For anyone curious: This crossing is located at Wason Avenue in Springfield, MA. All of the signals were modernized with newer equipment but the crossing still looks generally the same.

@ThePeelRegionTransitChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Actually this railroad crossing is in Canada.

@csxohiorailfan2473

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePeelRegionTransitChannel no it’s not

@Blank53689

Жыл бұрын

Update: Though In 2015 The Old Signals Were Replaced With Newer Signals That Will NOT Malfunction

@ThePrairiesRailfan

Жыл бұрын

@@ThePeelRegionTransitChannel I would highly doubt this is in Canada, Between 1990 began advancement in signals, Incandescent light systems would be installed with wider, Light lens, Canadian rail company’s, Canadian national, Canadian pacific, And maybe even VIA Rail would go ham on this and would soon start to replace the old 1950s 8 inch light designs to more modern, Incandescent wide lens, During 2000-2010, LEDs were introduced and soon incandescent would see its days go dark in Canada at least to be mostly being replaced by LED Modern signals, Almost every 8 Inch crossing lights are not around with us anymore in Canada, All you see on railroads now is modern LED Lights, Because of this, This video was most likely recorded in the states somewhere.

@ThePrairiesRailfan

Жыл бұрын

1990s still held a good portion of 8 Inch until 2008 where they soon we’re going extinct in Canada.

Cantilever: "Um, I think we should block the road, there's a train coming..." Other gate: "Oh, no, not THIS again!" You do this EVERY April Fools Day!" I'm NOT falling for it this time!" "I'm going back to bed..." Cantilever: "No, I MEAN it this time!" Short crossing: "Alright..." Cantilever: "Psyche!" "You fall for this EVERY time!"

@Wall-eandthederp

6 жыл бұрын

Trainfan1055 it’s not a malfunction The trailer is this and then a certain point where it’s actually messing with controller

@nsays4502

5 жыл бұрын

Trainfan1055 funny :)

@MetroNorth203Productions

4 жыл бұрын

This crossing gate has problems.

@jeremybrooks6705

2 жыл бұрын

R/ woooosh

I was trying to make a joke. However, in our country, some railroad crossings have to be activated by the engineer himself. He has to shoot a infrared beam on a sensor which makes the crossing activate. This is only the case by railroad crossings near a railway station, to keep the crossing shorter closed.

@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98

3 жыл бұрын

That’s cool, my Oma was Dutch (clearly). And I think I am subscribed to your channel on both of my channels. I love trains. And I love a lot of things. Especially the Netherlands.

@clarkingtonatortron

3 жыл бұрын

Our town Vandalia in Illinois has its own shortline called the Vandalia Railroad Company in the middle of town thats owned by the Pioneer Railroad. I got to ride in the cab one time because my grandpa knew the engineer. Their crossings are all gateless and programmed to where they have a certain memorized code that has to be entered into a white walky talkie like keypad in the trains. They only own two trains in this shortline by the way. to turn the crossings on, put in the certain intersection of crossings code and then hit the star. to turn it off, input the same password and hit the pound.

@clarkingtonatortron

3 жыл бұрын

@@LinvilJane what

@FaFromCastle

3 жыл бұрын

Is it in canada

@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98

3 жыл бұрын

@Amin And Emily YT Thanks

Its Malfunctioning cause the train is stopped on the crossing trigger zone, causing the crossing to activate non stop.

@hollyamb3786

8 жыл бұрын

^

@thesinglemathnerd

7 жыл бұрын

RavenZero Gaming or sometimes no train is present but the relay case is messed up

@floridianrailauto9032

6 жыл бұрын

There is no train...

@michigangirl5072

6 жыл бұрын

So the engineers are to blame for leaving the train cars on the sensitive spot(the sensors that is).

@floridianrailauto9032

5 жыл бұрын

@Grisela Aguirfe It's moving AWAY from the crossing, there is no train

This is called pumping. The crossings are unsure so they start going down and then back up. Therefor it's a malfunction

@jm0lesky

5 жыл бұрын

I can see why this crossing was malfunctioning but what causes signals to pump when there is no train on the circuit?

@BritishAPT

5 жыл бұрын

There is a train on the circuit, or maybe on the edge

@weeardguy

4 жыл бұрын

@@jm0lesky I would not really call this pumping, as this usually refers to the release of the gates because of a broken holding mechanism, with gates getting 'lowered' to the point where the 'motorpower up' switch comes in again, which in turn activates the motor to let the gates rise to their rest-position. But as the holding mechanism is broken, the gate will try to lower again and this cycle repeats. Pumping gates are very 'rhythmical'. This seems to be a problem with the announcement section(s).

