I just saw the CEX train, congratulations!! Is new, repaired, repainted, good as new. Now they can drive anywhere since is finally fixed, I'm meaning the 9554 CEX train.
@ Anthony Bondi Give Princeton, Indiana a try trains run through here almost like day and night the only time that there might be fewer trains will be between the hours of 6:00 pm-8:00 pm the rest of the time it is almost a mad house train after train including the intermodal trains, usually my roommate and I go where we can catch a lot of them, we have some very unusual spots for instance when we are in Evansville, we usually go by Howell Yard and we can catch some action there, another good spot is the Depot in Princeton, don’t know of many in Vincennes but you have some good spots that you go to. Don’t dismiss the Southwestern parts of Indiana.
At 2:15 I see a McDonalds across the tracks. It seems like there are hundreds of McDonalds within sight of the railroads. There should be a list of all the McDonalds that you can eat at and watch trains. lol
At 2:54:42, I was laughing at that white car that immediately stopped on the other side when the crossing signals turned on and everyone else continued to move. That driver was all like, "I'm just going to sit here and follow the law while y'all be stupid."
Гарний відеосюжет!!! Пречудовий!!! Я з превеликим задоволенням переглядатиму його ще безліч разів. І в мене приємні враження від цього. Річ у тім, що мені подобається бачити важкенні, кількасоттонні довгі потяги. Але в першу чергу мене вражає тривалість відеосюжету. 203 з половиною хвилини!!! Це справді захопливо і вражаюче!!!
@@freebrickproductionsI like the fact that the crossing at 2:38:00 is pretty unique, since I’ve never seen a crossing like that in my life, 0:00s crossing is kind of cool because of those incandescent lights. 20:00 railroad crossing is really cool because I like the fact that they have a normal crossing set up with a signal on a different side.
40:43 This Crossing is where i took a tour a few days after you, I didn't post it cause its on my other phone which is broken 🙄. Signal on the right: SafeTran Base, SafeTran Bell and I forgot the type of lights. Signal on the left: SafeTran Lights (im sure) SafeTran Base, (there is no bell.) I'll find the video.
At 1:41 was this originally an open crossing? Same with 8:03 8:03 also has a faulty gate mechanism [left one] At 11:49 what's that crossing further down the road? At 13:28 if you look very carefully, you can see that the two signals are out of sync. At 16:07 why does the bell[s] shut off before both gates are lowered? At 17:32 is that a gate light on top of the closest cantilever? At 18:22 doesn't that count as misuse? At 18:36 why 2 bells on one side? At 20:07 this crossing is just plain confusing. why put a third signal in? Surely it would be cheaper to put a crash barrier down and make traffic use the T-junction? And they can just drive around the far right gate. At 24:39 that train was making one hell of a racket! At 17:00 why did the traffic light change back to green after the gates started to descend? At 28:43 surely they need gates on that thing. Or they need to put in some kind of alert for more than one train. At 30:00 Wow a gate stabiliser! and sagging gate on close left signal. At 32:44 is it that one of the bells is dead or is it that they are perfectly in sync? At 35:09 why did the emergency info face into the crossing? At 38:59 That took a long time for the gates to raise. At 40:56 what was that crossing with E-bells that can be heard just before the videoed crossing activated? At 45:45 what would happen if the gate hits one of the overhead lights? At 46:23 that crossing needs gates At 50:26 dead bell? At 54:35 is it just me or did one signal start up later than the other? At 58:02 what an epic catch! At 1:05:20 was that the broken light lying on the ground just to the left of the right hand signal? At 1:05:39 wait... Cantilever gate mechs? At 1:70:08 MISUSE!!!! At 1:20:28 what the heck is wrong with the bell? At 1:25:46 what are the middle two lights for on the traffic lights? At 1:27:05 whoa! Re- activation! At 1:34:00 nice catch with the teardrop. At 1:39:41 why put brand new signals on a permanently closed road? At 1:4:18 I think you'll agree all crossings look better at night. At 1:58:45 what the heck is going on with the right signal setup? At 2:11:56 why have two sets of back lights on the left cantilever? At 2:15:21 What append to the right hand cantilever? At 2:18:00 why isn't there more than one bell? At 2:20:57 what an absolute twit! There was even a sign to say not to stop on the tracks! At 1:27:43 I thought that red flashing lights and descending gates meant stop... At 2:31:30 the closest gate mech needs a dampen putting in. At 2:25:34 what happened to that E-bell? At 2:37:57 I've commented on this crossing before... And where are the mast lights? At 2:46:41 if looked at from the right angle, the HMCR locos look like a gate o the crossing. At 2:50:17 what are the right signals higher lights for? At 2:53:26 is it just me or did those gate mechs rev a lot? At 2:54:49 again, that crossing needs gates. P.S. I prefer it if you didn't include the trains. It makes the video a lot less time consuming to watch. Don't get me wrong it is a great video, but I needed to keep RUclips open all night to keep this comment saved.
