4:45 - WE HAVE A GATE FAILURE…good thing it’s an exit gate and not a main one. 10:59 - Think you’ve seen an overkill railroad crossing setup? THINK AGAIN. This beast has: -A cantilever with FIVE SETS OF LIGHTS -A cantilever with three sets of lights -SIX GATES -OVER 9000 traffic lights -An LED No Right Turn sign -A caution sign with super bright red flashers to alert pedestrians -At least eight crossbucks, if not more Basically, pure signaling INSANITY.

16:22 All Units, we have a driver that went around Railroad crossing gates.

For anyone watching from outside the US, our trains are mostly freight and mostly diesel because when the great American railroads were built, the middle of the US was too sparsely populated for economies of scale to justify large scale passenger rail. Just imagine these freight trains traveling from Paris to Prague, from Berlin to St. Petersburg, or even Lisbon to Moscow on a regular basis, that's what cross country rail travel across the US is like. It's simply not economically viable to make high speed rail that travels those distances, especially since you'll need a car when you get to your destination anyway. Traveling from one US state to another (and all the states in between) can take 2-4 days by land.

4:25 the best one I have ever seen.

3:36 that crossing looks so smooth with the sidewalk

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

7 ай бұрын

Indeed, it was constructed pretty nicely.

4:24:If that road was paved,it would have been so easy to put a median in the road

Well made video Porter! My favourite was at 15:11

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂

Great video with music and all. Even the bells sound musical

Texan railroad crossings are great! However, I would like to see more Amtrak trains in Harris County......

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

It's honestly embarrassing how few Amtrak trains run here in Texas.

@sometoad4052

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCentralTexasRailfan it is very embarrassing of course. The state with the 2nd highest population has few Amtrak trains and more freight trains. And frankly, I only saw one train station in Houston that actually has an Amtrak station. Just one.

Great compilation! Those are some very nice crossings.

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! They sure are.

@user-TGHDjHIC

5 ай бұрын

IC#-SHARP LEFT IC 😂😂

In the Chicago area where I grew up it was incredibly rare to see a passenger train at street level.

Nice compilation of crossings.

4:44. One of the crossing gates forgot to go down.

@LakeStateRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

No it didn't, there was no train on that track. The crossing is set up the gate that's guarding the occupied track lowers.

@paulcarter1280

3 жыл бұрын

@@LakeStateRailfan ok. Makes sense now. Thanks for explaining.

Like the large crossing

Can do a video on all Crossings from Council Bluffs to Ogden?

IC#-SHARP LEFT IC 😂

Nice compilation! Nice to see Cottage St making an appearance in this video. STILL a shame the wch mechanical got replaced. Can't wait for the next compilation especially with Galvin Rd.

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Galvin Road will most likely be in the next compilation!

@kcmorailfan4784

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCentralTexasRailfan alright! Can't wait for that one to come out. Lol

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Early to mid-January is when it will likely come out.

@kcmorailfan4784

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCentralTexasRailfan nice

11:16 REALLY RARE MOMENT! this safetran archbase and 3 light one sided 5 light followed by a WCH electronic bell which usually goes to the smaller crossings out there

Great crossing in this video

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I agree.

@texasrailfanproductions8572

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCentralTexasRailfan your welcome

I know it'd probably be a lot of work but it'd be great if you could put where each of these crossings are located. I live in Austin and would love to see the references :)

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I suppose I could

Nice video also can you do more F.E.C.R. Videos (Florida east coast Railway) :)

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

I will film more railroad crossings on the FEC when I go to Florida again. :) Don't know when that will be, though.

@Poli1348

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCentralTexasRailfan okay thank you!

@raulrodolfocolungaalmaguer3857

3 жыл бұрын

@@Poli1348 Hola buenas tardes me interesa la noche y me interesa o la semana que hace que haces en la semana que haces por que no se me hace fácil

9:16 THATS THE FASTEST RAILROAD CROSSING BELL EVER! WOAH! PS. What Is that mechanical bell too?

