Crossing Gate Contact

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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:53 pm

Found this in my subscriptions feed today:


Looks like someone whacked the gate arm when it was lowering and managed to twist the gate mech around...
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by ZachL » Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:02 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:Found this in my subscriptions feed today:


Looks like someone whacked the gate arm when it was lowering and managed to twist the gate mech around...
Gate saver? That's literally the only thing I can think of to cause the whole mechanism like that. :Eeeeek:

A break rod would have simply just snapped the gate off, I'm sure.
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:08 pm

This video contains a few clips showing gates at crossings over in the UK being hit:


And this video shows another gate arm getting hit:


And here's a clip from Ireland showing a few gates getting hit:
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:38 pm

Dragging this over from the signals being damaged/destroyed thread.


The driver had his handbrake disengaged, so after impact, the truck rolls forwards, breaks the crossing gate off, then rolls into a ditch.
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Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:40 pm

They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:33 pm

Found this while looking at this guy's YouTube channel.


According to the description, the signals were being tested, but the guy decided to rather leave the scene than rather call it in.
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:50 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Found this while looking at this guy's YouTube channel.


According to the description, the signals were being tested, but the guy decided to rather leave the scene than rather call it in.
Cool Safetran Hybrid bell there though!
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:27 am

Not sure if this has been posted before, but here's a video of a guy backing through a crossing gate in the County of Essex in England:


And another in Hertfordshire:


And another one:
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:41 pm

A few people striking gates in the video in this article:
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1696253 ... crossings/

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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by ZachL » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:21 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:And found in my subscriptions today:
At least the car behind 'em left room to let them back up.
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