@CECFan1992

3 жыл бұрын

@@jm0lesky the circuit is somewhat far from the crossing itself

That's me when I want to wake up in the morning. I want to and I dont.

Brilliant catch ! 👍🏻

@nousee6206

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@FaFromCastle

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Is the train driver trying to confuse the road users?

@UltraMagaFan

3 жыл бұрын

These crossings are either controlled by motion sensors or electrical contacts that require wheels to be touching them to complete the circuit. My guess is that there is a bad connection between the rails and wheels due to rusty rails. The engineer can send radio tones to activate the crossing but that's only when they're too close to the road to activate it by moving. The ones activated by motion sensors will deactivate the crossing if the train is not moving so it will not block road traffic. This video explains it better: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqWY1stskdfeoNo.html&ab_channel=DistantSignal I didn't realize this was a 7 year old comment until I typed all that crap.

@CyberedCake

3 жыл бұрын

@@UltraMagaFan Oof, 7 year old comment 1 to 0

@Jess-tx6pc

2 жыл бұрын

Oooo

@csxohiorailfan2473

2 жыл бұрын

@@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907 hello

Me doing my homework while also watching YT videos such as this one at the same time:

Train! Just kidding... Train! Just kidding... Train! Just kidding...

@actionfire4036

7 жыл бұрын

ShaneD3488 lol

@joshuaivery3041

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@rbs2150

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@savannahmorrison376

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@simonlim1575

4 жыл бұрын

bruh

I remember watching this when I was a lot younger, time flies.

I think when the train stopped, it was leaning on the switch.

@nvaa1991

4 жыл бұрын

I Think That Too. It's Sitting On The Sensor That Deactivates The Crossings.

@nvaa1991

3 жыл бұрын

Sitting Close To The Deactivate Shunt*

@nvaa1991

3 жыл бұрын

Not the shunt.. if the train approaches the crossing and stops ahead of the signals, the gates stay down until 30 seconds passed. After 30 seconds of inactivity, crossings deactivate. So, the shunt is not broken. Perhaps glitched? No, not glitched.. It's a malfunction."This is called pumping. The crossings are unsure so they start going down and then back up. Therefore it's a malfunction." - Railroad Institute Of America

Great catch! Those are some very old, classic signals. I noticed the train had some passenger cars at the end. Seems like it was a tail-ring malfunction.

A good title: crossing gates go sicko mode

@ultrastalememer7148

2 жыл бұрын

This was made in the pre-sicko mode era

I have seen this happen all the time at Pan Am crossings in Connecticut, especially at Wooster Street in New Britain. Rusty rails and/or a certain type of wiring go a long way. On 10/5/2012 PL-1 went to Waterbury and during the entire time the train was in Waterbury the crossing signals at Federal Street and Center Street remained activated, and still did not shut off when the train returned through on its way back to Plainville. This is one of the reasons I love Pan Am.

Its having a stroke

@lolx3t517

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

it is a blonde railroad crossing (cant make their mind)

Geez railroad crossing. If you would stop drinking, you wouldn't be having this problem.

This is one of the first railroad crossing videos I watched, nostalgic.

@Skibidivm_Latrinae

Жыл бұрын

Me too

its trolling the drivers

@roderickaquino8558

3 жыл бұрын

IK XD

This is the Wason Ave Crossing of the former B& M RR, in Springfield, the camera faces east, when the train is seen, that direction is north. The Crossing gates aren't really malfunctioning, it's confused, due to the train still being on the circuit, that train is on two crossing circuits. It just cleared Wason Ave and is probably fouling the Plainfield Street crossing. That area used to be Amtrak rail territory but thanks to Timothy Mellon, who absconded millions in track repair funds from Amtrak ,the Conn River Main runs no more..

@floridianrailauto9032

6 жыл бұрын

It's in Massachusetts Lucas.

@Amtrak90222

6 жыл бұрын

Rainbowlevelcrossing it was just a transport for them.

What was worse is how many sheeple didn't bother to slow down and look when the lights were flashing. I guess their lives mean nothing to them.

One of the collection of videos I would watch

I remember when this video was called, “really bad railroad crossing malfunction.”

@josephcarson8382

2 жыл бұрын

hey! so do i. i was like, 5 or so

Anyone else watch this a lot when they we’re younger!?

@Arandomuser2006

3 жыл бұрын

Yep also nice pfp

@NC_YT_123

3 жыл бұрын

@@Arandomuser2006 Thanks one of the best Mario games ever made

@Arandomuser2006

3 жыл бұрын

@@NC_YT_123 yeah it's fun with multiplayer

when a railroad crossing is bored

After looking at it it looks like the train was on the circuit for the crossing. This crossing used to act up after every train but it's fixed now. And yes that is a passenger car, an ex- LIRR C-1.

i remember when the crossing at 9 mile road in ferndale, mi (Oakland county, cn holly sub) used to do this...quite frequently, despite no train, with the signals in both directions being red for all tracks. As others have said, if you encounter this, call the number posted on the crossing or local law enforcement's non-emergency line.