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

That is a RACO mechanical bell. This bell is even faster (video not by me) kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoBh17KvdqidXdo.html

Is the 1st one in old orchard beach Maine?

The 6th bell is in the video for mechanical and electronic bells

Car at 14:23 did a three point turn to avoid it😂😂

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

If you look closely, a silver pickup truck did further back as well 😂

The GS type 1 e bell sounds so brand new 5:51

@isaiahshultz4296

3 жыл бұрын

That crossing was at 12 ave in Minneapolis mn

11:00 is my favorite one

Nice 🚦🚦🚦

Looks like there was a malfunction with a crossing arm not wanting to lower and block the road on the other side.

@LakeStateRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

No it didn't, there was no train on that track. The crossing is set up the gate that's guarding the occupied track lowers.

Great video!

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love ❤️ the first 🛎 bell

What is the name of the music at the beginning of the video?

10:10 is this crossing on the same line that has the RSI?

Good show patriot engineer God Bless you and stay blessed sir thank you

17:38 bro that is Los Angeles, CA

11:00 where is that crossing located?

@matthewprivate1023

2 жыл бұрын

Minneapolis Minnesota, by the Mall of America.

8:23 what is that E bell? i've never heard it before!

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Siemens electronic bell set to high tone.

@pandaplace7469

2 жыл бұрын

Ive herd that bell before

@isaiahshultz4296

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCentralTexasRailfan what road was it on

5:28 this crossing is a mix with 2 siganls old and 2 more being much newer p

wait brightline runs through texas or only florida

That first train looked like an Amtrak Downeaster Consist

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

2 жыл бұрын

It was!

@TyDeSimone

2 жыл бұрын

Oh neat

@TyDeSimone

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCentralTexasRailfan where did you film it

Some if these crossings don't have gates which can be fatal

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Only if people ignore the pre-existing lights. Gates are just a mental barrier in most cases.

0:46 IS THAT A HERITAGE UNIT!?

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@Pomni_Aviation

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Shit

@MetraUPNWproductions7202

11 ай бұрын

IS THAT A FOAME-

10:59 is my favorite.

@SheepJebPlayz

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the crossing is large

@Minercoad

Ай бұрын

Located in Minneapolis near Mall of America

This is a large crossing with 2 light 8:29

4:23 2 Tracks

0:12, where was that semaphore at?

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

Жыл бұрын

New Mexico. it's since been replaced

Can you do landsdowne ave it's at landsdowne pa landsdowne ave / Garrett rd

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

9 ай бұрын

As much as I would love to, I unfortunately can't unless I travel to Pennsylvania again (very unlikely in the near future.) Got two more Pennsylvania videos coming at some point though.

9:52 whag kind of train is that?

Whats the crossing at 4:25?

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

3 жыл бұрын

Can't remember the road name but it's just west of Salt Lake City, Utah.

22:30 - No gates?

On 4:25 where is that place?

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

2 күн бұрын

S 7200 W, just west of Salt Lake City, Utah.

10:58

the sound and video corrupted

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

2 жыл бұрын

Must be on your end, I've never had an issue with this video.

Street names

At 9:41. That is the worst crossing design I have ever seen. There’s an abundance of lights but no gates. Then, the light on the road facing the crossing is not timed correctly, and turned green to let traffic through while there was a train coming. It’s a good thing the train moved very slowly, below 10mph, but even still, to have them be so close, and even stopped on the tracks, is extremely dangerous. No matter how infrequent the service to the area is.

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

2 жыл бұрын

I agree that in this case the traffic signal should not initiate a clearance phase. Instead, the signal should stay red, or there should be a second set of lights to hold cars waiting behind the tracks while the other set clears the cars. Plus, adding gates here really is not feasible due to the small distance between the track and the cross street. Plus, the entire road would need to be reconfigured to have gated signals in the median since most gate arms can't reach far enough to cover three lanes of traffic.

@MetraUPNWproductions7202

11 ай бұрын

No gates isn’t very rare unless it’s near a populated city

Hi

@TheCentralTexasRailfan

2 жыл бұрын

Hello!

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