I remember seeing the same thing from the rail gang in my area. They were replacing rail along a CP rail line and it was one after the other for 15 min Lol. Nice video.
That's an abuse of right away! Most of those rail working cars were small enough they could have stopped like a normal intersection, like the small car car carrying just one person, hell, it was smaller than my car! I guess the perks of working for the railroad is you don't have to stop no matter how small your transport is!
@pizza2me1 IThank you!!! I thought I was the only one that was insane!! LOL I love them more than the trains!!! I love the bells the blinking red lights and how the arms lowers and raises. You are not alone!!!
@FlaminOne The reason why these gates go down slowly is they raised the weights because trucks would not have enough time to clear the track at this crossing causing the gate to lower on them and get taking out
at 3.25 the truck was a rail test truck. It finds defects in the rail which can cause a rail to break which can lead to a train derailment. As for the small car that stopped, he stopped because FRA rules say the crossing gates must be in the full horizontal position before and rail traffic enters the crossing. THe operator recognized the activation failure and waited and sounded the horn before entering the roadway.
lol i like how the first car crossed without slowing down or anything with no crossing gates down.... now that was funny, then the gate almost bounced off buddies truck
@metraF40PH163 Thankyou. Apparently some of the vehicles are intermittantly shunting, probably due to poor electrical contact. (Even two runaway BOXCARS did not sufficiently shunt and activate a grade crossing circuit. They hit an automobile traversing the unactivated crossing.) These vehicles should travel much closer together to not impede traffic. Safe distance need not be THAT far apart. They should not be allowed to activate crossing signals. Approach and cross when able.
@Csxgp382 Here is something about the crossing gates. Did you know it only takes an extension cord and the copper wires exposed at each end touching one rail and he other end touching the other rail sends the crossing gates own and the signal system on?? even a small pipe as long as it connects to both rails does this work..
The irregular ringing is caused by some of the machinery not being insulated from the track. By the look of that, the approach for the crossing is not very long, hence why the gates are going up and down so often. If the approach track (the track that initiates the crossing operation) was longer the gates would stay down from one track machine to the next.
Crossing ringing without a train present generally indicates a fault, which could be a genuine infrastructure fault or vandalism. Best thing to do is call the number located on the side of the crossing box. If you need to cross the track to do so check, check and check again before crossing!
This all has to do with "Shunting", meaning both the vehicles have metal wheels touching the rails, as well as having the weight to fully shunt. Some of the vehicles, didn't have the weight, however, most, if not all of the vehicles I saw in your video slowed down in case the crossing did not activate and were able to stop if need be.
@robertgift Here is some info for you: Most track equipment has a switch you can throw to turn on or off the isolation which can activate the gate. They don't travel too close together because you want to maintain a safe distance. The horns are used to warn cars & people near the tracks. Track equipment has the ability to shunt the circuit on or off. The are supposed to shunt when needed. Everything here was a textbook operation. I am also with a railroad track MOW department
That's because they have there insulators off of there wheels making that connection of metal between the both tracks. A major repair crew as big as this was has the right of way to get to where there going which was 20 miles away. other wise it would take all day just to go 20 miles.
@robertgift They don't have the greatest contact but, it can be usefull if you want to cross a busy crossing with traffic around. You don't want railroad equipment to follow close behind each othet for saftery reasons. Traffic is the least of our concerns. Cars have the rightaway over track equipment unless there is a flagger present or the siginals activate. If not you must stop & wait for traffic to clear. That is why you want them to activate siginals It's helped my work crew out many times
That's cute.. I have seen a couple female engineers. Tell her I wish her the best of becoming one when she gets older. They do pay alot of money and good retirement.
Ive noticed that crossing gates go down when a mow machine passes through the crossing i think they can remotely trigger them to keep traffic from going in front of them and risking a collision but this one did seem to have bit of a malfunction at one point in the video allan
@metraF40PH163 Yes good comment. Do you know if you took an extension cord and place one end of the exposed copper wire on one rail and the other end and touch the other rail the gates will go down?? Tried it and it works...
Those are Maintenance-of-Way equipment, not trains. And the signals did not malfunction. The problem was, the MoW equipment shouldn't have activated the signals in the first place.
