Crossing Gate Contact

[TrainmanKight]

That 23rd St. one...yikes!

Dumb, but I can see some mitigating circumstances. There doesn't appear to be any side lights on the crossing signal for eastbound Jefferson St. traffic making a left turn onto northbound 23rd St., as this vehicle was doing. In the street view, I also don't see a light-up "NO LEFT TURN" sign mounted to the traffic light cantilever.

When you're making a left turn, you're looking for oncoming (westbound, in this case) traffic, not a train coming up behind you over your left shoulder.

True, it is a quiet zone there.

[cabman701]

That 23rd St. one...yikes!

Dumb, but I can see some mitigating circumstances. There doesn't appear to be any side lights on the crossing signal for eastbound Jefferson St. traffic making a left turn onto northbound 23rd St., as this vehicle was doing. In the street view, I also don't see a light-up "NO LEFT TURN" sign mounted to the traffic light cantilever.

When you're making a left turn, you're looking for oncoming (westbound, in this case) traffic, not a train coming up behind you over your left shoulder.

True, it is a quiet zone there.

But they also hit / drove under the crossing gate before being struck by the train.

[TrainmanKight]

That 23rd St. one...yikes!

Dumb, but I can see some mitigating circumstances. There doesn't appear to be any side lights on the crossing signal for eastbound Jefferson St. traffic making a left turn onto northbound 23rd St., as this vehicle was doing. In the street view, I also don't see a light-up "NO LEFT TURN" sign mounted to the traffic light cantilever.

When you're making a left turn, you're looking for oncoming (westbound, in this case) traffic, not a train coming up behind you over your left shoulder.

True, it is a quiet zone there.

But they also hit / drove under the crossing gate before being struck by the train.

Yah, don't want to jump to conclusions, but I bet alcohol was involved.

Here's another idiot trucker, this location is Austal GA a very busy place for NS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... OIfY#t=43s
Gate saver worked, as you can see the gate was fully lowered before the trucker went through it.
http://goo.gl/maps/Ok58s

Poor conductor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Z6To#t=47s

FYI this crossing is in between the yards were "Norfolk Southern, What's Your Function?" ad was filmed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qt_NsfA3ZM

[TrainmanKight]

http://goo.gl/maps/UsGWW

[TrainmanKight]

Not really much in the way of Gate Contact as it is the stupidity of people.



Also ever wonder what a K10LA sounds like?^

[TrainmanKight]

http://goo.gl/maps/23PLb

[TrainmanKight]

[TrainmanKight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Y38E&t=252
I love this crossing, weekday commuter rush hour is nuts.
METRA Milwaukee District North, Milwaukee District West, North Central Service, along with Amtrak Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service all use this crossing totaling over 200 trains aday.
http://goo.gl/maps/Q71fz

[freebrickproductions]

You can see a crossing gate that was damaged from the collision in the beginning of the video.

[freebrickproductions]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=FIRE+DEP ... 69,,0,1.29