I don't know why but level crossings are very appealing to look at. Just... those shades of read and white, those lights and barriers. They look cool you know.
Great video Jamie! You have filmed a lot this year and I have really enjoyed watching your videos, (Even though I have only been to the UK once, LOL). I hope you continue to make great videos and visit new places in 2018, and I will watch every video, as always. Happy New Year!
Thank you very much chuttlely ! I'm glad you have enjoyed watching my videos. The new year 2018 will be really exciting for me since I will be passing my driving test around February and then be able to drive to wherever I want on my own. I will be filming so much more next year. Happy New Year mate :)
Great video! Love all of those halogens you documented this year! I'm gonna compile all of the crossings I went to in 2017 in early 2018, though I'm gonna break it up into two parts: Part 1 will be the new and/or upgraded/changed crossings I went to. Part 2 will be the unchanged crossings that I revisited.
+freebrickproductions Thank you freebrick. Glad you enjoyed my videos this year. I will need to hurry up in 2018 as a lot of halogen lights will be replaced. I'll look out for your video.
12:45 What happened to the sound? It seems like some mini worker is fixing it from inside the light itself, alarm and light must a bit old because I also saw some orange flickering from behind the alarm and light panel.. Noice job!
Yes. UK Level Crossings have different types. There are Full Barrier Crossings and Half Barrier Crossings. Full Barrier has barriers on the left and right and Half Barrier has barriers on the left only :)
The black extension holds a small camera which faces the lights. I believe that its used to film the road lights (all the time) to make sure they are operating. In case of level crossing failure, these cameras can prove whether the road lights are / were functioning or not.
I wonder what the mechanism is that leads to both reds starting 'on' and then gradually settling into an alternating rhythm? I assume it isn't a requirement, since some (but not all) LED signals don't do it. But I can't quite work out why any mechanism would need to do this either.
It is a weird flashing sequence and I don't know why it was implemented. Relays control the red lights flashing and the level crossing overall really, (there is a relays cabinet / box at most level crossings up and down the country).
This was one of my older compilations which I edited differently to the ones I produce now. I'd recommend you check out my 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 compilations also :)
I use online timetables which tracks trains live so I know exactly what time trains will pass level crossings. This is how I always film the start of level crossing activations.
UK Level Crossings Channel ohh ok is also like to know if you would be interested in a new video I’m making about the service from Norwich to Great Yarmouth in a couple of weeks? Also I think you should do a video on wig wags,halogen and maybe a one for the longest train ever, or longest train ride
Weird how you have amber signals. I don't know but apparently it came from a train accident where a truck ran aground on a raised crossing and crashed into the train, then they had to put signage up to say trains must have permission, then they seperated the crossing so it's all good.
UK Level Crossings Channel What were they like before that? Just the plain design? Also does the country have a longer wait time than the next country, because of the amber light and the two on two full gate closures.
It was basically two halogen red lights on a rectangular black board. I'm pretty sure the red lights had "STOP" imprinted on them, and like the Railroad Crossings they would flash alternately.
Sort of. For most full barrier crossings in the UK, they have to be confirmed clear before a train is allowed to proceed past. This is why it usually takes a few minutes for a train to pass sometimes. It is usually around 30 seconds to 1 minute for half barrier crossings, as they are automatic.
Being honest, I just seem to find them interesting. They're a part of the railway infrastructure, each one is different and the whole operation with the train passing just seems to interest me, as does many others in the community.
Nice video! Thank you for sharing. Show the signs longer see we can read them. Also learn how to do *Manual Exposure* to prevent background light from making the subject too dark to see. Are the UK *[o o]* signals copied after the American mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* ? So glad the horrible sound ends when the gates have descended. American real bells are so much better.
Thanks for your comment. Some of my more recent videos made have better lighting, making a better quality video. The UK traffic signals have been existence from at least 1960s and did not have a yellow light until after a major railway accident in 1968. I prefer the UK alarms rather than the American bells as each alarm in the UK sounds a bit different.