1:41/8:03 - No. 1:41 is how the L&N did their gated set-ups for a long time, and 8:03 had the original gate masts replaced back in the 1990s. 8:03 - The gate mechanism doesn't go all the way up due to the power line that would be struck by the gate arm if it did. 11: 49 - Elledge Lane #2 in Muscle Shoals, AL. Should be shown in this video as well. www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Muscle_Shoals/Elledge2/ 13:28 - I'm not really seeing it. 16:07 - The bell at the crossing is wired through the farther gate mech, which lowers much quicker than the closer one. 17:32 - Yes, with a blue lens in it. 18:22 - Yes and no. Since the train had already cleared the crossing, they could proceed on through, as long as they had stopped first. 18:36 - The bell on the cantilever was disconnected when the new masts were installed back in the 1980s by CSX, and has never been removed. 8:03 is a similar situation. 20:07 - Traffic from the right is only allowed to turn right, with right-turn traffic only being the traffic allowed onto the side street. The one signal sits in a traffic island that directs the two right-turn movements, thus traffic can't go around the gate. 24:39 - There was a ton of people (from the nearby high school, it appeared) hanging around the tracks just up the line from the crossing at another crossing in the area. 26:40 - That is so that any cars on the tracks waiting at the traffic light can clear the crossing when it activates. 28:43 - The crossing is in a small yard along the ATN's line between Gadsden and Birmingham, AL. The crossing only sees about one train a day anyways (not including any switching going on in the yard). 30:00 - Both cantilever signals there have gate stabilizers. 32:44 - The latter. 35:09 - Because NS. When the blue DOT tags were initially adopted by them, they had them facing towards the road. This meant that the gated signals and gate masts for cantilevers had them facing right into the gate arm/conversion bracket. Oops! 38:59 - The train was moving really slowly. 40:56 - Church Street, Town Creek, AL. www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Town_Creek/Church/ 45:40 - It would get stuck on the light-head. 46:23 - It does. The two crossings around it see less traffic but have gates while this one doesn't, for some reason. 50:26 - It works, but is way, way to quiet. It's part of the reason why Safetran Type 2/NEG e-bells are my least favorite bell (apart from being very bland sounding). 54:35 - One signal does start before the other. I've seen a few other crossings that do that as well. 58:02 - Thanks! I was kinda on the wrong side for this one though. 1:05:20 - Yes. Redneck Railfanner now has the light in his possession. 1:05:39 - Yep! They're rather rare though. I usually only see them used in areas where there isn't enough room for a standard gated cantilever set-up. 1:07:08 - I've seen worse. 1:20:28 - It's quite literally a mechanical school bell/fire alarm bell used instead of a standard crossing bell there. Why? I guess because the L&N was tight on cash at the time. 1:25:46 - As far as I can tell, absolutely nothing! One even has a broken lens. 1:27:05 - Tail-ring malfunctions are always fun! 1:34:00 - Thank you. It's the only active Teardrop I've been able to record. Have yet to get the one in Odenville, AL on the ATN. 1:39:41 - Signals were installed two years before the crossing was closed, and I don't think NS or Courtland, AL ever anticipated that the crossing would've gotten closed at the time. They got re-used at the next crossing over though. 1:46:18 - That was actually the late evening on a cloudy day, though I do agree they look nice in the dark. Hard to film them then though. 1:58:45 - I think the 8 inch lights at the bottom were meant to be side lights originally, facing eastbound traffic on US 72 that was turning left, before the intersection of AL 65 and US 72 was redone. 2:11:56 - Because there are no rear mast lights. 2:15:21 - Because it's an extendable RACO cantilever. Moulton Street in Decatur has Federal Signals's equivalent to that. 2:18:00 - Because either it's a direct replacement of the old L&N/NC&StL signals that were at the crossing, or CSX figured that the WCH mechanical bell was loud enough for the crossing when the signals got installed back in the 1990s. 2:20:57 - That don't stop everyone though. 2:27:43 - Some people just don't care, or need to get to their destination by yesterday, or just think the rules don't apply to them as they are _The Most Important Person On The Road_ (or _TMIPOTR_, for short). 2:31:30 - The signals haven't gotten much maintenance since the ATN took over the line from CSX. 2:35:34 - That's a Safetran "Type 1" e-bell. They were just made that way. IDK why, but it was rather flimsy (and probably more of them have been removed due to the supports breaking rather than the bell dying). 2:37:57 - You probably have, and no idea why there's no mast lights other than the side lights. 2:46:41 - Those reflective stripes do kinda look like that... 2:50:17 - Side lights at the crossing for a driveway right next to the tracks. 2:53:26 - It's not just you. The gate mech on the right seems to be aging rapidly since it was put back up on the replacement signal. 2:54:49 - The HMCR doesn't want gates (for reasons I've stated several times before), but Airport Road and Governors Drive are both crossings along their line that could probably use some gates.
