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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by cabman701 » Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:35 am

TrickyMario7654 wrote:Here's a few in this news report. (Also includes many people being idiots around crossings!)
Interesting that they showed a few from the USA as well. Idiots are everywhere it seems... :CloseEye:
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:55 pm

cabman701 wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:Here's a few in this news report. (Also includes many people being idiots around crossings!)
Interesting that they showed a few from the USA as well. Idiots are everywhere it seems... :CloseEye:
There's loads in Melbourne...


Thanks to idiots like them, they're removing level crossings in Melbourne. :TDOWN:


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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:30 pm

A gate came down on top of a car at 7:19 in this video:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:58 pm

Here's one that occurred at McKinnon, VIC back in 2009. (Go to 0:56)
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:09 pm

Here's another idiot for you... :Roll:
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:14 pm

This truck wiped out an entire gate after a train collided with it at Bonbeach.
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:47 pm

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!
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by TrickyMario7654 » Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:56 am

Oops!
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:31 pm

A bit late in posting this, but I saw a gate that had gotten knocked off at Cleveland Avenue back in December:

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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:37 pm

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.
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