@Millenniumforce Yes, it can activate the siginals but, please don't do that. It is highly illegal & can disrupt rail traffic if the line is siginaled. Doing that is considered "tampering with railroad equipment" and you can face jail & hefty fines if caught. Please don't do it again
I have a question, is the gate with the electronic bell always that slow? That is way to slow, and needs to be adjusted either the counter weight or something. The gate def needs to speed up.
Interesting video! Thank you, Alan. 1.) These vehicle should not be allowed to shunt the track and activate crossing signals. 2.) Why are they not all traveling together? Why is the crane at 6:00 so slow? Inspecting track? Only the REAL bell isounding. 12:00 and 12:30 get across and out of the way. Why sounding their little horns when the gates are down? Interesting that some do not shunt well and the pickup truck not at all. It is not supposed to shunt.
Nice video but, there is no malfunction here. This happens all the time when track equipment travels. They act up the circuit because they confuse the circuit that thinks it's a train. This is normal for track MOW Parades to do this. Nice video but, nothing is wrong with the siginals
§ 234.223 Gate arm. Each gate arm, when in the downward position, shall extend across each lane of approaching highway traffic and shall be maintained in a condition sufficient to be clearly viewed by approaching highway users. Each gate arm shall start its downward motion not less than three seconds after flashing lights begin to operate and shall assume the horizontal position at least five seconds before the arrival of any normal train movement through the crossing.
@eddieg749 Thank you!! I once rode the rails like that. It was the funnest time I had.
I remember seeing the same thing from the rail gang in my area. They were replacing rail along a CP rail line and it was one after the other for 15 min Lol. Nice video.
Great catch !
This happened alot by my house and it really pissed me off when i get those hopes that a train is actually coming and nothing.
Nice Catch R.I.P General Signals Type 2 Electronic Bell
That's an abuse of right away! Most of those rail working cars were small enough they could have stopped like a normal intersection, like the small car car carrying just one person, hell, it was smaller than my car! I guess the perks of working for the railroad is you don't have to stop no matter how small your transport is!
+Harold Francis It's the railroads right of way. Boats going through a draw bridge have the right of way also.
+Harold Francis It's the railroads right of way. Boats going through a draw bridge have the right of way also.
My 5 year old daughter loves your video's. She wants to be a train driver.
@pizza2me1 IThank you!!! I thought I was the only one that was insane!! LOL I love them more than the trains!!! I love the bells the blinking red lights and how the arms lowers and raises. You are not alone!!!
@Millenniumforce I know, just thought it was amusing to see what appeared to be trucks (mostly) equipped with train horns and riding the rails :-)
that looks like fun riding the rails that way! Nice video!!
@FlaminOne The reason why these gates go down slowly is they raised the weights because trucks would not have enough time to clear the track at this crossing causing the gate to lower on them and get taking out
@chris40539 Thank you. Right now I am making a short video of the Annoying Orange. LOL
It is in Seffner Florida. Between Tampa and Plant City. Still to today after a train goes by the gates come down an extra time.
Some work vehicles don't have a conduct hooked up to there wheels to let the signals know when to go down.
at 3.25 the truck was a rail test truck. It finds defects in the rail which can cause a rail to break which can lead to a train derailment. As for the small car that stopped, he stopped because FRA rules say the crossing gates must be in the full horizontal position before and rail traffic enters the crossing. THe operator recognized the activation failure and waited and sounded the horn before entering the roadway.
Fascinating.
3:25
@jsf926 Your right there WORK TRAINS. They have metal wheels
the beep sound from work train was like reversing trucks in indonesia
Hi mister CSX crane
must have been one hell of a washout down the line
lol i like how the first car crossed without slowing down or anything with no crossing gates down.... now that was funny, then the gate almost bounced off buddies truck
I saw the same work train "phenomena" as you did up in folkston XD
On one side of the street is a mechanical bell and on the other is the electronic. The Mechanical bell is louder
@metraF40PH163 Thankyou.
Apparently some of the vehicles are intermittantly shunting, probably due to poor electrical contact. (Even two runaway BOXCARS did not sufficiently shunt and activate a grade crossing circuit. They hit an automobile traversing the unactivated crossing.)