Thank you so much for the information! I realise it must have taken you as long to reply as it took me to wright it up. However there is one that i missed. At 47:10 The signal on the left is just a waste of money. And it makes 3 pairs of lights: To set, Bottom set, Vertical set. But again, please leave the trains out.
47:10 - The lights are set-up that way, as the city of Athens planted a tree in front of the signal, which grew and blocked the main lights. So CSX went and installed a newer signal with another set of lights on it. However, the tree has grown some more, blocking both sets of lights. I'm not really planning on it, as most people probably want to see the trains in these. I know with my Railroad Crossings videos, people always complain about how I leave the trains out in those.
Well, the FRA only requires a minimum activation time of 20 seconds before the train enters the crossing, and most railroads have their crossings set to automatically activate about 25-30 seconds before the train reaches the crossing.
The reason for long wait times at level crossings in Europe is that they typically have special signals or regular train signals which indicate the state of a level crossing's protection. In other words, an unsecure level crossing will cause the signal system to tell the train to stop. In order for the train to stop in time, the level crossing has to be activated very early so that the signal system can let the train come to a safe stop.
I think the gate on the far side just doesn't lower all the way for some reason. And I'm guessing the engineer just didn't feel like doing the horn sequence.
WCH, IIRC. WRRS and Federal Signal also made ones of both styles. WRRS ones use Union Metal bases, while Federal Signal and WCH have a different base with a tag on it (usually) that names the manufacturer. Both cantilevers at 6:18 are Federal Signal/WCH, BTW. The left-hand one is just an extendable variant of the right-hand one.
Okay I have a question. What is the crossing with those extra lights on the side called? I know their used for roads on the side of the tracks. (Look at the first crossing in this video).
I’ve seen some CSX trains crossing some railroad tracks here in my hometown. And that why I live in Henderson, Kentucky. When I was a kid, my family and I lived on Second Street and I love watching some trains. And now we live on Center Street.
All of these videos were taken from videos that I've recorded throughout the year, and each of the videos in this can be found on my channel without anything cut out from the trains. The cuts in this video were only done to save time, TBH.
They do actually. It is required by law that the train blows a specific pattern witch goes as such (long,long,short,long) The final long blast of the horn must be held Until the front plow of the locomotive crosses the entire roadway. Federal railroad administration rule 14 a.
3:21 - I start feeling deja vu. Then I realize that I have an uncle who lives 15 minutes away from this railroad crossing. I live 15 hour away from this crossing.
Usually I just go out there and wait for a while. If it helps any, to the south is a siding, and if any of the block signals at the siding show anything other than red, then a southbound train will be coming within the next hour or two. Also, there's an online scanner feed for both the CSX and NS mainlines in the area that's based out of Decatur. Any northbounds will hit a defect detector on the south side of Decatur and then will be calling the signals out as they pass them in Decatur before asking for permission from NS and the Decatur Bridge Tender to cross the Tennessee River.
Why are some of those fools going around the lowered gated crossings and why arent they heading or stopping at gateless crossings? Dont they care about their life or they want to beat the train? What states were you in when you filmed all these crossings?
Anastasia Sheniloff Playing it safe by waiting a few extra minutes for a train to pass is a lot more worth your time than playing it dangerous just to save a few extra seconds. At least it's most likely that you will live to see another day by waiting.
40:43 This SafeTran Bell is beautiful and the NS GP38/GP40 The K5LA Horn sound is very beautiful!
GP40-2, and it has an RS3L.
Oh. Thanks. I didn't know. RS3L's are my favorite horns.
@@freebrickproductionswhat is a dietector for trains
@@josephraymundantonio4570 "dietector"?
@@freebrickproductions yes
13:05this type of bell is my favorite! I love the mechanical ones that ring rapidly
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@No Ah yes the Safetran mechanical bells! I own one. They are indeed pretty cool bells.
Safetran Gen 2
I just saw the CEX train, congratulations!! Is new, repaired, repainted, good as new. Now they can drive anywhere since is finally fixed, I'm meaning the 9554 CEX train.
You mean CSX, there is no CEX brand. But it is CSX 9554, now HMCR 9554
@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul CEX is an off brand
@ Anthony Bondi Give Princeton, Indiana a try trains run through here almost like day and night the only time that there might be fewer trains will be between the hours of 6:00 pm-8:00 pm the rest of the time it is almost a mad house train after train including the intermodal trains, usually my roommate and I go where we can catch a lot of them, we have some very unusual spots for instance when we are in Evansville, we usually go by Howell Yard and we can catch some action there, another good spot is the Depot in Princeton, don’t know of many in Vincennes but you have some good spots that you go to. Don’t dismiss the Southwestern parts of Indiana.
