Weird and Unusual Railroad Crossings ft. A Federal Signal Mechanical Bell!
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Some of the unsual looking crossings Ive shot. Not all are completely odd but just odd for the area. Dont remember all the dates so just gonna say everything shot between August 2020 and February 2021. Anyway here it is:
Oakley st, Hammond, IN
NS 9609 & 1845.
Crossing is odd cuz of the light set up on the gate and the 2 signals on both sides of the crossing with lights but no crossbuck....
Main st, Morton, IL
NS D49
NS 3317 & 3521
Crossing is all Safetran and odd cuz of the extra sets of lights on each signal... only one like this around here that i know of..
Market st, Tiffin, OH (both sides)
EB intermodal & WB junk train
CSXT 3311 & 3230
CSXT 574 & 29
Crossing is at least Safetran lights and a GS Type 1 e bell. Its odd cuz of the ramdom cantilever with only 4 lights on top and nothing else and the weird light placement on the the signal next to it. This crossing was also in the middle of being replaced so glad i shot it!
OH 701, Blanchard, OH
SB Autorack.. also have another video this train on here.
Not sure on the crossing NEG E bell and odd cuz the signals are on the wrong sides of the road.
Main st, Convoy, OH
LIFW
Also have another video of the same train on here.
Forgot all crossing details but this one had a rare Federal Signal Mechanical bell! Just look at the signal close to me... that right there says it all why its odd.
Union st, Walbridge, OH
No train just shot both sides real quick of this super strange crossing.. Definitely the strangest one in the video.
Pearl st, Findlay, OH
SB junk train
KCS 4827 & UP 4698
Crossing was all Safetran w/ a Saftetran hybrid bell. Crossing was odd cuz of the high masts and ive never seen one with the crossbucks that high as well.
3rd st, Kentland, IN
TPW 3442 & 3440
Crossing was a bell only with a Safetran mechanical bell... wanted to include a bell only in this video.
3:02 love the crossings and the train
15:36 Those are some massive signal masses, holy cats. But I sure like the Safetran hybrid mechanical bell used there! =)
Not sure it is legal. The crossbuck *X* signs are too high. And the closest gate appears too short.
@@robertgift the reason why the gates are so short is due to the design of the gate mechanism
These really are some weird crossings, especially the one with no lights but a bell.
I agree, never have seen a cross buck have a bell on it
7:11 gotta let those planes know a train is coming
0:35 that made me thought that guy has a shining bald head
lmfao!
7:47 is my favorite part because of the horn
The crossing at 19:32 had me. I couldnt see the track in the road and was wondering where the train was coming from then the train comes plowing through the snow. Lol
They should’ve put warning lights on those crossings
@@roxfire23 for sure!
Is it just me or does the buck look odd in some way?
7:24 gotta let all aircrafts know there’s a train coming
The last crossing at the end, I have not ever seen a crossing with no lights but a bell????
There was a bell only crossing in Little Rock,AR on Winston-Faulkner Rd
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There are a bunch everywhere. Just pay close attention. Usually at pedestrian crossings
They gonna drive byeeee over that you know it
That's extremely rare.
The crossing at 9:31, in southwestern Ontario, we have a crossing something like that because of where the entranceway is to the feed mill.
15:24 looks amazing and odd!
I always love seeing rusty, weird or broken signals working like this. Nice.
The First one is near my house
Alright.
Cool
Cool also the train tracks that are super close to me are the original normal crossings Not the old style the kind with the bells when the gate fully goes down the bell stops
You live by a very nice crossing!
Nice.
Great video and crossings! Definitely a RIP to that third one though, must be quiet-zoning it? Love the FS bell on the CFE crossing! Love the set-up of the 2nd to last one and nice to see you got to record the TPW Bell-only Safetran!
The same CFE line runs 50 feet from where I am.
I’ve Railfanned on the CFE Railroad before
I find the one @7:11 with the stargazing warning lights particularly curious. Are they trying to warn birds and planes?
Its just closed
I've seen that done when a signal is non operational. I would imagine it's to avoid giving anyone a false sense of safety if they were to see non flashing lights and think there wasn't a train approaching.
@@ctg6734 Interesting. I never would have thought of that as being one of the possible reasons. After reviewing the video, it does appear that the small apertures on the sides of the signals are NOT lighting up indicating that the lamps are not operating. Plus, I see the counterweighted yoke for the gate is not moving (and as far as I can tell does not have an arm attached to it). Thanks for the insight!
@@HMFan2010 Sure thing! I wish I could remember where exactly I saw it, but there was video of a new crossing installation which was not yet in use, and all of the lights were turned upwards just like that one.
