Re: Tracks out of service
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:47 pm
Came across a series of videos that shows a track being dismantled near Buffalo New York. Not sure how long the line was out of service, but many of the crossings along the line were in bad shape in the first couple of videos and I'm sure did not even have power to them. However, in a bit of a twist, the crossings shown in the last video appeared to be in better shape, and actually still had power to them.
The first crossing shown in the video, it is active and appears to have a newer signal on our side of the crossing. The signals seem to work fine... but like 3 cars drove around the gates as soon as the train cleared. This crossing here, even though it had power, the detectors did not work at all, except for a little 1 second activation that happened at the 50 second mark in the video. And the next crossing shown... starting at the 2:10 mark... again it had bad detectors, but it was able to fully activate once the train hit the island, and it appears it remained active the whole time the train was coming through.
I just thought it was pretty neat, especially that last crossing... seeing these signals get their one last hurrah before the line was torn up.
The first crossing shown in the video, it is active and appears to have a newer signal on our side of the crossing. The signals seem to work fine... but like 3 cars drove around the gates as soon as the train cleared. This crossing here, even though it had power, the detectors did not work at all, except for a little 1 second activation that happened at the 50 second mark in the video. And the next crossing shown... starting at the 2:10 mark... again it had bad detectors, but it was able to fully activate once the train hit the island, and it appears it remained active the whole time the train was coming through.
I just thought it was pretty neat, especially that last crossing... seeing these signals get their one last hurrah before the line was torn up.
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