Uh-oh...

[AndyWS]

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/a ... 03286.html

The affected crossings, according to the link:

http://www.rxrsignals.net/Wisconsin/L-P ... E_Johnson/

http://www.rxrsignals.net/Wisconsin/L-P ... shington1/

http://www.rxrsignals.net/Wisconsin/L-P ... shington2/

[gedunk]

For that many to malfunction simultaneously sounds more like sabotage to me. By that I mean; what's common to all those crossings except the rail line? Anything? For a single event to trigger three crossings that are independently controlled is pretty slim.