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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:52 pm

A dude on a bike runs into a gate here:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:49 am

A gate lands on a truck here, and promptly gets twisted. Then the crossing starts tail-ring malfunctioning multiple times until engineers fix the problem.
Though not sure why that is enough to trigger a malfunction like that, how exactly?
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:28 am

A crossing gate lands on this oblivious driver's car, who also happens to be recording.

Yes, you can't see the gate drop onto his car, but the bump you hear is the sound of the gate hitting his truck.
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by ZachL » Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:33 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:28 am
A crossing gate lands on this oblivious driver's car, who also happens to be recording.

Yes, you can't see the gate drop onto his car, but the bump you hear is the sound of the gate hitting his truck.
Double-edged sword there. The truck driver could have started reversing immediately when he realized that the car went around him, and he probably would have had enough time to be behind the gate.
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:24 pm

Careless driver decides to just drive on through the gate as soon as the train passed, though thankfully no serious damage considering the car is a small sedan.
(3:00)
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:30 pm

Someone walks right into a lowering gate arm in this video at 0:28:
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by ZachL » Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:13 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:30 pm
Someone walks right into a lowering gate arm in this video at 0:28:
That had to have hurt! :Doh:

I laughed at the millenniumforce comment :LOL3: :ROFL:
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:36 am

A crossing gate lands on a car and the van that is stuck on the crossing is sideswiped by a train, which takes out a crossing gate. (10:11)


EDIT: Found this while browsing BBC News earlier today, the video can be watched here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-englan ... t-by-train
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:59 pm

Doesn't really count (not sure if you might also be able to watch the video) but i found this while browsing my local news website this evening.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... t-17693778
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Re: Crossing Gate Contact

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Feb 08, 2020 5:49 am

A van breaks through a crossing gate in Turkey, moments before it's struck by a train.


I also noticed the crossing has a NEG E-Bell and Safetran Type 3!
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