Love the small lights tho haha

Good Lord, that's just really screwed up!

;the crossing:I wanna go down Also the crossing nah I wanna go up I’m tierd The crossing:*dose it all over again*

@VincentCowboysAndTrains

11 ай бұрын

Lol

One of my first train videos I e watched

The line was completely overhauled with continuous welded rail and all new US&S model 95 gate mech signals. Owned by the pioneer valley railroad company. The search light in the video was replaced with a triangle light signal. Trains run daily as the tracks are shiny

Original title: Really Bad Railroad Crossing Malfunction. I prefer the original title better.

Looks like that crossing is having a mental breakdown

@nvaa1991

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Some grade crossings have what is known as island circuits, that allow a train to stop short of the crossing and after a certain period the gates will time out and raise, unless preempted either by another train movement or the stopped train moves again .

I hope they fixed that! I have watched a bunch of your videos! They are great.

I guess it's because the train is tripping the sensor at the back. Also its going slow.

Montgomery avenue near me did this once, it was a hour of good laughs, those gs type 2 bells there were clicking.

Would you believe they advertised in the paper!! they were looking for electricians to be trained in signals, the pay is not bad but signal techs are in short supply and the qualification is recognised world wide. Gregg

As a signal electrician, I work on level crossings nearly every day, they are very complex in their circuitry as they must be "fail safe" and any failure will cause lights to flash and booms to drop, Without knowing the area, it looks like a track fault or a train moving on and off one of the control tracks??, too many causes to say ?. These faults usually combine angry motorists and frustrated train crews and dispatchers!!!, just another day at my office..LOL Cheers Gregg

The local level crossing near us got it's barriers stuck down (thankfully they fixed it easily). Better than being stuck open I say!

Crossing be like: OOP A TRAIN! naw that’s just a bird.. A TRAIN AHHHH no that’s a coal car on the back!

Thank you, Gregg. Skyman has a video where the (o)T(o) do not stop after the single engine has departed the island circuit. (o)T(o) remain operating until it has gone down the track and departed "lead-in" section (or whatever you call it). Any ideas why? Thank you.

Gate: "Is it safe for the cars to cross now? Yes! No! Yes! No! Yes no yes no, yes! No! Okay, maybe now. . . Or not. . . Let me double check. . . Okay! It's safe! Everybody go!"

That thing has a mind of its own

"hold clear" switch is failing in the near gate box (WC Hayes?)

This is me trying to decide doing schoolwork or talking to my Discord friends and switching to both topics

Reason: there is a trigger on the track. Once the train goes over a certain point, the gates go down. And there were carriages there. There you go

@cactuarizamoron It might have been on the sensor, it was parked 200-300 ft. away.

i remember that this had an old title

Im the railroad operater to where I control the trains. There was a train on the other side of the tracks that was on the senser. At least my schudle tells me. If there wasnt if it wasnt than I dont know. The railroad senser has had some trouble up there though. So it must be that. Happy to help! :).

It's having a seizure.

Wow, that was some serious tail ring happening there.

@NaturesFairy Thanks!

Well, I Think That This Is The Worst Malfunction On KZread... XD

Man, I never saw a malfunction like that before. Do you know now what caused it? And it looks live the gate mechanism is tagged with quite a bit of graffiti.

@DRrailfanning3115

2 жыл бұрын

maybe because the train kept backing up and triggering the crossing but I'm not sure

I think that's called gate pumping, when it pumps it sets the entire crossing off, I'm really surprised that both gates are pumping though.

Had that once on a Islannd circut in SOnora, CA

Isn't a Majority of Railroad Crossing Nowadays Radio Activated? I've seen BNSF trains where the front locomotive has a sensor that activates the signals and a sensor on the end car that deactivates the signal. I always thought that's how it worked.

People have been in a very friendly way and friendly friendly and service service is so very friendly and staff staff friendly

That cantilever has ah intresting gate mechanism

@Trainfan1055Janathan

7 жыл бұрын

Why?

my guess is the Train wasn't far away from the Relay Case so that is why it was Activating the Crossing even though the Train is sitting there and not moving!

