Interesting that they showed a few from the USA as well. Idiots are everywhere it seems...TrickyMario7654 wrote:Here's a few in this news report. (Also includes many people being idiots around crossings!)
Crossing Gate Contact
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There's loads in Melbourne...cabman701 wrote:Interesting that they showed a few from the USA as well. Idiots are everywhere it seems...TrickyMario7654 wrote:Here's a few in this news report. (Also includes many people being idiots around crossings!)
Thanks to idiots like them, they're removing level crossings in Melbourne.
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
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A gate came down on top of a car at 7:19 in this video:
They/Them for me, please.
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Here's one that occurred at McKinnon, VIC back in 2009. (Go to 0:56)
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
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Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
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This truck wiped out an entire gate after a train collided with it at Bonbeach.
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
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Fourth post in a row! In 2011, there was this accident at the Springvale crossing. Not only was the entire gate knock off the gate mech, but the entire mast which held it got taken out!
Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
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Metro, why do you keep removing Mechanical bells?!
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
Click here if you want to see which crossings haven't been ruined by Metro Trains bell nazis.
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A bit late in posting this, but I saw a gate that had gotten knocked off at Cleveland Avenue back in December:
They/Them for me, please.
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This video was sent to me by Joe Thorpe, a British railfan who's a good friend of mine:
The gates get hit at about 1:10.
The gates get hit at about 1:10.
They/Them for me, please.
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