15:23 oh I'd "kill" for the round RXR sign with lights in it hehe
I saw one but it had RED lights in it
I'd do that to one of those hehe
Isn't federal signal the same company that makes tornado sirens 😮
Im pretty sure they make police sirens too
Yes they make a lots of things
@@redstonepro_lolyou are correct. In the (US) public safety world FS is most known for their Q siren. That is the mechanical siren used on many fire trucks. They do electronic sirens as well but the Q is iconic.
The crossbuck lettering at 9:09 indicates that Conrail used to own that line before CSX took over. Conrail was fond of that "Harmon" font for their crossings. There are some former Conrail crossings in Taunton MA that still have crossbucks like that (CSX and Mass Coastal now operate through them.)
There are some crossbucks like that on the CSAO southern secondary from Lakewood to Red Bank NJ (before it joins up with NJT NJCL)
I grew up in Taunton, MA. I know all the crossings. I live in Norton now and that line runs by my house. Well Taunton for the first 9 yrs of my life then Dighton.
UP uses them sometimes
I like how the crossing at 9:43 has older cross bucks
Very weird railroad crossing designs that are pretty funny in design terms. It's funny seeing crossings looking that. Still very interesting.
I didn't notice the crossbucks were on the left side at Blanchard, Ohio because I've seen quite a lot of Australian railroad crossing videos so both versions are somewhat normal to me
A crossing with a bell but no light is quite unusual and I thought such arrangements weren't allowed in America
There are a ton of bell-only crossings here in the Midwest
Australian ones say “rail way crossing” not “rail road crossing”
19:44 I’ve seen crossings on street view like this, but i never thought that the bells would function!
I live within 2 hours of all the Ohio locations and I live closest to the Walbridge one, about 20 minutes away. I've gone over it many times and have been stuck behind a train at it as well. I don't know why but up here in Northwest Ohio we have a lot of weird railroad crossings.
We do indeed lol
First time I've seen a crossing with stop signs AND a bell!
Know the heritage of the first one and am going to guess the second one is also former Nickle Plate as they always seemed to come up with some odd home brew signal setups.
What really surprised me was the gateless CSX crossing considering that the big guys are so liability averse I've seen full modern protection on gravel roads just to CYA
You are correct. It is former NKP
there was an odd crossing setup similar that was former NKP in Roseburg IN that was put onto an old wigwag mast. it has since been replaced but can be seen on google street view still.
awesome video! love to see all these crossings and trains!
2:32 The Railroad Crossing have lights on top of the sign but with no bell on it
There are plenty of them here in Monroe Louisiana
Railroad Crossings need a bell, no matter what!
7:11 is so safe that even Jesus is getting warning
Awesome video never seen lights on top and bottom on a gate crossing with the railroad crossing sign in the middle
7:47 woah that train horn sounded pretty cool as the train it self was moving away
15:24 - what railroad is using that abomination? I'd think that a crossing in a populated area would have a better lighting setup than that.
CSX
7:50
Someone at GE switched out K5LA for a CW44AC horn haha.
No seriously that horn sounds so much like a K5LA
3:15 Awesome Norfolk Southern GP38-2. Is that the Norfolk Southern N-Line?
3317 and 3521 are both SD40-2 units
Oops, my fault. NS SD40-2s and Geeps look so alike.
Why are the signals on the left side at 9:09? Looks like Australia
They are protecting a side street.
9:07 why are the lights facing towards the sky?
These signal look like new, but aren't ready
What would be very cool to see is if the " WIG WAG Crossing signal made a come back!
4:45 that’s Tiffin, OH... coming south into town on state route 18.
Roughly a block away from Heidelberg University
15:24 That’s a cheap way to make a crossing.
Thomas Theory: Rn the unique signals are basically built by experimental engines from Journey Beyond Sodor. However the engines must came to America seriously
Boy do I show miss those mechanical bells over the electronic ones. I think they're louder, the mechanicals
Easier to make out as well. Electronic ones have a muffled sound to them.
0:01 where’s the second set of railroad crossing bucks ?
That's the RXR crossing in Hammond Indiana Oakley Ave, First Baptist Church. @0:01
Who's being warned at 7:10 and why? I don't know any aerial units that would be affected by a railroad crossing.
What kind of flat cars are those starting at 14:13? What are those meant to carry?
welded rail
They are repurposed 50' flat's. They woulda gone the way of the torch, but as you can see at the time stamp, they lived past there retirement time. As a side affect of that, they cant interchange out with other roads. New(er) 50 flat's exist, but once those bunks get put on, they aint coming off. The cars mentioned in this video date from the early 70's.
is this market street in tiffin Ohio becoming a quiet zone
Not sure. Didnt see any no train horn signs but they couldve not put them up yet. Wouldnt surprise me there was also another crossing in town that said the crossing was gonna be closed (permanently in October)
3:15 never seen a railroad crossing without any bells.
There’s 1 in my town
The last crossing at the end is kinda pointless for drivers. No lights or barriers, but a bell? How are they gonna hear that if they're driving with their windows up?