At 2:15 I see a McDonalds across the tracks. It seems like there are hundreds of McDonalds within sight of the railroads. There should be a list of all the McDonalds that you can eat at and watch trains. lol
Lol true.
@@kylesnider1784 but what state is that And what city is that
@@josecotts5403 what do you mean?
yeah in my town there is a McDonald’s and you can’t really see it but there is train tracks behind it
@@josecotts5403The railroad Crossing street name is Milton Ave, Marianna FL.
At 2:54:42, I was laughing at that white car that immediately stopped on the other side when the crossing signals turned on and everyone else continued to move. That driver was all like, "I'm just going to sit here and follow the law while y'all be stupid."
You made me obsessed with trains 😂
Гарний відеосюжет!!! Пречудовий!!! Я з превеликим задоволенням переглядатиму його ще безліч разів. І в мене приємні враження від цього. Річ у тім, що мені подобається бачити важкенні, кількасоттонні довгі потяги. Але в першу чергу мене вражає тривалість відеосюжету. 203 з половиною хвилини!!! Це справді захопливо і вражаюче!!!
Дякую!
Where is that at 1:25:53 ? That is an awesome crossing and assortment of older locomotives!
Mountain Gap Road, Huntsville, AL.
That WCH E Bell is dead. It needs replaced
@@medicisfunny7279 I get it
I would like to view it on google maps. Also, what was the road name of this crossing at 1:21?
www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Marianna/Milton/
2:51:57 That's one loud Nathan K5LLA train horn! It's so loud it can bust your eardrums.
Hey 👋 may I use this sound effect for my RUclips videos? I wanted to ask your permission before I use this sound effects.
Sure, just give me credit.
@@freebrickproductionsthank you 😊
Who is watching this in 2024
Ur mom😏
@@randomtrains-z7xuh💀
@@CrazyMarioRailfan2105 spit it out
@@randomtrains-z7x spit what out?
@@CrazyMarioRailfan2105 you said uh💀
My favorites are 20:00 and 2:38:00 and 0:00.
Any particular reason(s) why those three, if you don't mind me asking?
@@freebrickproductions i dont mind so you can ask me why those are my favorite
@@SilkyTrains Sure. Why are they?
@@freebrickproductionsI like the fact that the crossing at 2:38:00 is pretty unique, since I’ve never seen a crossing like that in my life, 0:00s crossing is kind of cool because of those incandescent lights. 20:00 railroad crossing is really cool because I like the fact that they have a normal crossing set up with a signal on a different side.
absolutely love the first one, the horn was nice
Yes indeed it was nice I love it
K5LLA varient
Oh yea nice and loud lol
Also the last last one is alittle better to
0:01 what did the radio static say? It sounded like it said: I hope you gargle tractor fuel or something.
It was a yard job talking about having an open track at the yard.
And a 80 MPH limit zone
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dont understand all the dislikes, great video. I appreciate your work.
Thanks!
Am I the only one who enjoys the sound of the mechanical bells??
No.
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Nah, i do too ^^
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No I love them!
love the sound of the Norfolk Southern 1109's horn its so pretty
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Yeah K5LLA’S do sound great
I like every train video you put on it reminds me that I have a train book
Amazing, great railway system, best wishes
Thanks!
40:43 This Crossing is where i took a tour a few days after you, I didn't post it cause its on my other phone which is broken 🙄. Signal on the right: SafeTran Base, SafeTran Bell and I forgot the type of lights. Signal on the left: SafeTran Lights (im sure) SafeTran Base, (there is no bell.) I'll find the video.
All lights at that crossing are Safetran 12x20s.
@@freebrickproductions Ok.
the gnat pond road crossing in leighton AL,the main street crossing in hillsboro AL and the CR 8 crossing in woodville AL look the same
They all use the same equipment for the most part.
At 1:41 was this originally an open crossing? Same with 8:03
8:03 also has a faulty gate mechanism [left one] At 11:49 what's that crossing further down the road?
At 13:28 if you look very carefully, you can see that the two signals are out of sync.
At 16:07 why does the bell[s] shut off before both gates are lowered? At 17:32 is that a gate light on top of the closest cantilever?
At 18:22 doesn't that count as misuse?
At 18:36 why 2 bells on one side?
At 20:07 this crossing is just plain confusing. why put a third signal in? Surely it would be cheaper to put a crash barrier down and make traffic use the T-junction? And they can just drive around the far right gate.
At 24:39 that train was making one hell of a racket!
At 17:00 why did the traffic light change back to green after the gates started to descend? At 28:43 surely they need gates on that thing. Or they need to put in some kind of alert for more than one train.
At 30:00 Wow a gate stabiliser! and sagging gate on close left signal.
At 32:44 is it that one of the bells is dead or is it that they are perfectly in sync? At 35:09 why did the emergency info face into the crossing?
At 38:59 That took a long time for the gates to raise.
At 40:56 what was that crossing with E-bells that can be heard just before the videoed crossing activated?
