Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Came across this video in my subscriptions on YouTube today, and noticed the rather odd crossing in it at 0:25. The crossing is in a 4-way intersection and has two gated signals for the main road, but gateless signals for the side street? Just seems kinda dangerous to me.

It appears to have been this way for a while, when taking a look at the crossing on street view, as the older signals had the same set-up!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7099132 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7098376 ... 328!8i1664

freebrickproductions wrote:

Came across this video in my subscriptions on YouTube today, and noticed the rather odd crossing in it at 0:25. The crossing is in a 4-way intersection and has two gated signals for the main road, but gateless signals for the side street? Just seems kinda dangerous to me.

It appears to have been this way for a while, when taking a look at the crossing on street view, as the older signals had the same set-up!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7099132 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7098376 ... 328!8i1664

Well... I was going to say the gates would limit right turns when there is a train, especially on the opposite side where there is plenty of room. But I can see on Streetview they have turn lanes built in for that purpose. So yeah, there really should be gates all the way around.

Kind of reminds me of this passive crossing and this signalized crossing that intersect with each other here in Toledo.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.679256, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796773 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796953 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6794076 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of reminds me of this passive crossing and this signalized crossing that intersect with each other here in Toledo.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.679256, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796773 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796953 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6794076 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow... those are some oldies but goodies there. It appears to be still an active line... any action shots or videos?

cabman701 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of reminds me of this passive crossing and this signalized crossing that intersect with each other here in Toledo.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.679256, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796773 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796953 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6794076 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow... those are some oldies but goodies there. It appears to be still an active line... any action shots or videos?

Sadly they are gone

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6795467 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6795467 ... 6656?hl=en

cabman701 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of reminds me of this passive crossing and this signalized crossing that intersect with each other here in Toledo.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.679256, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796773 ... 1664?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6796953 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6794076 ... 6656?hl=en

Wow... those are some oldies but goodies there. It appears to be still an active line... any action shots or videos?

Here's a video.