
I'm planning on some in the future.
How come 1st Ave. in Batxer TN glitched
Because the rails tend to get rusty with a lack of use.
You crack me up running out in front of the camera at every setup
That's mainly to try to get some good pictures of the trains.
@@freebrickproductions I get it. Just like the excitement.
Every. Single. Time. 🚂🛑X🛑🚂
Will the crossing signals always time out if the train is just sitting there not moving?
Edit: i've always hated the signals that don't have LEDs just because most of the time you can't even see that the signals are on (when theres no gate) because the ones with LEDs are brighter
If the train is on the island circuit, the crossing won't time-out.
Were you able to photograph the other crossings?
Yep! I documented every signalized crossing along the line for the site.
I can’t get your map to work for some reason.
This link should work:
drive.google.com/open?id=1gnWFSrZC0Y28oc4g3zyvqVz3WJgeHoJ1&usp=sharing
What I.would like to know is how you knew any trains where comming?from Joey on June 5th 2020
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Nice video
Thanks!
In one of the video’s almost at the end there is a car that drives around the crossing gate. And that is against the law where where the police at to catch that driver this is from a ex firefighter. Who has seen to many train and car accidents where the train winns from Joey a ex firefighter. I do not want you to like what I wrote I would like for you to try to find the car in the video.
The second looks like Huntsville and Maddison County rail road cause that is a real rain in Huntsville sitting there
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48:39 why is it making that silverware sound like a fork being dropped
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This is a great video!!!
The shots are amazing.
I am terrified of trains 😅
The power and speed of a train, its just a thing for me.
Question, why isn't there gates on some of the crossings? Sorry I am from Illinois and I find this interesting about there being no gates being put down when the bells go off
Thanks! Because the railroad that installed the signals without gates (most of which are from the L&N, a few are from the Tennessee Central, and a few are also from the NERR) didn't see the need to install any gates. In fact, had the Music City Star not been operating on the NERR, there'd probably be a lot fewer gated signals along this line.
Oh I see, thank you! 😊
freebrickproductions hi
I love no gated crossings
There's one gateless railroad crossing in Henderson NC. It's on a tiny street called Carter Cross. And it only connects to 2 roads that goes along with the track.
Thanks Alan John Smith
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how do you know his name 💀
And you lead off with a gateless crossing - and on a US route, no less. How did that happen?
The second or third crossing? The second one replaced an old L&N install, the third is still an old L&N install.
@@freebrickproductions The very first one.
@@PGHammer21A Yea, that one replaced some gateless L&N signals.
@@PGHammer21A Or are you talking about Anthes Drive, which is the first crossing shown in the video?
@@freebrickproductions - Hermitage Avenue (US 70).
Awesome video! RIP the NERR and NWR. You should try and at least document and try to record the crossings you missed before RJ starts upgrading them.
Thanks! I'll see if it's possible. Most of the older stuff that I haven't recorded is east of Gordonsville, so catching those depends almost entirely on getting a sand train, which won't be running for a few months yet.
That first train really usin Metra’s paint scheme is wild 💀
Well the passenger cars the Music City Star was using at the time were ex-Metra, so...
@@freebrickproductions well I didn’t know sooo….
Unfortunately all the NERR's Engines are now in RJ Corman Colors
I'm aware.
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Cool! These are good crossings!
Thanks!
Private Crossings #1 and #3 actually have bells, and Serious Bells at that.
Nashville and BEASTern does passenger service???
So far, not a wimpy bell in the lot. In fact, the three private Crossings HAVE Serious Bells; usually they have neither bell OR gate.
Awesome Video!
Thanks!
I love this train video.
Thanks!
Me too
18:44 i have been to this crossing before i seen i think csx there to and a K5HHla horn?
All of these are short
That was really good railfaning
In one of the clips, the train stops mid crossing and reverses. Why did it do that?
Switching, IIRC.
Seeing a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Warbonnet trailing is a sight to behold.