At 45:45 what would happen if the gate hits one of the overhead lights?
At 46:23 that crossing needs gates
At 50:26 dead bell?
At 54:35 is it just me or did one signal start up later than the other?
At 58:02 what an epic catch!
At 1:05:20 was that the broken light lying on the ground just to the left of the right hand signal?
At 1:05:39 wait... Cantilever gate mechs?
At 1:70:08 MISUSE!!!!
At 1:20:28 what the heck is wrong with the bell?
At 1:25:46 what are the middle two lights for on the traffic lights?
At 1:27:05 whoa! Re- activation!
At 1:34:00 nice catch with the teardrop.
At 1:39:41 why put brand new signals on a permanently closed road?
At 1:4:18 I think you'll agree all crossings look better at night.
At 1:58:45 what the heck is going on with the right signal setup?
At 2:11:56 why have two sets of back lights on the left cantilever?
At 2:15:21 What append to the right hand cantilever?
At 2:18:00 why isn't there more than one bell?
At 2:20:57 what an absolute twit! There was even a sign to say not to stop on the tracks!
At 1:27:43 I thought that red flashing lights and descending gates meant stop...
At 2:31:30 the closest gate mech needs a dampen putting in.
At 2:25:34 what happened to that E-bell?
At 2:37:57 I've commented on this crossing before... And where are the mast lights?
At 2:46:41 if looked at from the right angle, the HMCR locos look like a gate o the crossing.
At 2:50:17 what are the right signals higher lights for?
At 2:53:26 is it just me or did those gate mechs rev a lot?
At 2:54:49 again, that crossing needs gates.
P.S. I prefer it if you didn't include the trains. It makes the video a lot less time consuming to watch. Don't get me wrong it is a great video, but I needed to keep RUclips open all night to keep this comment saved.
1:41/8:03 - No. 1:41 is how the L&N did their gated set-ups for a long time, and 8:03 had the original gate masts replaced back in the 1990s.
8:03 - The gate mechanism doesn't go all the way up due to the power line that would be struck by the gate arm if it did.
11: 49 - Elledge Lane #2 in Muscle Shoals, AL. Should be shown in this video as well. www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Muscle_Shoals/Elledge2/
13:28 - I'm not really seeing it.
16:07 - The bell at the crossing is wired through the farther gate mech, which lowers much quicker than the closer one.
17:32 - Yes, with a blue lens in it.
18:22 - Yes and no. Since the train had already cleared the crossing, they could proceed on through, as long as they had stopped first.
18:36 - The bell on the cantilever was disconnected when the new masts were installed back in the 1980s by CSX, and has never been removed. 8:03 is a similar situation.
20:07 - Traffic from the right is only allowed to turn right, with right-turn traffic only being the traffic allowed onto the side street. The one signal sits in a traffic island that directs the two right-turn movements, thus traffic can't go around the gate.
24:39 - There was a ton of people (from the nearby high school, it appeared) hanging around the tracks just up the line from the crossing at another crossing in the area.
26:40 - That is so that any cars on the tracks waiting at the traffic light can clear the crossing when it activates.
28:43 - The crossing is in a small yard along the ATN's line between Gadsden and Birmingham, AL. The crossing only sees about one train a day anyways (not including any switching going on in the yard).
30:00 - Both cantilever signals there have gate stabilizers.
32:44 - The latter.
35:09 - Because NS. When the blue DOT tags were initially adopted by them, they had them facing towards the road. This meant that the gated signals and gate masts for cantilevers had them facing right into the gate arm/conversion bracket. Oops!
38:59 - The train was moving really slowly.
40:56 - Church Street, Town Creek, AL. www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Town_Creek/Church/
45:40 - It would get stuck on the light-head.
46:23 - It does. The two crossings around it see less traffic but have gates while this one doesn't, for some reason.
50:26 - It works, but is way, way to quiet. It's part of the reason why Safetran Type 2/NEG e-bells are my least favorite bell (apart from being very bland sounding).
54:35 - One signal does start before the other. I've seen a few other crossings that do that as well.
58:02 - Thanks! I was kinda on the wrong side for this one though.
1:05:20 - Yes. Redneck Railfanner now has the light in his possession.
1:05:39 - Yep! They're rather rare though. I usually only see them used in areas where there isn't enough room for a standard gated cantilever set-up.
1:07:08 - I've seen worse.
1:20:28 - It's quite literally a mechanical school bell/fire alarm bell used instead of a standard crossing bell there. Why? I guess because the L&N was tight on cash at the time.
1:25:46 - As far as I can tell, absolutely nothing! One even has a broken lens.
1:27:05 - Tail-ring malfunctions are always fun!
1:34:00 - Thank you. It's the only active Teardrop I've been able to record. Have yet to get the one in Odenville, AL on the ATN.
