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Crossing Gates Mailfunction by Tornado
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:36 pm
by NSrailfan4life
So I was watching the news and a tornado in the Fort Worth area triggered signal mailfunctions, and I thought this was very interesting. Now is it common for this to happen? The Union Pacific maintainer was seen in the live footage fixing the signals during intense hail fall. I will upload some shots later.
Re: Crossing Gates Mailfunction by Tornado
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:23 pm
by cabman701
I have seen that happen before in person during an intense storm in Illinois. I would think the tracks can attract lightening... maybe a lightening strike could cause it?
Re: Crossing Gates Mailfunction by Tornado
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:09 pm
by freebrickproductions
cabman701 wrote:I have seen that happen before in person during an intense storm in Illinois. I would think the tracks can attract lightening... maybe a lightening strike could cause it?
I believe a couple of the malfunctions we had here recently were caused by lightning, so it is possible.
Re: Crossing Gates Mailfunction by Tornado
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:48 pm
by ToledoRailfan
Do lightning strikes on the track cause a lot of damage to the Crossing equipment?
Re: Crossing Gates Mailfunction by Tornado
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:59 pm
by freebrickproductions
ToledoRailfan wrote:Do lightning strikes on the track cause a lot of damage to the Crossing equipment?
Well, a lightning strike can make a crossing swap over to batteries only from what I've heard.