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davebdawg wrote: But why isn't there signage indicating that if stuck on the crossing the second gate stays up for a safe exit?
I really didn't know this either until I saw the crossing with a target car in line with a train!!!
As all that's there is don't stop on the tracks, which at rush hour is really hard to avoid.
At least the engineer had a good chuckle!!!
davebdawg wrote:But why isn't there signage indicating that if stuck on the crossing the second gate stays up for a safe exit?
I really didn't know this either until I saw the crossing with a target car in line with a train!!!
Was at the Potter crossing the other day and was DELAYED by a train, NOT, but on the other side of the street which traffic usually backs up across the tracks due to a traffic light close by was a car stuck between the gates with an eastbound barreling towards the crossing. And the driver was going apes--t on where to go before becoming mincemeat and didn't notice that the second gate was up for an escape route!!!!
So he finally backed up and hit the gate and almost rammed the car in back of him.
davebdawg wrote:Was biking down Potters to Tingley yesterday and it looks like there was some kind of derail at the switch frog since there were some splintered ties on the side and new ones installed there. Also looks like the frog rail Y guides were very well split and missing metal fragments too. Any ideas on what and when this happened? As I remember being out in the yard one night last month and it sounded something like a train may of derailed out there at Pottersville?
Thanks.
BigDell wrote:Something must be up at Potters (Inman Ave, Edison - LV double track crossing). The last couple weeks the trains have been blasting the horns through there. Personally I love it, it's like the old days, but it must be driving the people living Right On The Mainline kinda' nutso. They're the ones that petitioned for the quiet crossings. I'm loving the variety. There are some really "interesting" and different toots going on.
Anyway, it's a nice throwback and I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Summer is here and the days are long with lots of good light...
There was an issue with the sensors in the road that allow the exit gates to come down. The responsibility for fixing the issue lies with the township. Until the issue is resolved the crossing does not meet FRA Quiet Zone requirements. If the people want to complain talk to the town not the railroad.
"Tingley Lane will be shut down until further notice in the area of the Conrail track crossing due to a disabled train across the intersection. Please plan an alternate route."
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