1:39:41 - Signals were installed two years before the crossing was closed, and I don't think NS or Courtland, AL ever anticipated that the crossing would've gotten closed at the time. They got re-used at the next crossing over though.
1:46:18 - That was actually the late evening on a cloudy day, though I do agree they look nice in the dark. Hard to film them then though.
1:58:45 - I think the 8 inch lights at the bottom were meant to be side lights originally, facing eastbound traffic on US 72 that was turning left, before the intersection of AL 65 and US 72 was redone.
2:11:56 - Because there are no rear mast lights.
2:15:21 - Because it's an extendable RACO cantilever. Moulton Street in Decatur has Federal Signals's equivalent to that.
2:18:00 - Because either it's a direct replacement of the old L&N/NC&StL signals that were at the crossing, or CSX figured that the WCH mechanical bell was loud enough for the crossing when the signals got installed back in the 1990s.
2:20:57 - That don't stop everyone though.
2:27:43 - Some people just don't care, or need to get to their destination by yesterday, or just think the rules don't apply to them as they are _The Most Important Person On The Road_ (or _TMIPOTR_, for short).
2:31:30 - The signals haven't gotten much maintenance since the ATN took over the line from CSX.
2:35:34 - That's a Safetran "Type 1" e-bell. They were just made that way. IDK why, but it was rather flimsy (and probably more of them have been removed due to the supports breaking rather than the bell dying).
2:37:57 - You probably have, and no idea why there's no mast lights other than the side lights.
2:46:41 - Those reflective stripes do kinda look like that...
2:50:17 - Side lights at the crossing for a driveway right next to the tracks.
2:53:26 - It's not just you. The gate mech on the right seems to be aging rapidly since it was put back up on the replacement signal.
2:54:49 - The HMCR doesn't want gates (for reasons I've stated several times before), but Airport Road and Governors Drive are both crossings along their line that could probably use some gates.
Thank you so much for the information! I realise it must have taken you as long to reply as it took me to wright it up. However there is one that i missed.
At 47:10 The signal on the left is just a waste of money. And it makes 3 pairs of lights: To set, Bottom set, Vertical set.
But again, please leave the trains out.
47:10 - The lights are set-up that way, as the city of Athens planted a tree in front of the signal, which grew and blocked the main lights. So CSX went and installed a newer signal with another set of lights on it. However, the tree has grown some more, blocking both sets of lights.
I'm not really planning on it, as most people probably want to see the trains in these. I know with my Railroad Crossings videos, people always complain about how I leave the trains out in those.
Easily solved... Make one video without the trains and one video with the trains. That way both problems are solved.
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On the first one i loved the sound of the freight train approaching
That horn is a K5LLA
@@CrazyMarioRailfan2105it was cool
8:02 is that literally how far the gate on the left can go up?
Yea.
I like the gong bell on that NKCR locomotive at 1:09:13.
I wonder if that was an ex-CNW locomotive. They had a lot of those style bells, and to my knowledge, were the only folks to ever use em.
@@ronaldronald42421 yep probably is ex CNW
That is a really fantastic video!! I love all trains and railroad crossing!
Thank you!
Wow the trains come quickly !
Well, the FRA only requires a minimum activation time of 20 seconds before the train enters the crossing, and most railroads have their crossings set to automatically activate about 25-30 seconds before the train reaches the crossing.
@@freebrickproductions in Spain it's you have to wait 10 minutes in railroad crossing 🤣
The reason for long wait times at level crossings in Europe is that they typically have special signals or regular train signals which indicate the state of a level crossing's protection. In other words, an unsecure level crossing will cause the signal system to tell the train to stop. In order for the train to stop in time, the level crossing has to be activated very early so that the signal system can let the train come to a safe stop.
@@jovetj ok, thanks for your explainantion.
These are nice clips, I really liked the train at 47:12
Lol
6:20 whats with the crossing on the left its rusty and the signal isn't in right position
What crossing "on the left"? There's only one crossing there.
@@freebrickproductions i mean the crossing arm, it's messed up
@@CrazyMarioRailfan2105 The gate arm is fine. It isn't raised to 90° due to the power lines that run just above the signal.
@@freebrickproductions ok just wondering. Might've been updated by now.
@@CrazyMarioRailfan2105 No, it was not.
Fantastic video, thumbs up and subscribed
Thanks!
Love that ex cnw with the motor bell (still working!) at 1:09:20
down the dirt road in capac they have same crossing with the lights on the side
1:20:21 This railroad crossing bell is a school bell, it is very noisy! I sure hope they have a new crossing bell for this crossing.
1:07:00 A pickup truck went around the crossing gates.
The signals there were replaced within the past few years.
@ Oh! Okay! Thanks for letting me know.
If i was the guy at 9:10 i would of been shouting “Choo choo”
11:00-Why did the train only honk twice and in the south the bells usually stop when the gate descends. What is the difference?
I think the gate on the far side just doesn't lower all the way for some reason. And I'm guessing the engineer just didn't feel like doing the horn sequence.