Maybe the wires got wet or it might be the dirt

LOL, don't worry, it's happened to me once or twice!!, I missed a dog spike touching a rail chair (baseplate) not too long ago, one of our older sparkies found it in two minutes LOL. I just got off the phone to the boss wanting the details from yesterday, there are litterally millions of cable connections in a signal network, these things happen once in while. The weld you mention is Stainless steel, and does exactly what you say, but it's very damaging to wheelsets!, acts like a knife! Gregg:-)

@Tcostello105 Yes those are bilevel coaches.

Pan Am does not post a contact phone number at any of the crossings in Connecticut or to date on the Conn River Line. That may change when the Vermonter is rerouted there. For crossing malfunctions the Pan Am Operations Center can be contacted at 800-955-9208. The OC should only be contacted for real emergencies or if a crossing is activated and blocking the street with no train present. I do not consider this a malfunction. The crossing detected a train in the block but eventually deactivated.

THE CROSSING ISLAND FREQUENCY IS ADJUSTED OUT TO FOR. put a track shunt down 15 feet outside the track connectors and adjust the island card FREQUENCY to where it barly goes on or OUT

i think the train is still on circuit and that's why the crossing gates go up and down

The crossing gates of hell

usually caused by defective relay in signal case, short in track bond wires.. etc. These are usually easy to fix, call it in to proper RR authority, phone numbers are often posted near crossings

@danmeyer7174

8 жыл бұрын

there is normally always 2 track bonds, in case one fails you have a back up. but having a track circuit go down doesn't drop the crossing. looks like he's on the reverse approach so most likely as you say, either a PLC problem, or maybe the contacts on the mechanism..?

@danmeyer7174

8 жыл бұрын

there is normally always 2 track bonds, in case one fails you have a back up. but having a track circuit go down doesn't drop the crossing. looks like he's on the reverse approach so most likely as you say, either a PLC problem, or maybe the contacts on the mechanism..?

if the train was sitting on the sensor, then id understand that. But if it did that on its own, i'd call that in to the rail company.

It has a fever and it’s exercising

What type of switches do you have in america? In Italy these Level Cossing were activated for both closing and opening by a mechanical pedal, which is immune to this type of things. This pedal is has two arms so that even the direction counts and only a correct sequence triggers the relay box. We also had AFO systems but they were abandoned many time ago. (they were used less and I don't know if they were immune to this problem). I do know that in some countries Level Crossing are triggered by track circuits and that with occupied circuit the level crossing is commanded to close and when the train frees the circuit the level crossing opens. This might be the case of the video when the train might be on the edge of the circuit and depending on how the system receinves the track circuit occupation it is continuously switching between closure and opening. Is this situation common in USA?

"four other signal techs had looked at and found a corroded fuse holder"? Good catch! Disappointed that the others did not consider that and check it. Skyman's (o)T(o) worked fine until the lone locomotive, nomal track speed, left the island and (o)T(o) kept operating until it was off the long approach(?) circuit. In San Rafael, CA. I saw a metal bead welded onto the railhead, presumably to cause better electrical contact to the wheels on the less-used track in the humid and rainy area.

Railroad Crossing: "Should I go down, or should I go up?"

The gate attached to the cantilever is so late going down. Like the signal with the bell will be down and the other gate is halfway on its trip going down. NEEDS FIXING

nice catch there man.

This is when the crossings are board they like to play games lol

When you have to make a super serious decision

The train sitting on the tracks are of no help.

the train going slowly gate go crazy

It just wanted to get that extra umph out of its system

Clearly a case of supernatural possession.

Even Crossing Gates have feelings too, y'all know?

Probably the train is moving a little and the train cars are activating the crossing. That’s why it’s going off and on again and again

geez you were drunk!!! your bell also sounded like it was wasted

Go home crossing,you are drunk.

@dylanmendoza8351

8 жыл бұрын

Your rude

@dylanmendoza8351

8 жыл бұрын

No

@Paulygon

8 жыл бұрын

+Dylan Mendoza It was a joke. Get over it.

@Trainfan1055Janathan

7 жыл бұрын

+Paulygon Hilarious!

@FranzFerdinandVIII

7 жыл бұрын

Don't say that! Sheesh....

Crossing: goes up and down Me: !!STOP!!, and my profile pic says what I look like if I were to see this. When I said stop

Kinda weird for a railroad crossing to malfunction like that.

There was something on the train touching and creating a short across the rails.

I feel like I've been this on occasion. Surely everyone has.

Why are the signals having a siezure confusion attack

sad the signal got replaced. it was replaced with modern signals.

Anyone notice the old MBTA double decks

That gate on the other side is late. It comes down waaaaaaaaaay too late

the train slow the rail road crossing well open and close?

The gates are having a heart attack. :P

No, the train was moving slowly away from the crossing.

Am I the only one that noticed the LIRR coaches on the freight train?