Odd Set-up in Clymers, IN

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Odd Set-up in Clymers, IN

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:42 am



Came across this video in my subscriptions on YouTube today, and noticed the rather odd crossing in it at 0:25. The crossing is in a 4-way intersection and has two gated signals for the main road, but gateless signals for the side street? :Confused: Just seems kinda dangerous to me.

It appears to have been this way for a while, when taking a look at the crossing on street view, as the older signals had the same set-up!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7099132 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7098376 ... 328!8i1664
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Re: Odd Set-up in Clymers, IN

Post by cabman701 » Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:25 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:

Came across this video in my subscriptions on YouTube today, and noticed the rather odd crossing in it at 0:25. The crossing is in a 4-way intersection and has two gated signals for the main road, but gateless signals for the side street? :Confused: Just seems kinda dangerous to me.

It appears to have been this way for a while, when taking a look at the crossing on street view, as the older signals had the same set-up!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7099132 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7098376 ... 328!8i1664
Well... I was going to say the gates would limit right turns when there is a train, especially on the opposite side where there is plenty of room. But I can see on Streetview they have turn lanes built in for that purpose. So yeah, there really should be gates all the way around.
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Re: Odd Set-up in Clymers, IN

Post by ToledoRailfan » Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:36 pm

Kind of reminds me of this passive crossing and this signalized crossing that intersect with each other here in Toledo.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.679256, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796773 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796953 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6794076 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Odd Set-up in Clymers, IN

Post by cabman701 » Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:45 pm

Wow... those are some oldies but goodies there. It appears to be still an active line... any action shots or videos?
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Re: Odd Set-up in Clymers, IN

Post by ZachL » Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:57 pm

cabman701 wrote:
Wow... those are some oldies but goodies there. It appears to be still an active line... any action shots or videos?
Sadly they are gone

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6795467 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6795467 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Odd Set-up in Clymers, IN

Post by ToledoRailfan » Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:51 pm

cabman701 wrote:
Wow... those are some oldies but goodies there. It appears to be still an active line... any action shots or videos?
Here's a video.
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