The bells at 1:20:20 sound like fire bells.
Anyone know the song in the white truck at 42:50?
Not me cuz I didn't really hear it
1:20:20 - this crossing bell sounds like a fire alarm, also includes a really slow gate mechanism.
It does
Matthew H it kinda does actually
It is a fire alarm. I think David said that this is an old L&N crossing setup
BNSF Railfan34 ok
OMFG that "firehouse bell" is so friggin annoying!!! 😵😵😵
We have a Malfunctioning one in the middle of Pampa, Tx And White Deer, Tx, its near the Kingsmill Elevator
I was kinda confused since metal gates were closed and i didn't see any people that were bringing out any carts or what
Man..old comment go brrr
Anybody know who made those kind of cantilevers at 1:19 and at 6:18? I have a few in my area.
WCH, IIRC. WRRS and Federal Signal also made ones of both styles. WRRS ones use Union Metal bases, while Federal Signal and WCH have a different base with a tag on it (usually) that names the manufacturer. Both cantilevers at 6:18 are Federal Signal/WCH, BTW. The left-hand one is just an extendable variant of the right-hand one.
Nice video dude my favorite comment was that long ass one
Thanks!
Lots have General Signal (Type 2)
Awesome Video!
Thanks!
I’ve always wanted to see a CSX engine but my town doesn’t have them 😐
My favorites: 11:38 12:54 19:57 24:20
Nice work!
My town does
@@Anticountryhumansguy nice
@@dakotapw2903 I know right
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@@dakotapw2903 I used to live in Uxbridge Massachusetts and Only P&W Went there But they have some Forgan power smtms
Okay I have a question.
What is the crossing with those extra lights on the side called?
I know their used for roads on the side of the tracks. (Look at the first crossing in this video).
Gurley Pike, Gurley, AL.
No those extra lights aren’t for vehicles to know to stop, they are so the engineers know that the railroad crossing is operating correctly
I’ve seen some CSX trains crossing some railroad tracks here in my hometown. And that why I live in Henderson, Kentucky. When I was a kid, my family and I lived on Second Street and I love watching some trains. And now we live on Center Street.
41:02 Why did the driver blow the horn for so long? Maybe Just giving a horn salute
There are two crossings right next to each other there.
@@freebrickproductions Ok. Great video
51:28 is that that crossing where that limo got hit?
No.
freebrickproductions oh looked exactly like it
The limo was hit at a gateless 8 inch crossing in Indiana, IIRC.
That was a gateless, bell-less crossing... looks nothing like it...
And that accident was in Elkhart County, IN.
Elkhart, IN, 3 hours away from me
Fast train with an awesome horn! Nice catch and Great video! What leader was that?
Thanks! Which one?
freebrickproductions The very first one.
Yannitron 9000 It was a Union Pacifc SD70M leader, IIRC.
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@@freebrickproductions I thought it was a SD70ACe
2:15:29 it’s my favorite crossing remind me when I went to an STH 10 tornado siren
1:20:21 The bell is ringing very fast.
It's literally a school bell used as a crossing bell, so...
Now that’s a good way to alert people who don’t stop lol
I love trains
I do too agree with you my dad likes these too
16:25 Nice catch!
Thanks!
how many cars were on that intermodel train at 00:28?
Congrats, The video finally reached 1 million!
(I get that I'm late lol)
Also, is there a video for the Train/Railroad crossing at 2:39:48? That is my favorite crossing video in this out of all of these. :)
US 431 (the one with four cantilever signals) or Cleveland Avenue? Either way, yes there are, and they're both on my channel.
Okay thanks
Yannitron 9000 that is Cleveland Ave
frankpierce2008 Okay thanks
Nice catches of the trains.
Thanks!
freebrickproductions Your welcome.
Is there a channel that DOESN'T cut the trains? I want to see the whole train, not just the front.
All of these videos were taken from videos that I've recorded throughout the year, and each of the videos in this can be found on my channel without anything cut out from the trains.
The cuts in this video were only done to save time, TBH.
What is the main railroad company that runs through MN?
Do you really want to know why I would not like trains? BECAUSE THEY ARE SO LOUD I CAN BARELY CLOSE MY EARS JUST ABOUT THIS WIDE
Just how wide?
these are awesome!
1:20:21 anyone know what bell this is?
Safetran School type Gen1
Am i the only one who enjoys this video?
Idk?
5:02 I know That Second NS engine, #9668. I once saw it leading, a few years ago.Beautiful horn, Leading #9562
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Great Video!!
Thanks!
these engineers don't have to hold the horn for that long
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They do actually. It is required by law that the train blows a specific pattern witch goes as such (long,long,short,long) The final long blast of the horn must be held Until the front plow of the locomotive crosses the entire roadway. Federal railroad administration rule 14 a.