You’re supposed to be paying attention when you’re driving.
If you can’t see a HUGE MACHINE with BLINDING BRIGHT LIGHTS and hear its BLARING LOUD HORN on your own,
1. WHY ARE YOU DRIVING???
2. What good are bells and lights going to do?
@@bubbabiscuitcub The lights alert drivers from a distance, whereas the bells also provide that extra warning for people walking or biking. I know that this crossing was pretty open, but there are a lot of crossings with a blind spot (say, a line of trees or a tall fence) where you can’t see the train until the last second, so a crossing with JUST a bell would be bad because drivers would drive in front of a train if they couldn’t hear the crossing bell or see the train until the very last second.
7:10 - I see that you’ve ended there before the deactivation. 🤔
Update: The Pearl Street railroad crossing in Findlay has since been replaced. I have a video of that crossing coming up.
Fantastic video, thumbs up and subscribed
What makes the first crossing unusual? The bell sounds normal and the crossing looks pretty normal to me other than small lights
the extra lights above the regular lights
@@BNSF2184 Oh ok so the second set of lights up higher. I guess yeah, that’s unusual
At 13:00 minutes some grain cars pass and appear to have buckled skins on the side inward. Is that from a derailment? Anyone?
7:20 How are they going to see the second light it’s literally facing up?!
15:37 is my favorite
3:00 those river crossings don’t have bells and that’s dangerous they need to upgrade them with crossing gates they come down with ringing bells
Interesting video! Also like that you show how much time from signal activation to train arrival. Thank you.
3:14 background noise is louder than the locomotive horn. Laughable.
If installing higher mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* , the morons should have placed the rear-facing *(o)T(o)* withe higher lamps.
9:13 Why are the mee-mool lights on the opposite sides of the road? If someone is hit, that could be a legal issue.
They aren’t, they are just dual-sided
@@DanTDMJace Referring to 09:25
7:18 *Darwin candidate* (the biker)
There was a better one after that but I left it out. That's why at 7:33-7:34 the headlights show up out of no where.
7:11
Gotta let the planes know a trains coming too!
You don't see those rail crossing like that everywhere Can't beet the Classics is gonna be Cool watching this video my children let's go some people drive bye too fast don't care that's way they need a better signal
15:37 what were those gate mechanisms
Why does the first one have ones that don’t have a x?
I do like this railroad grade crossing 1:27 but some of them I seen a video the abandoned railroad crossing just like this on I like to explore the abandoned railroad crossing to learn about that history I have my open railway map
It’s strange in 2nd how theses Crossing signals didn’t had no warning bells
Why does the first train give me train sim world vibes?
Very Strange Indeed!
3rd crossing with the lights up that was a banded
7:20 ohh look a 747 😂
10:00 wow I guess we live in australia now
Something's wrong, I can hear a railroad crossing.
I have saw two of level crossing. Narborough and exhale and charlton not great yet London
Yea
That first crossing the sawbucks need replaced or touchef up
Last crossing... Crossbuck is mounted incorrectly. (see MUTCD Fig. 8B-2)
they just old crossbucks
9:56 Is america hiding a part of australia
9:38 ARE WE IN BRITAIN??????
I see your point. Weird the signals are on the wrong side of road. The one is also protecting a side street.
@@gnrrailroad1531 oh makes sense
@@gnrrailroad1531 but what about the other side?
Very cool!
15:40 It's not a weird or unusual because that is a rare safetran gate mech...
Very high up crossbuck…
9:20 looks like its an american crossing thats found its way to Britain.
Would it be funny if you put it on speakers outside
Can anybody tell me the horn type on the train passing on this clip? 15:37
Nathan K5HL
nice vid
19:39 Since when that exist?
Are these rare?
First one looks similar to one I've seen
一般貨物の編成にダブルスタックが連結された編成は初めて見ました。→17:26
Quiz: What istrange abouthe grade crossing at 12:25 ?
Crossbill hang off the side off crossing
The crossbuck is placed on a pole offset from the main crossing pole
15:24 why??????????
2 isn't too far a great distance from my home
Why are these lights working?
Because it is a railroad crossing?
Signal malfunction 9:09 keep watching
I don't see.
@Robert King I actually figured this out after the fact. Strange. Thanks!
It’s cuz it’s led lights and cameras don’t really go well with leds
I hate when a bell continues to ring after the gates dropped
only if its an e bell
I hate when the opposite happens
5:29 3 idiot drivers ://
that train coulda killed em all
7th one near my house 15:23
11:53 tahts tully st
15:25 best one yt
3:00 and 19:45 need to hook up
Yes 👍
2:38 okay?
Second video. No bells.
That's DANGEROUS!
11:46 this crossing isn’t weird only the bell is unusual
WTF (8x)
First one Hammond Indiana