Two Trains Meet - Vehicle Breaks Crossing Gate
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2016
- Two trains meet at Richland on the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line, but a motorist failed to remained stopped for the red signal and smashes through the crossing gate coming back down on the other side of the crossing. There are some closer shots of the broken gate at the end of the video.
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While waiting for the 94M stone train to come east with a trio of GP38 locomotives, westbound intermodal train 21M came into frame while the camera was rolling. The much anticipated 94M was struggling to make track speed on wet rail with a heavy train (they are not in full throttle for good reason) with only 6000 horse-power for a 6000-6500 ton train from the quarry at Annville. The guy in the white pick-up truck found out the hard why it is always a good idea to wait for the gates to go up completely at a double-track mainline. That was the second time in the same month that exact crossing gate was broken by a vehicle.
21M: NS Dash-9-44CW's 9497, 9317, and 9411
94M: NS GP38-2 5070 (former high-hood, new admiral cab), NS GP38-3 5827 (rebuilt GP50), and NS GP38-2 5304.
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"Well DANG! I hope nobody saw me!" *Drives quickly away*
only 150k people did xD
Now almost 200k
rip crossing gate
????-2016
"ding ding ding ding ding ding"
he Will be missed
Are you still a fan I am neat video btw
The driver of the white truck was in a hurry. He should have remained stopped.
Hit & Run!
Seems like a really short gate time and at the same time I thought the second train was slow enough to trigger the gates to stay down.
That wasn't the issue, the fact is you should wait until the gates are up all the way before proceeding that way in case there is another train you have enough room to get through.
I know the reason for people going through before the gates are all the way up. It’s because of the stupid impatient drivers who honk their horns
Beware of the 2nd train ! #Waitforthegate!
#Waitforthelights, too.
I remember when spare gates were stored right next to the crossing signals. My 1st indicator as a kid that they get broken a lot. Do they still keep spares nearby anymore??
Michael Mccarthy nope to many scrappers like to steal metal
They’re fibreglass
@@jaysmith1408 The signal maintainer trucks always have them on the roof racks
Great video! I am 100% against near-death humor, but it was just funny how he was like: "this train was long enough as it is! i dont care if the gates arent up all the way, i got places to be!!!!!" and then, smack! right into the crossing gate.
The gates should have stayed down, unless the train is in a far distance. That second train was pretty close for the gates to rise. And that's why you should wait until the gates are "completely" up and the lights have stopped. Now if that train was going any faster, the gates would have stayed down.
The gates have to be fully up, as soon as the gates are in this position, the flashing lights stop. If a train hits the block before the gates are fully up, they will start down like we saw here. When fully up, the lights will start flashing and a couple of seconds later, then the gates will start down.
At least in California, you shall not drive under gates and have to wait for the lights to stop flashing. Almost every driver, including police don’t follow the law.
Robert Leabow Of course, but they should have stayed down, the second train was too close.
Christian Hickman I think to two trains confused the gates because one train was hitting the block while the other one was to and it made the gates malfunction
+N Grogan Yes! You may be right, seems like that's what happened here.
Christian Hickman the first train left the block, gates start to rose, 2nd train enters block as gates are rising
great catch and good quality! love the reflection of the second train's headlight on the first's intermodal cars!
That horn on the second train sounds exactly like an Australian (Pacific National) XR class loco!
well we manufacture most of the AUs rail related things, we even make the parts for the crossings there
I love the Aus train horn
Nathan P5 I'm thinking a 2012 X class
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This is actually quite a common problem with all gates when trains meet and people being impatient doesn't help either. One day over 20 years ago I was watching trains at the 1st street crossing in Sutersville, PA while waiting for my dad to finish up his bike ride on the bike trail and I watched the same thing happened except the gates went up and they did not come back down although the red lights kept blinking luckily this was at a time of day when traffic was lite and no cars were there. Oh and when highrailers or the MOW crew comes through on their vehicles which don't make the gates go down it's a show of confusion and frustration in it's self. Also a car got hit at the 1st crossing in Sutersville a couple weeks ago while trying to beat a train on track 2 the car ended up on it's roof on track 1.
Dang, of only you got the plate. Nice video!
You write good explanations and thanks for referring this video from a newer upload! Amazing what folks do and don't even care!
Great catch and meet! Nice P5 on NS 5070 too!
Can't blame the driver for this one, there is a fault in the crossing gate system, they should've stayed down.
uuuh he slipped under the gate, he should've waited, if anything your brain has a fault
American Railfan boi the train was slow so dont get smart stupid
@@carolinarailfanning damn bro did it hurt you that much to be an asshole?
Sweet catch with those Conrail Hoppers!!
Nice power on that second one. I'm divided on the gate thing... Seems like it shouldn't have cycled with it that close.
+xray606 There was only one cycle in this video and it ended with the lights going off. A few feet of gate opening legally means nothing to drivers. There is nothing to be divided about, the law already states what to do in this situation.