Well they do so stop worrying about their jobs and stay the hell out their business
Next time don’t tell people what they “don’t have” to do because you don’t fucking know!
That first train was going dangerously fast
Not really.
13:07 Those gates go down very slow
@James Royer lol
3:21 - I start feeling deja vu. Then I realize that I have an uncle who lives 15 minutes away from this railroad crossing. I live 15 hour away from this crossing.
o cool i am only at a suburb
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Isn't this one around woodville al? If so I live pretty close to it. North alabama landscapes and mountains are just beautiful.
@@Sdr_2024 Yeah. Haven't been down there in almost 10 years. But I remember it pretty well.
At 2:35:27 what crossing is that and nice Safetran type 1 E-bell on it
US 278 in Guin, AL.
The Safetran Type 1 there was later replaced with a GS Type 3, and the crossing has since had the signals at it replaced entirely.
@@freebrickproductions thanks and rip type 1
18:42 that hi rail went a little too soon
1 MILLION!
Eeghghhhhh
Not 1 million
If you're gonna be hateful, Take it somewhere else, David aka Freebrickproductions doesn't like hate on his channel. Take your hate elsewhere!
At the 2:13:52 mark... Where is that location?
Attalla, AL.
Thank you very much!!! @@freebrickproductions
1:20:39 what kind of bell is that a school bell
it's a school bell
What locomotive is that? 20:36.
SD60E rebuild.
Hi, can you tell me the time when I can see a freigth train running through Market St., Athens? Best
Usually I just go out there and wait for a while.
If it helps any, to the south is a siding, and if any of the block signals at the siding show anything other than red, then a southbound train will be coming within the next hour or two.
Also, there's an online scanner feed for both the CSX and NS mainlines in the area that's based out of Decatur. Any northbounds will hit a defect detector on the south side of Decatur and then will be calling the signals out as they pass them in Decatur before asking for permission from NS and the Decatur Bridge Tender to cross the Tennessee River.
my apologizes, english is not my native languague. I would like to know in what part of this video i can see this train crossing through Athens?
@@hectorvillaverde375 1:05:27 for Market Street in Athens specifically.
@@freebrickproductions thanks!
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And I note that you recorded more than a few wantwits ignoring the signals.
the gurley pike railroad crossing use to have old signals
Yep. Including an old GRS gate mech.
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What street is the first crossing on?
Gurley Pike in Gurley, AL.
1:15 a true classic
1:10:47 , 12:54 1:13:44 1:16:48
that weedwhacker was annoying
People watch this for fun, meanwhile here by the Norfolk International Terminal, I curse the day I get stuck at a crossing. Could be an hour
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1:49 old railroad crossing and old McDonald’s in the background probably as old as the crossing itself
Lmao, u have a point
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0:32 thats a fast train
I like the gateless crossing where it said "stop on red signal" when that person still went anyway 😂😡
True that
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Where?
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@@dosang1335 hi!
When is the crossing for the thumbnail
8:05
Thank you!
9:55 to be exact
I just noticed... one of my friends caught a train at the same crossing at 1:06:53.. Had the same bell and everything.
Yea, that's 41st Street #2 in Birmingham.
@@freebrickproductions that’s literally the same place he railfans-
2:53:40 you catch the New York Central Norfolk Southern Hertz unit
Plus they caught NS 1111 "The Barcode Unit" with it.
Trooper 278 how do you saw some pick up to go in around the trash and you saw a video with two children that got killed by a train and it’s ridiculous
Nice video
Thanks!
What was the name of the road of these signals at 18:35?
www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Quincy/Atlanta/
At 1:34:25, I think that Truck was advertising business furniture warehouse. Lol
Free advertising on RUclips!
That is the right way, instead of DUMB ads
The teardrop lives!
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@@freebrickproductions I’m talking about the teardrop bill at 19th Ave.
@@freebrickproductions bell
@@carstrainsandcrossings8639 Yea, I know. It still does, lol.
@@freebrickproductions lol
19:57 is my favourite
Shame the signals there were replaced...
I think that was a cargo train that just came by...idk
All tracks
whos gonna watch 3 hours of trains
A lot of people, apparently.
@@freebrickproductions yeah true
ever noticed how 2:17:17 and 2:38:00 is the same train? same number and cars and stuff
That's because I chased that train, lol.
Why are some of those fools going around the lowered gated crossings and why arent they heading or stopping at gateless crossings? Dont they care about their life or they want to beat the train? What states were you in when you filmed all these crossings?
Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida.
Anastasia Sheniloff Playing it safe by waiting a few extra minutes for a train to pass is a lot more worth your time than playing it dangerous just to save a few extra seconds. At least it's most likely that you will live to see another day by waiting.
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In Argentina same cases of low gate crossing occurs
2:38:00 is my favorite.
Me too
Also my favorite too because it is from the olden times when they had a real bell, not this newfangled electronic shit they have nowadays!
same
Good shots
Thanks!