Fatal crash takes out cantilever
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Fatal crash takes out cantilever
This doesn't involve a train... but it did involve a crossing signal and unfortunately cost someone their life. This happened a few weeks ago near Miami. Here is a news article on it:
http://gladescountydemocrat.com/crime/s ... -one-dead/
And someone posted a video of the aftermath of the accident. The truck hit the cantilever head on and took it down.
Streetview hasn't been updated in a while, but here is a view of the cantilever from 2009: https://www.google.com/maps/@26.8960124 ... 1664?hl=en
http://gladescountydemocrat.com/crime/s ... -one-dead/
And someone posted a video of the aftermath of the accident. The truck hit the cantilever head on and took it down.
Streetview hasn't been updated in a while, but here is a view of the cantilever from 2009: https://www.google.com/maps/@26.8960124 ... 1664?hl=en
Re: Fatal crash takes out cantilever
That's a recent cantilever as well. It has flat-backed WCH lights.
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Re: Fatal crash takes out cantilever
Surely the lights are intact and can be repaired? Even though a little bent, dispositioned, and buckled? Also, where is the cantilever base?
Re: Fatal crash takes out cantilever
I would imagine the base was destroyed and probably scrapped. With as much force that it had to take to bring the whole thing down, I'm sure there was nothing left that was still usable.NathanFromEngland wrote:Surely the lights are intact and can be repaired? Even though a little bent, dispositioned, and buckled? Also, where is the cantilever base?
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Interesting that they left it like that. I don't see why they didn't put lights, crossbuck and gate on the standing pole. Around here, they would never leave a crossing like that.
What is the train activity like on that line?
What is the train activity like on that line?
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If you watch the video the tracks are not in super decent shape, so activity is probably minimal. It also looks as though the crossing is manually activated as there are boxes on either side of the crossing by the tracks. They probably just manually flagged the crossing while it was being repaired.Brian556 wrote:Interesting that they left it like that. I don't see why they didn't put lights, crossbuck and gate on the standing pole. Around here, they would never leave a crossing like that.
What is the train activity like on that line?