I know that at the 88th St. crossing, trains have to stop and then proceed as well. I just so happen to live a few blocks away from it. In fact, it just recently received new crossing gates with LEDs and vertical stripes.
I will also add that this became a secondary track, so here you folks see the Automatic Signal governing #2 Track was covered as the rest of them west of Jay Interlocking in Jamaica were also as well. Moves are governed still by Jay, but done with Form S cards (S for Secondary which was extended from west of Bliss in Long Island City all the way to Jay).
As I said in my last comment, because of the low traffic and the nearby yard, the gates are set so that they only activate if a train stops just before it and holds for 5 seconds. This is to prevent the gates coming down in the event of a switching move where the train would just move back towards the yard. You can see the gates go down after the train stops but its quicker to just flag the crossing.
The way this crossing gate is set up is so that the train has to stop in front of the crossing for a couple seconds in order for it to activate. The Conductor got out and flagged the crossing so that they didn't have to wait for the gates to fully come done. It's not a busy a street so it's allowed.
I know that at the 88th St. crossing, trains have to stop and then proceed as well. I just so happen to live a few blocks away from it. In fact, it just recently received new crossing gates with LEDs and vertical stripes.
I will also add that this became a secondary track, so here you folks see the Automatic Signal governing #2 Track was covered as the rest of them west of Jay Interlocking in Jamaica were also as well. Moves are governed still by Jay, but done with Form S cards (S for Secondary which was extended from west of Bliss in Long Island City all the way to Jay).
It refers to the train's number. I believe stands for road switcher run 30. Even numbers are eastbound odd are westbound.
Well, it's not a busy street but when the lirr operated in the last few years, going eastbound, the gates would come down but how come not this time?
As I said in my last comment, because of the low traffic and the nearby yard, the gates are set so that they only activate if a train stops just before it and holds for 5 seconds. This is to prevent the gates coming down in the event of a switching move where the train would just move back towards the yard. You can see the gates go down after the train stops but its quicker to just flag the crossing.
where the Glendale station used to be. Good thing you weren't yelled at
Why would I be yelled at?
for taking videos
***** Lol there's nothing wrong with taking videos.
yeah, but you know how some people are. after all, you were cuffed three years ago.
Not even the NYC metro can escape freight trains!
What's wrong with freight trains? The one in this video took 100 trucks off of Long Island's roads.
@@sheilatrachtenberg8997 Yes, and we need more!
What time was this at?
Hello :: can some please tell me how come the gates and flashing lights isn't working and that man in the video had to come out and stop the vehicles.
The way this crossing gate is set up is so that the train has to stop in front of the crossing for a couple seconds in order for it to activate. The Conductor got out and flagged the crossing so that they didn't have to wait for the gates to fully come done. It's not a busy a street so it's allowed.
no gates
jumped off moving equipment