The cross by the gates and track is a girl about 18 years old that was stuck by another vehicle not a train and pushed to that location where she died. Her parents come out every month to visit and clean up the area. A mexican with no license is the killer

What crossing is that? I go to Wauchula and Tampa every winter.

There is a sub-charge problem here. In Italy we have the same type of Level Crossing boxes. They should work with 24V dc and use c.ca 10Amps. In the opening phase the max. current consumption is nearly at half the lifting procedure (45 degrees), since the weight of the barrier counteracts the counterweight at the opposite side. For some reasons I don't know, the whole system does not get the whole 10Amps (maybe controlling cabin is far from the Level Crossing and the boxes only get 18-20V instead of the needed 24V). This causes the barrier to fail because the inner engine is doing its best to complete the cycle but since power is low on volts, it just gets stuck (the right one) or works very slowly (the left one). The first cabled box is the one on the left. We can easily get this because it is the one that, even if slowly, is still trying to lift the barrier. The second cabled box gets part of her electrical current stolen by the first one since it's trying to operate at full power and simply gets stuck. Once the first box has completed its cycle, it is no longer consuming power and this is why you see that the lifting procedure completes very fast with the second box once the first is off. I would suggest the maintenance guys to thoroughly check with a voltmeter that the electrical current specifications are succesfully met (should be 24V dc). As a second step I would check that there shouldn't be unneeded resistors in the circuit (maybe installed by mistake or because of other maintenance needs) and, most importantly, that there is no ground leakage (this might be the reason because when the guys come out, the boxes work. the soil conducts electricity differently with dry and wet weather). There might be the need to completely replace the cable from the controlling sentry-box to the boxes themselves or, if the lekage is between the first box and the second, the replacement of that cable only. Obviously the leakage should be as low as the maximum allowed current before the fuse blows off. The boxes themselves do work great since, even with delay, they complete the cycle without any other flaw, so the problem only resides on the power or sentry-box side.

I've experienced the same problem with a railroad crossing in our country (The Netherlands). Just made a video about it a week ago.

@robertgift Nope, the gates are gravity return. The motor drives them down and keeps them there, but to raise them the controller simply shuts the motor off. If you look at the butt end of pretty much any crossing arm, you will see a stack of metal plates hanging off the pivot. This is the counterweight, and it is slightly heavier than would be needed to balance the arm. When the motor turns off, the counterweight falls, lifting the arm.

@MobileTaz The gates here have battery back ups. If the power goes out the batteries in the metal storage building next to the crossing has enough power to supply the gates for a couple of days the CSX maintanence guy said

@robertgift Funny how when the trains went buy the gates malfunctioned but when I called CSX and they came and lowered and raised them several times they worked fine. Then when they left ad the train came thru they messed up again making me look like a liar. LOL so I made this video to prove it to them. Funny just now those gates are going down I can hear the bell ringing from my bedroom now there going back up and no train. LOL

It isn't oil they needed. I found out it was an electrical short causing both gates at the same time to do what they were doing. I lived and watched those crossings for 7 years. You get to learn what's going on and talking to the railroad people.

It's not there anymore They put new signals in I live across the street from them and the crossing is at Forbes & Sydney Rd in Dover Florida

@daewooparts No It's my neighbors horse. She has 3 1 is 2 months old. None of them mind the train going by. Someone is at the crossing trying to figure what's going on right now...

Nice catches! And yes that crossing is in need of a tune up

Wow that second train was hauling ass!

Usually when a Gate gets stuck like that it either has a bad motor or There isn't enough weight to bring the gate up properly.

The railroad worker said there was a wire that connects to the track that was ready to break off like hanging by a tread of copper. He had to cut and replace it he said..

Thank you for your comment

Isn't this crossing upgraded? I'm sure I've seen them in a video.

@Freighttrains I Know Right??? I have never seen crossing gates do that before and I have lived accross the street from those crossings for 6 years and watched thousands of trains go by.

Hi Alan! I think that is weird! But cool!

The second train had a rare (for CSX) Sd70Ace.

Nice video and, horse too!

@TheZeke1974 Actually I met the parents of a girl that died there 7 years ago. It had nothing to do with the trains. I car went thru the stop sign hitting her car and shoving her down the tracks. She died instantly and the guy did not go to jail.

LOL Slow-mo gravity gates!

It is the same train that is going by but further up the track blowing it's horn at another crossing!!

You Got That Right

@robertgift railroad signals in the US have never been fail-safe. if the power is out, the signal is dead. the gates dont fall because that could cause massive traffic disruption. thats why trains are required to blow horns starting 15 seconds from the crossing.

You Got That Right... But no one ever does it..

Actually I Found Out that there was a short of electricity so the gears were not getting enough current.

@metraF40PH163 Yes the either where fixed or the problem just went away. But in 30 years of watch crossing gates go up and down I have never seen anythin like this happen

When the power goes out here the crossing across the street stay up??

The batteries will last several hours!! When the power goes out the will not function unless a train is commoing.

@Lanceaferd I see one tropicana train at about 12:30pm heading for New Jersey and another one late in the day heading for Bradenton.

Health and safety, length of sections of track etc. It really clogs up traffic!!!

The horses are my neighbors and yes a chair on the porch and a wave at the engineer.

They were my neighbors Jessica Kauffman but she moved because she thought I was the devil. And I am not lying. LOL

That train at 4:50 was movin fast!

Yes it is

Damn this has to be Earlier Video I ever seen on the Channel I'm stuck looking through stuff from 2013 but now I went back to 2011 I just wish I seen stuff from 2015 and onward! it's not you Alan it's Me! so FML!

@skateonlyadidas No, It In Dover, Florida. Near Tampa.

