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Another Large area crossing
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:04 am
by SirKrunch
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:17 pm
by cabman701
Pretty neat find... however the cantilever only has lights in 3 directions.
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:46 pm
by SirKrunch
It's too bad they couldn't have put an elongated gate on the cantilever instead of placing the one gated signal back to where it restricts right turns... especially since they designed a designated right turn area that is away from the tracks anyway.
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:53 pm
by cabman701
SirKrunch wrote:It's too bad they couldn't have put an elongated gate on the cantilever instead of placing the one gated signal back to where it restricts right turns... especially since they designed a designated right turn area that is away from the tracks anyway.
Wonder how many people have gone around that gate when it is down so they can turn right?
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:48 pm
by TrainmanKight
cabman701 wrote:SirKrunch wrote:It's too bad they couldn't have put an elongated gate on the cantilever instead of placing the one gated signal back to where it restricts right turns... especially since they designed a designated right turn area that is away from the tracks anyway.
Wonder how many people have gone around that gate when it is down so they can turn right?
I got stuck in the middle of a messed up double crossing once in mobile al
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c ... 54932&z=15
I parked in between the main line and spur to mcduff a coal train went by on the spur activated all four signals and the two gates.
The coal train was going so slow I gave up and left but i had to go around the gate without the bell to leave
I wish csx could set up the crossing right I knew a dump truck driver that got killed by a train down there
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:19 am
by SirKrunch
Another large crossing in
Marion, Indiana...
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:39 am
by Trainmanalex2
someone needs to get out there big time
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:57 am
by AndyWS
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:34 pm
by TrainmanKight
Did street view drive out in front of that train
Re: Another Large area crossing
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:02 pm
by cabman701
TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:Did street view drive out in front of that train
Yup. Along with the pickup truck in front of him.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 14527&z=16
Actually I'm assuming both the pickup and the StreetView car turned left onto that side road. But none-the-less... they both went around a lowered gate with a train approaching.