Pedestrian Railroad Crossing | McKalla Station, Austin, TX

🗓 Date: 2/29/24
🛤 Line: CMTY Central Subdivision
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I present to you the newest railroad crossing on the CapMetro Central Subdivision. This crossing was constructed alongside the brand new McKalla MetroRail station and opened in February of 2024. A northbound MetroRail train is seen here. The quiet zone here has not yet gone into effect, so trains still sound their horns at this crossing.
CapMetro hardly has a "standard" for new crossing signal installations, at times it feels like they roll a pair of dice to decide what to put up at each crossing. Here the dice landed on a purely Siemens setup with two gated masts. Two extremely loud Siemens low-tone electronic bells were installed along with the new gates, though their high volume is certainly warranted. It is always nice to see a new crossing go in on the Central Sub, and, more broadly, to see Austin's little MetroRail transforming into a respectable regional rail system with each new construction project completed.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Signal activation
0:33 - Train
1:05 - Signal deactivation
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[@lashendawest7509]

Great catch nice crossing and video

[@nicholaslowe3658]

Amazing catch of the brand new station and amazing metrorail austin

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Great video!

[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Good video!

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video and nice crossing! Always nice to see another ped crossing installed.

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[@josecotts5403]

0:07 Ah My favorite Bell is Safetran Type 3 Ebell Low Pitch

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Hello