Railroad Crossings 3
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- Back by popular demand, welcome to Railroad Crossings 3! This video showcases 25 minutes of some of the most interesting and unique railroad crossings that I have recorded in the past year and a half!
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16:22 All Units, we have a driver that went around Railroad crossing gates.
4:45 - WE HAVE A GATE FAILURE…good thing it’s an exit gate and not a main one.
10:59 - Think you’ve seen an overkill railroad crossing setup? THINK AGAIN. This beast has:
-A cantilever with FIVE SETS OF LIGHTS
-A cantilever with three sets of lights
-SIX GATES
-OVER 9000 traffic lights
-An LED No Right Turn sign
-A caution sign with super bright red flashers to alert pedestrians
-At least eight crossbucks, if not more
Basically, pure signaling INSANITY.
For anyone watching from outside the US, our trains are mostly freight and mostly diesel because when the great American railroads were built, the middle of the US was too sparsely populated for economies of scale to justify large scale passenger rail. Just imagine these freight trains traveling from Paris to Prague, from Berlin to St. Petersburg, or even Lisbon to Moscow on a regular basis, that's what cross country rail travel across the US is like. It's simply not economically viable to make high speed rail that travels those distances, especially since you'll need a car when you get to your destination anyway. Traveling from one US state to another (and all the states in between) can take 2-4 days by land.
Well made video Porter! My favourite was at 15:11
Thank you 🙂
3:36 that crossing looks so smooth with the sidewalk
Indeed, it was constructed pretty nicely.
4:24:If that road was paved,it would have been so easy to put a median in the road
Texan railroad crossings are great! However, I would like to see more Amtrak trains in Harris County......
It's honestly embarrassing how few Amtrak trains run here in Texas.
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan it is very embarrassing of course. The state with the 2nd highest population has few Amtrak trains and more freight trains. And frankly, I only saw one train station in Houston that actually has an Amtrak station. Just one.
Great video with music and all. Even the bells sound musical
4:44. One of the crossing gates forgot to go down.
No it didn't, there was no train on that track. The crossing is set up the gate that's guarding the occupied track lowers.
@@LakeStateRailfan ok. Makes sense now. Thanks for explaining.
In the Chicago area where I grew up it was incredibly rare to see a passenger train at street level.
IC#-SHARP LEFT IC 😂
Like the large crossing
Great compilation! Those are some very nice crossings.
Thanks! They sure are.
IC#-SHARP LEFT IC 😂😂
10:10 is this crossing on the same line that has the RSI?
11:16 REALLY RARE MOMENT!
this safetran archbase and 3 light one sided 5 light followed by a WCH electronic bell which usually goes to the smaller crossings out there
Nice compilation of crossings.
Nice compilation! Nice to see Cottage St making an appearance in this video. STILL a shame the wch mechanical got replaced. Can't wait for the next compilation especially with Galvin Rd.
Thanks! Galvin Road will most likely be in the next compilation!
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan alright! Can't wait for that one to come out. Lol
Early to mid-January is when it will likely come out.
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan nice
Can do a video on all Crossings from Council Bluffs to Ogden?
11:00 is my favorite one
I know it'd probably be a lot of work but it'd be great if you could put where each of these crossings are located. I live in Austin and would love to see the references :)
Thank you! I suppose I could
Great crossing in this video
Thank you! I agree.
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan your welcome
Is the 1st one in old orchard beach Maine?
Nice video also can you do more F.E.C.R. Videos (Florida east coast Railway) :)
I will film more railroad crossings on the FEC when I go to Florida again. :) Don't know when that will be, though.
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan okay thank you!
@@Poli1348 Hola buenas tardes me interesa la noche y me interesa o la semana que hace que haces en la semana que haces por que no se me hace fácil
What is the name of the music at the beginning of the video?
Car at 14:23 did a three point turn to avoid it😂😂
If you look closely, a silver pickup truck did further back as well 😂
The GS type 1 e bell sounds so brand new 5:51
That crossing was at 12 ave in Minneapolis mn
9:16 THATS THE FASTEST RAILROAD CROSSING BELL EVER! WOAH!
PS. What Is that mechanical bell too?
That is a RACO mechanical bell. This bell is even faster (video not by me) th-cam.com/video/8L-uPvFE7-w/w-d-xo.html
The 6th bell is in the video for mechanical and electronic bells
Looks like there was a malfunction with a crossing arm not wanting to lower and block the road on the other side.
No it didn't, there was no train on that track. The crossing is set up the gate that's guarding the occupied track lowers.
5:28 this crossing is a mix with 2 siganls old and 2 more being much newer p
I love ❤️ the first 🛎 bell
11:00 where is that crossing located?
Minneapolis Minnesota, by the Mall of America.
That first train looked like an Amtrak Downeaster Consist
It was!
Oh neat
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan where did you film it
0:46 IS THAT A HERITAGE UNIT!?
Yes.
Oh Shit
IS THAT A FOAME-
Good show patriot engineer God Bless you and stay blessed sir thank you
8:23 what is that E bell? i've never heard it before!
Siemens electronic bell set to high tone.
Ive herd that bell before
@@TheCentralTexasRailfan what road was it on
4:23 2 Tracks
Some if these crossings don't have gates which can be fatal
Only if people ignore the pre-existing lights. Gates are just a mental barrier in most cases.
wait brightline runs through texas or only florida
Nice 🚦🚦🚦
10:59 is my favorite.
Yeah the crossing is large
Located in Minneapolis near Mall of America
Great video!
Thank you!
This is a large crossing with 2 light 8:29
0:12, where was that semaphore at?
New Mexico. it's since been replaced
9:52 whag kind of train is that?
Can you do landsdowne ave it's at landsdowne pa landsdowne ave / Garrett rd
As much as I would love to, I unfortunately can't unless I travel to Pennsylvania again (very unlikely in the near future.)
Got two more Pennsylvania videos coming at some point though.
22:30 - No gates?
Whats the crossing at 4:25?
Can't remember the road name but it's just west of Salt Lake City, Utah.
10:58
the sound and video corrupted
Must be on your end, I've never had an issue with this video.
Street names
At 9:41. That is the worst crossing design I have ever seen. There’s an abundance of lights but no gates. Then, the light on the road facing the crossing is not timed correctly, and turned green to let traffic through while there was a train coming. It’s a good thing the train moved very slowly, below 10mph, but even still, to have them be so close, and even stopped on the tracks, is extremely dangerous. No matter how infrequent the service to the area is.
I agree that in this case the traffic signal should not initiate a clearance phase. Instead, the signal should stay red, or there should be a second set of lights to hold cars waiting behind the tracks while the other set clears the cars. Plus, adding gates here really is not feasible due to the small distance between the track and the cross street. Plus, the entire road would need to be reconfigured to have gated signals in the median since most gate arms can't reach far enough to cover three lanes of traffic.
No gates isn’t very rare unless it’s near a populated city
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