Fixing a Broken Gate
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2019
- Filmed on July 25, 2019
Three people work to fix a broken gate at the Route 59 crossing in Barrington Illinois. Quite interesting and not something you see everyday.
This all took place during morning rush hour (albeit towards the end) which adds a level of urgency to the task. Metra trains are coming by fairly frequently, and a line of traffic is trying to get across the track.
I happened to have my video camera and tripod with me because we were on our way up to Wisconsin that morning to see UP's "Big Boy" steam engine. I assume that most or all other videos of how a gate is fixed are shot on a shaky phone camera, or whatever else is readily available. - Авто та транспорт
Wow people are pretty patient over there. I work for light rail and if I have the gates down for more than 45 seconds while working on it, I have everybody honking.
In terre haute people go around gates, when the trqin is right there. This one time I saw someone race a single locomotive.
@@Indianarailproductions That's crazy 😧 And you spelled train wrong
18:55 that truck slammed on the brakes so hard that the liquid splash out
Your right!
Excellent footage ! 👍🏻
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Interesting. Nice to see you back making videos again.
Thanks. I’ve been busy with family things recently but should have more time now. Ferroequinology is just a hobby, but it’s a hobby I enjoy. Good to know there are people who’ve been watching for a while and are looking forward to new videos. I’ve seen some interesting things recently and I’ll have time to edit them eventually.
I'm surprised they still let trains run through with the gates activating - that must've been annoying!
8:49 looks like there trying to struggle to get the new gate put in
Great Video
16:01 checking the new gate
it almost looks like a hinge gate
@@Ageviest hi
yeah kinda
Almost lost the brand new one at 18:55...
Imagine how much cooler the video would be XD
11:18 new gate is on when train is coming
That was very interesting. The first 3 trains all sounded their horns for the crossing, but the last one did not. Any idea why?
The horn rules for the Chicago area seem to go something like this:
#1: Do not blow the horn at railroad crossings by default (but it’s allowed if there’s a reason) because it annoys nearby residents. The bell should be used instead.
#2: If you are passing another train in (or near) a station, blow the horn and slow down to a crawl. People tend to walk across the track without looking, thinking the gates are down for the train they just got off of. Applies only to Metra lines.
#3: If anything unusual is happening (track construction for example), repeatedly sound two blasts of the horn until you’ve gone past it.
It sounded to me like the engineers of the first few trains were thinking of it as “something on the crossing” and blowing the horn, but the last train (at 19:15) was thinking of it as track construction and following #3 instead.
Thanks for pointing this out by the way. It’s a subtle difference I hadn’t noticed.
@@Tolono I don't know how it works in the USA, but in Italy if they are working on the crossings, while rail traffic is active, the trains are notified of that and should by regulations, blow the repaetedly blow the horn to both notify the maintenance services and the road traffic that a train is approaching the crossing. When the crew notifies the traffic regulator (station or control room) that the crossing has been fixed, they no longer notify the train of the malfunction so that no horn blows are necessary.
As far as I can see, the first three trains come when the maintenance is still ongoing, while the last one comes when the maintenance has already ended, so maybe that might be another reason.
@@Tolono There should be ZERO quiet zones in the Chicago metro area I bet those who made quiet zones are mainly karens wanting to increase death.
Imagine working on the gate in metra rush hour :/
At first I thought it was one of those gates that flips to be bigger
6:14 replacing the gate
Wow I did not know that the gate got hit the last time i went to this crossing was a week ago. This is Barrington Rd #2
What are those strobing yellow lights on the crossing for
They really didn't replace the whole gate. They only replaced the broken segment part.
i thought every train has to honk before a crossing but rules may change and vary for each country
Interesting to watch
We saw a broken gate on bnsf railroad I believe it was on December 24th
What cantilever is that?
They really should upgrade that signal mast to a bigger one with more lights. That current one is a little too small but the gate arm is really long. I can see how it got hit.
That was a Metrolink in the beginning of the video
One day i might wanna be railroad crossing fixer also that is a long arm gate
Old gate being broken kinda looks like a hinged gate
what happen dont break the gate okay
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