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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...

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.

A break rod would have simply just snapped the gate off, I'm sure.

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:

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.

From Lancashire:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england- ... g-barriers

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.

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!

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:

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

And found in my subscriptions today:

freebrickproductions wrote:And found in my subscriptions today:

At least the car behind 'em left room to let them back up.