I worked in Raritan Center for years. I used to go over to the Fieldcrest Ave crossing in the afternoon to watch the switching of the hopper cars at Plastics Express.
Normally I am a fan of short-line railroads, but having a grade crossing on a main road like rout 1 is just nuts. I have seen that road stopped for 10+ min while a train passes. They need to construct a bridge over rout 1 or something.
The lights are probably functioning correctly. It’s usually an illusion which occurs when crossing flashers are recorded on video. Pretty common if you watch a lot of these videos. Sometimes you can’t see them in daylight.
Nice to see some Jersey footage out there 👍👍
Pretty cool to see this area from another view point.
I worked in Raritan Center for years. I used to go over to the Fieldcrest Ave crossing in the afternoon to watch the switching of the hopper cars at Plastics Express.
Superb video and, I love it so indeed! Happy Holiday Dan and, everybody too! 👍😎
Very good Dan. Thoses power work very hard. Even crossing Rt. 1 which they need gates but still good.
Nice video Man!I love switching video's,it's that part of railroading that i like best.You get to see what you don't normally see,and i like that.
That's pretty big power for a short line
Nice video Dan! I like how you changed up the shots for every shot! The video came out amazing, as usual!
awesome shots, would love to see these in action! what times is there generally freight traffic there?
Thank you!! Normally mornings during the week are a good time, the RC-1 crew goes on duty at 5 am.
enjoyed the video nice catch
Nice video pal.
Great video.
Wouldn't want to be that CONDUCTOR flagging rt 1 with all those morons speeding by !
Normally I am a fan of short-line railroads, but having a grade crossing on a main road like rout 1 is just nuts. I have seen that road stopped for 10+ min while a train passes. They need to construct a bridge over rout 1 or something.
What’s up with the overhead lights on the 1st crossing signal?
The lights are probably functioning correctly. It’s usually an illusion which occurs when crossing flashers are recorded on video. Pretty common if you watch a lot of these videos. Sometimes you can’t see them in daylight.
Cough thats central jersey cough :)
So, on a typical weekday, during daylight, we can expect to see 2 jobs working?
Yessir, two in the morning, one later in the afternoon.
That overrun is a ballet of rail transport
Fancy
Penn Rail Videos lol
They are already breaking all kinds of traffic laws by crossing the tracks while the lights are still flashing !
Looks.like.they.could.be..led.lights