These vehicles should travel much closer together to not impede traffic. Safe distance need not be THAT far apart.
They should not be allowed to activate crossing signals. Approach and cross when able.
Thank you Samantha. I have a good video on Saturday my 500th video of Amtrak Auto Train
@Csxgp382 Here is something about the crossing gates. Did you know it only takes an extension cord and the copper wires exposed at each end touching one rail and he other end touching the other rail sends the crossing gates own and the signal system on?? even a small pipe as long as it connects to both rails does this work..
@inels100 It was like a circus train of dinosours going by. LOL
The irregular ringing is caused by some of the machinery not being insulated from the track. By the look of that, the approach for the crossing is not very long, hence why the gates are going up and down so often. If the approach track (the track that initiates the crossing operation) was longer the gates would stay down from one track machine to the next.
It's like all those construction trains are going to destroy the tracks.
Hey I love your videos!! I'm 12 and I really want to be a train driver! Keep up the good work on your videos!
How'd it go?
Crossing ringing without a train present generally indicates a fault, which could be a genuine infrastructure fault or vandalism. Best thing to do is call the number located on the side of the crossing box. If you need to cross the track to do so check, check and check again before crossing!
This all has to do with "Shunting", meaning both the vehicles have metal wheels touching the rails, as well as having the weight to fully shunt. Some of the vehicles, didn't have the weight, however, most, if not all of the vehicles I saw in your video slowed down in case the crossing did not activate and were able to stop if need be.
Thank you
@robertgift Here is some info for you: Most track equipment has a switch you can throw to turn on or off the isolation which can activate the gate. They don't travel too close together because you want to maintain a safe distance. The horns are used to warn cars & people near the tracks. Track equipment has the ability to shunt the circuit on or off. The are supposed to shunt when needed. Everything here was a textbook operation. I am also with a railroad track MOW department
Work train(s) : imma go be for the gates to down.
The crossing : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAA
That's because they have there insulators off of there wheels making that connection of metal between the both tracks. A major repair crew as big as this was has the right of way to get to where there going which was 20 miles away. other wise it would take all day just to go 20 miles.
Well.... The work trains made the Grade Crossing at Lenna Avenue in Seffner go crazy as u all said.
The gates were like crazy!
me and them gates would be fightin if i had to drive through there....rail workers playin with the gates emotions....lol
@Trainman11185 That's because they su--- The old fashion bells kick but!! LOL
@robertgift They don't have the greatest contact but, it can be usefull if you want to cross a busy crossing with traffic around. You don't want railroad equipment to follow close behind each othet for saftery reasons. Traffic is the least of our concerns. Cars have the rightaway over track equipment unless there is a flagger present or the siginals activate. If not you must stop & wait for traffic to clear. That is why you want them to activate siginals It's helped my work crew out many times
@wampaAWESOMEsauce LOL LOL LOL That's funny!!
Nice video!
Yeah, Ill agree to that, Maybe it was in the news and we can look it up?
LOL You got that right!!
Bloody Well Friend From Australia
That's cute.. I have seen a couple female engineers. Tell her I wish her the best of becoming one when she gets older. They do pay alot of money and good retirement.
Pour confused railroad crossing doesn't know wtf is goin on lol !!!
Poor*
@@RRIA_America Yeah. Where'd he go to school at?
@@kevinmiller1985 probably to a Donald Trump school
@imbloy542 To many work trains hitting the circuit.
Ive noticed that crossing gates go down when a mow machine passes through the crossing i think they can remotely trigger them to keep traffic from going in front of them and risking a collision but this one did seem to have bit of a malfunction at one point in the video allan
@metraF40PH163 Yes good comment. Do you know if you took an extension cord and place one end of the exposed copper wire on one rail and the other end and touch the other rail the gates will go down?? Tried it and it works...
with permission?? 🚂🚂
Sets Of Lights?????
@DJUnibob I know taking a metal pipe and laying itacross the 2 tracks will make the gates go down
There was a person in it you just could not see him on the other side.
Those are Maintenance-of-Way equipment, not trains. And the signals did not malfunction. The problem was, the MoW equipment shouldn't have activated the signals in the first place.