Very interesting. I think one of the alarms sounds very similar to the one in my home country Ireland 🇮🇪. I always wait behind the barrier when the alarm goes off until the trains pass by and I never attempt to cross the railway tracks when the alarm goes off otherwise I will get hit by a train and I'm finished. I definitely don't want that. I know it's extremely hazardous. I never played or trespassed on the tracks either (not even when I was a kid nor a teenager) Only for stupid people who ignore the warning signs, signals and lights and they just don't listen what they have been warned. They just don't care about dangers either. Anyway greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Yeah, that was one of the worst barriers I've ever filmed. It was fixed a few months later but those barriers have since been replaced with newer units in 2019
Poor attempt at trying to offend me and my channel. You must have found something entertaining or interesting otherwise you wouldn't have clicked on this video 😞😞😡😡😬😬
There are some good idiots on level crossing videos out there but I'm afraid that yours had me bored stiff after two minutes of watching nothing other than barriers going up and down. That's when I posted my comment and switched off
I strive to be the best channel for level crossing videos which is why all my videos are without talking & shouting, or shaking a camera around. Fair point. My average single video is about 1 minute and a half. Compilation videos are just one off's. I don't make single 30-40 minute videos as for some it gets boring after a while.
This is my last video of 2017 so Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks for watching! Next year will be brilliant!
UK Level Crossings Channel
UK Level Crossings Channel hahahaha happy 2018 on pancake day download manual car parking sim
9:18 the white Alifa Romana car just got over the crossing just as the lights was starting to flash
Can you show me the south train
They say essex manor way and rainham station level crossings but there not in essex,there in greater london are they! For good heavens Jamie
I don't know why but level crossings are very appealing to look at. Just... those shades of read and white, those lights and barriers. They look cool you know.
That's probably how I've had a gripping interest in them lol
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannelSame
Super compilation. Happy New Year, Jamie :)
Thank you very much! Happy New Year!
Poczta
Rogatka
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel So The Sound Of The United Kingdom Level Crossings Changes Every Time A Second Train Comes. 🇬🇧
Excellent montage :)
Thank you !
I never knew the sound changed when a second train comes!
Yeah that's what happens at half barrier crossings 😎
Ah nice!
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 1 Or 2 Trains 🚆
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannelYou said manor way was in london
Railroad Crossing Uk And Railroad Crossing Russian Federation@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel
Great video Jamie! You have filmed a lot this year and I have really enjoyed watching your videos, (Even though I have only been to the UK once, LOL). I hope you continue to make great videos and visit new places in 2018, and I will watch every video, as always. Happy New Year!
Thank you very much chuttlely ! I'm glad you have enjoyed watching my videos. The new year 2018 will be really exciting for me since I will be passing my driving test around February and then be able to drive to wherever I want on my own. I will be filming so much more next year. Happy New Year mate :)
Thank you! Good luck on your driving test! C:
Happy New Year!
If only we the 🇺🇸 had great railway like yall 🇬🇧
Good vid . Happy new year !!!!
Thanks! 👍
Happy new year Jamie, great collection😆😅😃😁👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you! Happy new year. My 2018 compilation will be out soon 😁
Great video! Love all of those halogens you documented this year!
I'm gonna compile all of the crossings I went to in 2017 in early 2018, though I'm gonna break it up into two parts:
Part 1 will be the new and/or upgraded/changed crossings I went to.
Part 2 will be the unchanged crossings that I revisited.
+freebrickproductions Thank you freebrick. Glad you enjoyed my videos this year. I will need to hurry up in 2018 as a lot of halogen lights will be replaced. I'll look out for your video.
freebrickproductions Zcxsf
South England is UK? What country am I living in then?
What a way to start 2017 with a bang
12:45 What happened to the sound? It seems like some mini worker is fixing it from inside the light itself, alarm and light must a bit old because I also saw some orange flickering from behind the alarm and light panel.. Noice job!
Ming Mong Yuna Huna The sound is a mechanical bell, not a yodalarm. The orange flickering you saw was a streetlight.
Walked past the Brockenhurst one many times, never knew it made sound
Yeah almost all crossings do when they lower.
Great compilation, Jamie! I'll look forward to seeing some new footage from 2018! 😃 😉 👍
+Will Scriven Thanks Will. I enjoyed watching your compilation to. Really looking forward to 2018. Its going to be great!
I used to watch this when I was small
Hounslow and Totnemham. No?