Sethmonton Dashcam there’s a reason why there are gates and not just a light. Fair enough that the law states he should of waited to fully open but the gates should of stayed down with the train that close (then he wouldn’t of drove). I mean what’s the point of having the gates if they open and go straight down with the train that close as it just gives a false impression that it’s clear to the drivers.
I love what they did with 5070! Looking good
This video shows, you have to be careful for a second train. It came fast and that gate didn't have a chance lol. I think in this case, the gate should have maybe stayed down but I don't know how the current in the tracks work myself.
Great video and catch!
That's one reason why I don't start moving until at least the flashing red lights turn off. I've seen that truck around Richland before, won't be difficult to find.
That's why you wait for the gate to go up all the way before proceeding. People are always in a rush.
That's absolutely true.
That's a good reason not to have quad-gates on a road like that.
it seems to me that gate arms are out of synchronization and should have stayed down because 2nd train was pretty close for the gates to rise....
Well, that was unfortunate. On the other hand, the driver did what you're supposed to do, at least he didn't stay on the crossing but instead chose the wise way and broke the barrier. There's plenty of videos that show people not wanting to break it and getting into major trouble, so rather this than being in front of the train. Of course, waiting for the red lights to dim was even better...
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I don't think that driver intentionally meant to do that. We've all been victim of being a bit impatient, especially in traffic. While that certain doesn't mean he shouldn't bare the responsibility of what he did, I see no reason why causal observers on RUclips have to revert to such extreme and very derogatory name calling. You guys are acting as bad as the pickup driver, geez... In others words, no one died and the gate can be fixed so just chill out as some of you all are taking it way too far!
People somehow justify being dicks on the internet because they don't have the nerve to do it outside of a text box. This guy did what most people would do, and had a split second to react to the other gate.
Yeah lmao what was he supposed to do after the gate started coming back down? Stop and get run over by a train?
And also FWIW it is never taught to anyone that you wait for the gate to be fully raised and the flashing to stop before proceeding. It is only taught as "gate down = stop" (At least in my area, which is a 100k+ pop railroad industry hotspot)
Awesome catches !!
this is where your classic train race video was.
who was original before CR owner of this line? PRR.
I noticed the vintage small cantevlier signal from way back when replaced with typical plain everyday one like any place else
the guy in white truck was one who gave the 1 thumb down lmao
Excellent video! Which camera did you use?
From a previous video it looks like the local utility removed one of the 69-kv circuits.
Great location!
0:50 - You're not allowed to cross the tracks until the gates are fully up and the lights are off.
Wow, that is why you should always wait until the gates are fully up!
1:45 Nice catch on the Conrail/Conrail Quality coal hopper cars!!
But the left gates are broken
That's a poor installation. There should be a minimum 30 second gap between the first and second activations, and if the train is positioned at such closeness that the second activation would occur within the 30 seconds, the 30 seconds would not happen and the first activation will continue until the second train has passed. Have they fixed the issue in the last 7 years?
Great video☺😊☺
RIP old signals here. :(
Awesome where is this
did they replace that gate?
So, the motorist most definitely should've waited for the red lights to go out before even thinking about moving, but honestly, it might sound stupid but the driver did the right thing by smashing it and at least clearing the crossing.
Sometimes when this happened in my country people who got themselves trapped between the gates decided they didn't want to damage their car by driving on and snapping the gate off, and as a result, got their car totaled because of the oncoming train that was on the track they were on (and since trains in The Netherlands can run a regular speed of about 86 miles per hour, though 74 is more common, it takes about 10 seconds from the point of gates down/getting stuck and getting hit by the train.)
Truck: NOT TODAY Railroad crossing: OH NO U DON'T. TRUCK: *BREAKS THOUGH GATES* RAILROAD CROSSING: WELL SHIT.
Great horn on 5070
Its a nathen p5
I wonder WHY the gates went up and the lights stayed on........
There should be some sort of law stating that a vehicle may not pass under the gate while flashing lights are activate. You’re basically running a red light. You MUST wait until the crossing is deactivated. If it does deactivate wait 10 seconds before crossing. Another train may be coming. In Texas, a train hit a K-9 vehicle because it went around the gate and the train hit it. Don’t let that be you. You don’t know how fast that train could be coming. Especially on a curve. You obviously can’t see around it. So don’t take a chance
In Indiana, there are no Norfolk Southern trains.
is the same train tracks from the last video but you cantilever probably the same train but going different ways with the same car
I can see both sides to the arguments in the comments. It was kind of dumb luck mixed with a small amount of driver error. The fact of the matter is, it is the law that you cannot cross the tracks until the lights are off and the gates are up and deactivated. However, the block sensors should be modified so that things such as this won't happen. Not hating, just trying to be the voice of reason.
Love video at 1080p60
Those are new gates
That train is now sitting in Pottstown yard minus the engines.
