August Photo of the Month

[TrainmanKight]

Well submit it then. No big deal, just thought you'd like to see them.

YOU are the owner of the picture its your call which one to submit

[cabman701]

Statesboro GA
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Statesbor ... 58,,0,4.78

It's all coming back to me now. I remember the cantilever that is slanted with the tracks very sharply. It's been awhile, but this crossing was posted on here at some point.

[MD2020]

On the prints, it is actually supposed to be about 10-15 feet further away from the tracks than it is now, for some unknown reason, some dumbasses moved it to it's present location well before I came along, and there it sits in all it's retarded glory. (You can see on the ground in the aireal photo I provided, the old location it was at) I got the gate arm barely fitting between the cantilever and the train when down, with only a few feet to spare between the two, to block off the main road and the turn lane. I had to use NEG LED gate lights on that particular gate arm, so I could swivel them around to face traffic.

Hell, when I first got there, at least half the bulbs were burned out, one gate mech didn't work, 2 of the gate arms didn't have gate lights, and none of the bells worked. ...Ask Owens about this crossing, he has helped me out on this one a lot.

Here is a video of us going through this crossing in the train. The bells ring when the gates are down, I set them this way on the urging of Owens, due to the unique-ness of the setup, and there are also a few entrances that don't have gates.

Also, this is a big "Island" crossing, where the train has to stop, get on the island, then proceed through after the gates are down. This is by design, due to there being a railroad crossover, they have to stop and look for any possible conflicting movents.



Love that horn valve!

[illinoistrains]

Here is my contribution: Brown ST. in Divernon, IL is activated by the signal maintainer for monthly inspections. The bell is really quiet is apparently too big for the pole.

[bnsflover]

If it is E-bells you want, then its E-bells you got at Bealville:

[SantaFebuff]

Cheers,
Joshua

[csxrailfan2]

I haven't seen any 8' lights here yet, or active 8' lights that is.

[MD2020]

If it is E-bells you want, then its E-bells you got at Bealville:

Yay, the dumbass maintainer installed the gate upside down.

[TrainmanKight]

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[MD2020]

Here's my submission.

WOW, Y'all have a LOT of dumbass signal maintainers out there. Geez. See why the new gate arms are verticle striped?