I love 💗 these railroad crossing videos
Glad you like them 😃😃
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel me too i love the sound
is there any level crossings in lincolnshire on this video?
And I’m probably dumb but the ones at 11:56 only had one barrier each side ? I’m stupid but st wanna see
Yes. UK Level Crossings have different types. There are Full Barrier Crossings and Half Barrier Crossings. Full Barrier has barriers on the left and right and Half Barrier has barriers on the left only :)
0:03 you jumped
Slightly ;)
UK Level Crossings Channel ;) sure you did pal
21:42 - what is that black bit that sticks out from the pole underneath the lights?
The black extension holds a small camera which faces the lights. I believe that its used to film the road lights (all the time) to make sure they are operating. In case of level crossing failure, these cameras can prove whether the road lights are / were functioning or not.
Interesting! Thanks. :)
No problem :)
They are fitted in connection with ANPR cameras to prove when someone has jumped the lights.
15:50 is a bit bent up
+Loge Yeah, you're right. I didn't notice that at first.
Loge Ya
Perfect video!
Thank you! I have subscribed in return 😎
There’s 2 rainham level crossing want to find out for yourself look in the discription
I wonder what the mechanism is that leads to both reds starting 'on' and then gradually settling into an alternating rhythm? I assume it isn't a requirement, since some (but not all) LED signals don't do it. But I can't quite work out why any mechanism would need to do this either.
It is a weird flashing sequence and I don't know why it was implemented. Relays control the red lights flashing and the level crossing overall really, (there is a relays cabinet / box at most level crossings up and down the country).
@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel It’s to sync up the lights.
How did I get here? Which rabbit hole is this? How do I get out again?
Next year please make the videos the same length but with less clips, but where you can see the trains cross! 😁
OK. I will keep that in mind for future compilation videos :)
I’m watching in 2019 happy 2020
I’m sorry meant to put what a way to end 2017 on a high can’t wait for another enjoyable year of UK level crossings
Great vid J
Thanks Jake 😃👍
15:42 That's a strange alarm!
It’s the best sounding
love the sounds the trains make
Same ☺️
Why didn't you catch the trains? Good video tho hadn't even got Minecraft when this came out
This video has all my favourite crossings in it:)
Here because my 2 year old is currently obsessed with level crossings
Ah cool 😊
can i just ask what is the point in a level crossing video if you barely even show that many trains
This was one of my older compilations which I edited differently to the ones I produce now. I'd recommend you check out my 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 compilations also :)
Why does the foot crossing in Essex have a wait button when it already has automatic barriers?
It's an 'MCB-OC' type, OC meaning 'On Call'. Barriers are only raised when someone wishes to cross. This crossing doesn't receive many pedestrians.
Can you put this video in reverse please
Do you want to know what I have been thinking? How do you always capture these , I mean when film u always get it in
What do you mean by 'always get in'?
UK Level Crossings Channel I meant how do you always film them in action?do you look at the time tables?or are you just lucky?
I use online timetables which tracks trains live so I know exactly what time trains will pass level crossings. This is how I always film the start of level crossing activations.
UK Level Crossings Channel ohh ok is also like to know if you would be interested in a new video I’m making about the service from Norwich to Great Yarmouth in a couple of weeks? Also I think you should do a video on wig wags,halogen and maybe a one for the longest train ever, or longest train ride
Can you do a 2019 level crossing video.
Don't worry, it's being edited. It will come out around the same time this year 🙂
Weird how you have amber signals. I don't know but apparently it came from a train accident where a truck ran aground on a raised crossing and crashed into the train, then they had to put signage up to say trains must have permission, then they seperated the crossing so it's all good.
Yeah, it was the Hixon Rail Crash in 1968 that changed the design of automatic half barrier crossings in particular, and designs of the lights.
UK Level Crossings Channel What were they like before that? Just the plain design?
Also does the country have a longer wait time than the next country, because of the amber light and the two on two full gate closures.
It was basically two halogen red lights on a rectangular black board. I'm pretty sure the red lights had "STOP" imprinted on them, and like the Railroad Crossings they would flash alternately.
UK Level Crossings Channel And does the amber light and two on two full gates make a longer waiting distance than most countries?