That is not a "malfunction". A malfunction is when gates don't come down or go up before the train is clear, the light(s) are out, the bell isn't sounding (if equipped), or if one of the gates is broken off. There is a USDOT plaque (white letters on blue background) that has the crossing number and a phone number you can call to report any problems to.

i like how it works fine when they come

Interesting! Do they need to slightly increase the counterweights? Or is the power low which holds the gates up. (If power fails, and the storage batteries eventually go dead, the gates are to descend to their fail-safe position.) At least the gates do eventually fully rise and lights stop blinking.

No I live in the country but live 30 minutes from the city.

Found out it was a loss of some power.

at 4:30 where did you get that horse he looks nice and b the way that looks like the best seat in the house litery for railfaning! ive always wanted to live by train tracks

nice!

Anytime the equipment is not working as intended it is a malfunction and must be repaired.

gates are slow but look good to me.

The csx worker said it was power loss

well its always nice to see a horse next to the old iron horse but have you reported the gate issue. whats was the weather like ,temp wise on this day

Nice video, I hope the problem gets fixed but, like you said when someone shows up it stops. I've had the same problem before

@MobileTaz That is not FAIL-SAFE. If anything fails, such as dead batteries, broken power wires, etc., I'd expect the gate to close and protect the crossing. In China, they have a third (o), blue color, beneathe (o)=(o). A sign on the signal reads that if the blue (o) is out, the signal is dead. "Don't use."

@MainlineProductions2 That's not the problem?? I lived here for 7 years and the crossing gates are in front of my window The only did it for a few days and went back to normal. I called the railroad and everytime they put them down then put them bck up they worked fine. They said they could not figure out why they did that..

well i see where all the new cars got sent lol

If I had to guess without probing inside the relay shack, I'd say the batteries were probably not getting a good charge anymore and they were running low. If some signal maintainer went out and dropped the gates but brought them back up again, they would probably appear to operate normally. But run the lights and flashers for a few minutes and that'll put a drain on the batteries.

Not enough counterweights on either arm.

That train is on the "S" Line headed to the TECO power plant near Ruskin. Bet you see lots of Tropicana trains on this line in the late morning hours...

@AlexTraxxas

6 жыл бұрын

Teco is in apollo beach, not ruskin

thats to bad that someone died at this crossing very nice video!!

No, They where my neighbors but she moved

UNDERVOLTAGE is my diagnosis. Insufficient power to get the gates all the way up. Perhaps the left gate motor is drawing too much electrical power and also starving the rigth getting enough power. When left power consumption drops, right gate now gets enough power and completely rises.

@thallium200 They fixed it. I showed them this video. About 10 trains a day go by...

It looks like someone lost thier life at that crossing recently. Theres a cross by the gates.

I wonder if that crossing gate ever got the needed attention?

@trainmasta227 Yes there horses!! They are my next door neghbors...You can see them in one of my other videos named Horses Gone Wild

at 5:06 it sounds a bit like the train went into emergency? Legally, traffic can not enter that crossing until the lights have stopped flashing which will not occur until the gates are fully up.

I don't get it... how does it look malfunctioned? Is it because the signals should be raising faster?

@SuperNorfolksouthern Yes I know Hershey Park Area. They Do.. Also I subbed you.

And is that forbs rd?

those gates remind me of hershey park

Yes, when the station's between the sensors.

nice,even with all that horsepower going by ,you still got a horse ! the trains don't spook him? and those gates are slow to return back up

Not quite a major issue (at the time of this video), but for those of us who are HAZMAT drivers, along with bus drivers, this can pose a problem, especially if the gates don't end up actually fully coming up. Judging by the looks of it, it looks to be a timing or weight issue with the gates...or both. Hopefully the issue ended up being corrected. :)

spoted horse is cute👍

it,s a nice video

Not me it's my neighbors. She has 3

oh wow

Thats a pretty horse.

we have a railroad crossing in BAD NEED of repair( it destroys vehicles shocks and tires) and BNSF( I live in MN) only put a "rough railroad crossing" sign up... jeez. they don't fix shit unless it's super bad, our signals malfunction 50% of the time but never been fixed.

This intersection could be fucking dangerous.

That is very weird.

Is it just me or is there a horse in the video? :D Ive been trying to see Winchester & Westerns from a horse field but no luck

Why Is That???

Sydney And Forbes Road In Dover Florida

It's a short/ under voltage issue.

@Millenniumforce

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you I thought so

It's fine the gates just get stuck on the way up. Why is that such a problem?

interesting

It's okay, we'll accept you.

Train : Ok i'm very old

@peanut5512

4 жыл бұрын

waitwhat?

@peanut5512

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6:00 unstoppable moment!

I wouldn't call it a malfunction I would call it it needs oil or something

It was about 70

jeez some people! the hardware store owner here thinks I am the devil becuz I own a couple of tortoises and watch the trains go by.

Welded rail is quiet!

Do I see a cross by the crossing? Did someone get killed at the crossing? U.S. railroads have a terrible history with safety. SEEN in a lot of locomotives many years ago: UPHILL SLOW, DOWNHILL FAST, TONNAGE FIRST, SAFETY LAST! Now, why would train crew members post such a poem? RIGHT! Safety IS LAST!!!! And, they know it.

In uk u wait about ten mins for a train to go by!

@ricknjoy You don't know much about crossings. These are brand new installs, and are greased accordingly. Signals are maintenanced. This is a malfunction. Rust is a factor that would only be found on the rails. lol

Cow??? Don't you mean Horse??

Even if CSX saw this good luck anyone coming out to fix it. How many trains a day pass by your house here?

Do you mean train stations?

I was a little baby in 2011

do you know what caused the malfunction