So, did you call the NS police desk and report the broken gate (the emergency phone number on the little blue sign on the light pole)? That would be called a "partial activation failure", because it's only part of the crossing gates that are malfunctioning or broken, not the entire system. Following crews would have to stop and flag the crossing until it's fixed. I used to be a CSX engineer and watched a semi-tractor/trailer rig just plow through the gates in front of me on Washington Blvd. in Baltimore on the Mt. Clare branch because we were only doing 10 mph and they didn't wan to wait for us to clear. Snapped it off like a twig.
The stone train crew saw what happened and reported it. Trains had to stop and flag, I filmed once, but removed the video because the crew member reached out to me and did not want to appear on RUclips and I always respect that, especially in a day an age where management watches their every move. Anyway, a signal maintainer showed up later in the afternoon and fixed it.
Surely with two trains so close, the barriers should not have released. Do the motorists have to pay for the damage done? or do they just get away with it?
I seen some stupid things on youtube, but i think many of us could have done this unaware.
That's why one looks both ways after gates lift before stepping on the gas.
One of many reasons, to wait for the lights to STOP flashing before crossing the tracks!
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That white truck must've waited like 5 seconds after the train passed
This Why They Do Not Need To Make Railroad Crossing Gates Out Of Wood Because They Are Easy Breakable
Honestly, what else could he have done?
Surely the barriers shouldn't have begun to raise and then lower again immediately? You can see how close the train was. Really there was nothing else that driver could've done other than be stuck on the crossing. Definitely whoever engineered that crossing to blame there, I'd say.
+AndreiTupolev It's illegal to start crossing if the red lights are still going as they were. This driver is totally at fault. And as another comment said, it's a hit and run as well as he must stop to report the damage.
While it is a hit and run, in Georgia where I live its not illegal to cross when the lights are still on. Driver is somewhat at fault here for destroying the gates, but nobody knew another train was coming.
If gate arms were constructed in such a way that they inflicted more damage to vehicles when hit, maybe fewer people would be indifferent to breaking them.
0:50 Damn You Truck X(
The end the gates career
People, will they ever change....
A lot of vehicle drivers do not know how gates work when a train approaches. The guy in the pick up was not completely to blame. (But he should have stayed until cops arrived).
The gates where going up, and most people would have driven on like he did.
I think the gate trigger devices should be moved farther away to stop this from happening again.
Thane Rogar you’re supposed to stay stopped until lights are off and gates are up
Exactly. You are 'supposed' to.
Any more farther away and only more drivers will drive thru and around the Gates because they didn't _see_ a train coming *now*
What town is this
Richland, Pennsylvania
Glad to see all the foamers calling this guy a moron. The gates were most of the way up, and at almost no other crossing besides richland would there be a gate in that lane on the other side, so think before calling someone out.
I don't think that is the point. The crossing had two tracks so you should be extra aware of another train coming. So he was at fault. If he just waited until the at least the lights went off, this wouldn't have happened.
mikeyRavens52 He was at fault. Its the law to wait untill the gates are up and the lights are off. Can you run a red light since its about to turn green or can you run a school bus with lights on because no kids are crossing? No.
Fact is: The gates must be all the way up, and the lights must be turned off before you are allowed to go.
RIP Gate :'(
it was not the driver fault he did not know there was two trains
very nice video plus not good!!
I always wait until the gates are all the way up.
That was weird i wonder if the engineer saw that
Does anyone really think that, after the first gate left the truck through, the truck should stop at the second gate?
It wasn't the driver's fault entirely. He should've waited until the gates were up completely, but then again timing like that is rare. He couldn't of expected that to happen. That's why crossing gates are built to bend and break in case of situations like that. If they weren't, the driver would've had a bad day, if you know what I mean.
What a nice R3L Or What Ever it's called
Rip crossing gate
Why are you using 4 axel GP's to pull a quarry train? that's what 80 MAC's are for. Also if you haven't heard NS is going to put all remaining high hoods and unwanted EMD's up for auction in the spring. - just in case anyone needs a lawn ornament!!!
That was strange
What horn is on 5070?
Cprailguy RS5T I believe
Nathan Airchime P5
1:25
Careful during railroad crossing .It could be hazerdous.On passing by.
sounds like an NR75
Aren't the lights the most important part of a full-service (signs, gates, block circuit, etc.) crossing?
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I have seen a Diesel truck do that before!!!
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People Are Supposed To Wait Till The Gate Is Fully Up Incase If These Situations! Great Video!
Awful! That driver needs to be cited and the railroad file a claim with his insurance! That’s why lots of places have laws where you are not supposed to cross until the signals completely deactivate!
Not really the drivers fault. He should have not ran away tho
Wow people don't know how to wait.
All his Fault he did wait till the whole entire gate went up he went through when it was halfway up
0:49 OMG
She/He hit the gate
He hauled ass away!
Rather or not it was the truck drivers fault he still damaged property and kept going
Which it didn't because another train was there.
In my state, the rail crossings to start to lift until the lights are done flashing. Seems like the fault of the crossing mechanism. The driver *could* have stopped. But shouldn't have. hopefully he pulled into that parking lot and called 9-11.
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A white old Ford F150 Slam into the gate