http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyyUHSKOCmM
Gate saver doesn't work, turns the whole mech. to the side when the gate rises it hits the cantilever causing the EGM to trip and lower the gate again.
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Wow, that's an awesome video Kight.
Look, some dumb@$$ ran into one of my favorite crossing's gates:
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You know what's really sad, the maintainers just worked on this gate a couple months ago. It's pretty lucky not to have snapped off.
Cheers,
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Look, some dumb@$$ ran into one of my favorite crossing's gates:
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You know what's really sad, the maintainers just worked on this gate a couple months ago. It's pretty lucky not to have snapped off.
Cheers,
Joshua
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Them stupid A$$ fabricated adapters SUCK, they don't break cleanly. We use cast adaptersSantaFebuff wrote:Wow, that's an awesome video Kight.
Look, some dumb@$$ ran into one of my favorite crossing's gates:
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You know what's really sad, the maintainers just worked on this gate a couple months ago. It's pretty lucky not to have snapped off.
Cheers,
Joshua
Although if you use a fiberglass gates it will snap in the wind.Heres is wind damage, Note which gate held up better, also the pictures need to be opened in a new tab, I kept the pictures original sizes.
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Heres one the maintainer and I argued about, I say a truck hit it, he thinks wind damage.
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Ha! One of the ultimate prices to pay right there...
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http://g.co/maps/wmq5q
This crossing sure has changed
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53246 ... e.html.csp
This crossing sure has changed
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53246 ... e.html.csp
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that had to leave a mark
that had to leave a mark
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Now, this is why I'm glad Iowa law states signals have to start up a minimum of 25 seconds from the train fouling a crossing. Although if she wasn't paying attention, no amount of warning time would have kept her (and by positioning - the cameraman) from getting struck.
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Federal law is MINIMUM :20 from activation, to reaching the crossing. Most Railroads I know of set the approaches up to activate at :30 to :35 seconds at maximum timetable speed, as do I. You get some contractors doing installs on shortlines and such, falsely claiming 480' is good for 10MPH, or that 1220' is good for 25 MPH, etc., -and it is not. You might get MINUMUM warning time at ideal conditions, but let a little rust, grease, sand, etc. be on the rails and take a couple of seconds to shunt, and you have an activation failure due to not acheiving the Federal minimum Warning time.
Just the facts, ma'am.