Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Overkill + Malfunction
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 05.45,,0,5

Thats insane! it looks like one of those cases where more trains then cars go over that crossing in a day.

Maybe someone was killed there.
Or preparing for the street to be paved four lanes.

Robert_Gift wrote:Or preparing for the street to be paved four lanes.

That would be my guess. Preparing for a larger more busy road in the future. There is an interstate just off to the left it looks like.

These signals don't look too new. I was thinking there might have been a proposal to widen the road that was not followed through on.

Robert_Gift wrote:Or preparing for the street to be paved four lanes.

Unlikely. When that's going to happen, the signals either go in after the road is laid out, or they're spaced far enough apart to accomdate widening from the beginning. Usually signals go in after the road work is done because it greatly minimizes the chance of the new signals being damaged by all the heavy construction work and equipment.

Texas needs to take a signal standard page from Fergus Falls MN.