Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

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What does THAT protect?

Looks like that forklift, which would be hard-pressed to go beyond those yellow pylons anyway.

Pedestrian/bicycle path.

A complicated grade crossing:

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Robert_Gift wrote:Pedestrian/bicycle path.

A complicated grade crossing:

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Fec is know to have some ridiculous setups they even put gate gards on the pedestrian gates

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:... Fec is know to have some ridiculous setups they even put gate gards on the pedestrian gates

What is a "gate guard"?
What does it do?
Years ago, I told a signal maintainer thathey should put a sawtooth pattern on the bottom of their gates: \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
It would be harmless, but look as though it would inflict damage so that few would try to run descending gates.
But they should also have 6 seconds of signal activation before gates begin to descend.

Anybody notice the price of gas at the Shell station? Seems pretty low... especially for Miami. Wonder how long ago GSV was through there?

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Robert_Gift wrote:

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:... Fec is know to have some ridiculous setups they even put gate gards on the pedestrian gates

What is a "gate guard"?
What does it do?
Years ago, I told a signal maintainer thathey should put a sawtooth pattern on the bottom of their gates: \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
It would be harmless, but look as though it would inflict damage so that few would try to run descending gates.
But they should also have 6 seconds of signal activation before gates begin to descend.

http://www.wch.com/ =Gate Gard
http://www.nationalelectricgate.com/BCGateSaver.php =gate saver
http://www.generalsignals.com/the_gate_keeper.htm =gate keeper
its pretty simple what it does watch the wch gate gard video
SHIT they have 12 second activations in Canada and a few U.S. locations it doesn't do a damn thing peoples reaction for when they see lights starting up is to hit the gas instead of stopping. thats why the set "standard" is 4-6 seconds

notice the only time people stop is when the gate is coming down
anyone who crosses the track 3 seconds after the lights start up is a violation
my point right here

what railroads need to do is add cameras to the railroad crossings and fine anyone who runs the gate, Union Pacific and a city in Texas are doing that check this out.
http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/rail09/ ... truck.mpeg Must view in internet explore

http://picasaweb.google.com/TrainmanKig ... rzjOWIpwE#Pictures used in the mailed citation

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/rail09/ ... nt8850.mpgvideo officers review to confirm a violation also in the mailed citation will be a link for the video

Thank you so much, TRAIN, for the interesting videos and link.

Hope the trucker was fined.
He.asily could have stopped.
He would have broken that gate had it not been hinged.

Robert_Gift wrote:Thank you so much, TRAIN, for the interesting videos and link.

Hope the trucker was fined.
He.asily could have stopped.
He would have broken that gate had it not been hinged.

yep fined $75 for running the gate
spring did its job and saved it.
without a doubt the gate would have been broken if it were break away.
like i said people see the lights and hit the gas not much you can do about it.

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:what railroads need to do is add cameras to the railroad crossings and fine anyone who runs the gate, Union Pacific and a city in Texas are doing that check this out.
http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/rail09/ ... truck.mpeg Must view in internet explore

In this link... that Mustang was going the WRONG WAY. He started to back up as the video ended... wonder if he hit the other gate? Either way... hope he got a ticket too!