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Wow, seriously?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 6:29 pm
by SirKrunch
Just when I thought I'd seen it all for poor crossbuck installs...
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.604585, ... 901T000000
Well, at least they got one out of 4 right.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6043,-1 ... 901T000000
And as a side note... You'd think this could qualify for exempt status...
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.594257, ... 901T000000
Re: Wow, seriously?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:47 pm
by ZachL
I'm curious to know if any mandated vehicles that have to stop actually do at that third link, because clearly there aren't any trains that are going to be crossing there.
Re: Wow, seriously?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:57 pm
by ToledoRailfan
I never understood how crossing signal maintainers managed to install crossbucks incorrectly, especially like the ones you shared!
Kind of odd to see a buckeye crossing outside of Ohio, especially all the way out in Idaho. That is actually the first time I've seen a buckeye crossing outside of Ohio. It is also the first time I've seen a buckeye crossing with 2-piece crossbucks.
Re: Wow, seriously?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:02 pm
by ZachL
ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of odd to see a buckeye crossing outside of Ohio, especially all the way out in Idaho. That is actually the first time I've seen a buckeye crossing outside of Ohio. It is also the first time I've seen a buckeye crossing with 2-piece crossbucks.
I wouldn't quite call those buckeye crossbucks. They're not all red in text, they lack the word "yield," and also don't appear to have those metallic reflective strips on them either. The three characteristics I listed there what make a buckeye crossbuck unique.
Re: Wow, seriously?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:40 pm
by freebrickproductions
You probably have trains that pull into that crossing to turn around, considering the fact that it's near a wye.
Re: Wow, seriously?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 1:04 pm
by cabman701
I drove school buses in Illinois for 10 years. The law states that unless the crossing is marked as exempt, you have to stop.
Case in point: This track connects to the local power plant in my hometown of Springfield, IL. There has not been a train on that track for well over 10 years.
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This crossing here is on a main road and is marked exempt. But in the neighborhood just west of that crossing there are 3 that have crossbucks and yield signs, and you will notice are even mostly paved over, but no exempt signs. So technically by law we were supposed to stop.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.754145, ... !1e1?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.75405,- ... !1e1?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.754117, ... !1e1?hl=en
I always did, because you never know if big brother is watching (sometimes our supervisors would trail buses in their personal vehicles)... but I saw several of my fellow drivers not stop.