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You really arent being safe near the tracks. Railroad rules say not to stand within 25 feet of a passing train.
Have you ever lay on the railroad track and train go over you
No, because that'd be quite stupid and dangerous.
Why does N&E have paint schemes that basically just rips off bnsf?
Some of them are former BNSF units that were already in H2 when they arrived.
@@freebrickproductions Oh.
They need to fix industrial drive, if that truck went it might of been bad
Nice video!
Thanks!
my fav crossings in this vid 3:32
Yea, it's a pretty nice one.
Me to
Nice Catch
Thanks!
Dodge Avenger is an idiot for going around the train gate
58:48 reminds me of an MTA set up
why are there crossings in peoples driveways in Mt Juliet? i'd love to live in one of those houses! but its in the us sooooo.....
Because at some point, someone had the bright idea of putting houses on the other side of the tracks from the road.
You know you're in the South when you encounter RR "Xings" without crossing gates! 🙂 It should be mandatory for gates to be up at all RR crossings so that way it'll limit the amount of stupid people who decide "Hmm, I don't feel like waiting for the train to pass.......oh look no gates let me just floor it and beat the train out!!"(which I've seen plenty of times).
There are gateless crossings in every state.
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"Bruh you're supposed to wave before they get to the crossing so you'll get a hornshow" - Words of a Foamer 😂😂😂
I really don't care if I get a horn show or not, I just like to wave (though a good few have given me hornshows and salutes as they pass).
@@freebrickproductions same
Um-.. they do that for a warning.
@@NextbotExpert no shit.
@@freebrickproductions i also wave, but out here in Northern Indiana we have a lot of great crews. i don't know how it is down there
N&E stole BNSF's paint scheme
Train Hunter nah they just bought one and slapped their own logo on it, too lazy to repaint the whole thing
Even better XD
big af gate lights
Yea, 7 inch gate lights sure do look rather large, don't they?
Will NEVER understand the point of blowing the horn once the train is already in the crossing.
edit: Then again I really don't know why they blow their horns at any controlled crossing. If some dumbass wants to run a red signal and get hit by a train who cares? It is no different than someone running a red signal at an intersection and getting hit by a crossing semi truck. Still dead and no horn needed or required.
They're required to hold the horn as they pass through the crossing as part of the legally required horn sequence. And they do it as it's found to be safer than not blowing the horn. I assume it's because since people don't hear the train horn, they just drive around the lowered gates assuming the crossing's malfunctioning, only to get hit by the train.
In fact, in the 1990s, the state of Florida made the entirety of the Florida East Coast Railway a "quiet zone" (a place where trains don't blow their horns except in an emergency). However, afterwards, the FRA noticed an increase in accidents along the FEC, so they made them start blowing their horns again and the accidents went back down. As a result of this, the FRA created new regulations about quiet zones, including mandatory safety upgrades to crossings (such as quad-gates and/or non-traversable medians to prevent people going around the gates), which went into effect in 2005.
@@freebrickproductions Thanks for the reply.
So in other words Federal law is protecting idiots from getting hit by trains. The normal traffic laws are not good enough so we all have to get our ears busted just for the idiots. Honestly I couldn't care less about those people who get hit by trains. They did it to themselves by being stupid!
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I love this one better too.
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25:32 Bruh why?
55:36 what bell is that
Modern Industries.
Thanks
Ive been at bransford Avenue before
Quick morning good morning
alot of these trains are very short
Lafayette Street is legit.
Why is bnsf turn into Nashville eastern
BNSF put those units up for sale, and the NERR bought them.
Oh
23:44 and 29:16 are the same railroad crossing
They're similar, but not the same.
Hi my name is joey and I would like to more train video’s but of some in Chester,Virginia.
I don't take requests.
Lafayette Street is Bob Wallace Avenue 2.0 😂
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Wow! Look at all these books.
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Do yo know it is against the law for someone to go around a crossing gate.from a ex firefighter
Yes.
Nice
Thanks!
0:30 *sprint mode activate*