Good thing a school bus didn't pull up. See or hear a "train" from 6 miles away and their not moving. Poor kids woulda been stuck for hours
I’m a csx railroad track worker
It only happens about 1 time a year
@Millenniumforce Yes, it can activate the siginals but, please don't do that. It is highly illegal & can disrupt rail traffic if the line is siginaled. Doing that is considered "tampering with railroad equipment" and you can face jail & hefty fines if caught. Please don't do it again
I have a question, is the gate with the electronic bell always that slow? That is way to slow, and needs to be adjusted either the counter weight or something. The gate def needs to speed up.
@Techgeek564 LOL I Know That's the right way to do it!! LOL
Interesting video! Thank you, Alan.
1.) These vehicle should not be allowed to shunt the track and activate crossing signals.
2.) Why are they not all traveling together?
Why is the crane at 6:00 so slow? Inspecting track?
Only the REAL bell isounding.
12:00 and 12:30 get across and out of the way.
Why sounding their little horns when the gates are down?
Interesting that some do not shunt well and the pickup truck not at all. It is not supposed to shunt.
To do track repair in Tampa Florida
Does that electronic bell on the crossing work cause all i hear is the other bell
3:52-4:01 sounded like a metrolink p2 in the distance
do them the Gates auto maticlaly go down with work trains?
Amtrak Tom 3RD 321rtryxg47ygejnbojiiikiii
Yes they do, but a bit late indeed
the gate in front of you is broken gate goes down too slow and bell wont ding on it either. I can hear the far bell ring though.
@metraF40PH163 Only did it once awhile ago to see if my railroad friend was right. he was
@TheMike5765 I know right!! I loe cathing the dumb asses on video. Now the world can see them dumb as hell. LOL
I also like the horn at 03:18
3:18
Nice video but, there is no malfunction here. This happens all the time when track equipment travels. They act up the circuit because they confuse the circuit that thinks it's a train. This is normal for track MOW Parades to do this. Nice video but, nothing is wrong with the siginals
@ Milenniumforce I've always wondered why they malfunction after work trains go by. I've seen this a few times already, why does it happen?
@jsf926 LOL Cool
E-bell: *dies*
Why isn't the bell on the close side working?
Where were they all headed?
Because the mechanical bell is louder
Okay... is that crossing bell a mechanical bell, because it looks like an electronic bell, but oddly sounds EXACTLY like a mechanical bell!
There one on the other side
in 3:25,they carry a truck on the tracks,that is a funny part of the video
What happened to the gates during the first train
§ 234.223
Gate arm.
Each gate arm, when in the downward position, shall extend across each lane of approaching highway traffic and shall be maintained in a condition sufficient to be clearly viewed by approaching highway users. Each gate arm shall start its downward motion not less than three seconds after flashing lights begin to operate and shall assume the horizontal position at least five seconds before the arrival of any normal train movement through the crossing.
the horn of the work train was like japanese tokyu 8500 horn
the malfunction i see is the gates.1 gate takes a long time 2 go down all the way
I noticed there is an electronic bell on the crossing signal closest to you and it sounds like its not working
Trainman11185 maybe it has not been wired to the relay shed at that time 🚂🚂
The gates did not go down when the first one went through. Why?
Those are some seriously slow lowering gates!....
Is the e-bell working?
No it maybe I am having sex behind scenes. LOL
Millenniumforce what???
Oh Millenniumforce, what are you talking about? What about that train sex with human beings?
Ha a electronic bell died before the mechanical that is awesome. Go Mechanical Bells.
gregrocks66 yes! go mechanical bells🚂🚂
YUPPP!!!
Yes
I like how the driver @8:10 blatantly blew the stop sign. Bloody muppet.
wtf more impatient assholes?? theyre like the Annoying Orange getting squeezed by a Tropicana train XD 🚂🚂🚂
This musta been a seroius emergency. Didja followem????
Thanks, man thats a lot though O-o
The bell wasn't working on your side
Do me a favor and tell them to blast their horns right. 2 long blast followed by a short blast followed by another long blast.
Girlfriends would just ties us down then we would not make money with these video's
I like the horn at 02:06
2:06
I noticed that CSX disabled that E-bell
Maybe it was not wired up at the time of filming
Thats soooo funny!
hi guy in Florida!