Sort of. For most full barrier crossings in the UK, they have to be confirmed clear before a train is allowed to proceed past. This is why it usually takes a few minutes for a train to pass sometimes. It is usually around 30 seconds to 1 minute for half barrier crossings, as they are automatic.
0:05 dat 1 needs replacement
everytime i go to a level crossing with me mum she says the alarms remind her of elestic hear sia
Why does this exist and what's so interesting about level crossings? Genuine question
Being honest, I just seem to find them interesting. They're a part of the railway infrastructure, each one is different and the whole operation with the train passing just seems to interest me, as does many others in the community.
the train that went faster on rhdr had a whistle just like mallard
Can’t wait for the next one I will be the first to see it
👍
Nice video! Thank you for sharing. Show the signs longer see we can read them. Also learn how to do *Manual Exposure* to prevent background light from making the subject too dark to see.
Are the UK *[o o]* signals copied after the American mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* ?
So glad the horrible sound ends when the gates have descended. American real bells are so much better.
Thanks for your comment.
Some of my more recent videos made have better lighting, making a better quality video. The UK traffic signals have been existence from at least 1960s and did not have a yellow light until after a major railway accident in 1968. I prefer the UK alarms rather than the American bells as each alarm in the UK sounds a bit different.
Did you travel all over the country just so you could video record the level crossings? xD
Most of these crossings in this video are local to me. I don't travel far to visit level crossings unless I'm on holiday.
2:13
🚋西武30000系❔
I don’t know 🤔
I found one in Edermine glenealy bray merrion road and Dublin
...and wow
Very interesting. I think one of the alarms sounds very similar to the one in my home country Ireland 🇮🇪.
I always wait behind the barrier when the alarm goes off until the trains pass by and I never attempt to cross the railway tracks when the alarm goes off otherwise I will get hit by a train and I'm finished. I definitely don't want that. I know it's extremely hazardous. I never played or trespassed on the tracks either (not even when I was a kid nor a teenager)
Only for stupid people who ignore the warning signs, signals and lights and they just don't listen what they have been warned. They just don't care about dangers either.
Anyway greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
around 11:29 the dude got scared because of the horn 😆😂😂
Compared to American crossings there actually good
Thats where i was 0 years old!😂
how
Just to make sure of the sound i could use in the roblox
"South" & "North" Brothers = Martin96 and UK L.C.C.
Why are you breathing very hard?
I wasn't breathing hard, my mic is quite loud and I held my phone close to my face.
Because trains are sexy
12:52 jesus christ that barrier needs fixing geez
Yeah, that was one of the worst barriers I've ever filmed. It was fixed a few months later but those barriers have since been replaced with newer units in 2019
Nice
Thanks Jarton :)
12:38
Ding ding x8900
12:38
Bit odd seeing a welsh flag in Norfolk 😂😂
UK Level Crossing Channel This crossing
Good trains
👍
Yes
In PL we have only 🔴⚫⬜⚫🔴
O my go back home dude
1time i was there
Last thing my stepdad heard before dying. RIP
Oh wow, RIP
Look oo
Jump scare at 9:19 you flinched lol
Jep. That is Beltring. Scares the crap out of anyone.
Is it really that loud?
Alarms got replaced and they're quieter now, but they did use to be quite loud. The poor video stabilization didn't help
Have you done one about watching paint dry? That might be more entertaining.
Poor attempt at trying to offend me and my channel. You must have found something entertaining or interesting otherwise you wouldn't have clicked on this video 😞😞😡😡😬😬
There are some good idiots on level crossing videos out there but I'm afraid that yours had me bored stiff after two minutes of watching nothing other than barriers going up and down. That's when I posted my comment and switched off
I strive to be the best channel for level crossing videos which is why all my videos are without talking & shouting, or shaking a camera around. Fair point. My average single video is about 1 minute and a half. Compilation videos are just one off's. I don't make single 30-40 minute videos as for some it gets boring after a while.
n
@@vidcrit1187 are you serious?
like it
👍
😭
Seems like UK People like signs. lol
Like hhh...hhh...
Los Leven croshi son lo mejor
:D
The train is fun
:)
Train
Yes, trains.
M
,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Cc
Mate, gotta ask ya. Are your ears dead?
Just a tad 😉😉