MetroLink Light Rail Crossings
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2014
- MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is the light rail transit system in the Greater St. Louis area of Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois, operating through 37 stations on 46 miles of track carrying 53,123 (FY 2013) passengers daily. BSDA runs over 25 road crossings all protected with gates and lights, with the exception of Plymouth Ave, Market St, and Sunnen Dr, all the crossings in Missouri are featured in this video, Enjoy! To see a video of the Sunnen Dr xing click this link • Sunnen Dr, MetroLink R...
Excellent video. Great job. I give it an A+
MAN OH MAN the lights on those gates are huge
Newstead Ave sounded like it had a teardrop bell(I know it doesn't).
Yah, some of the new WCH m-bell gongs sound like teardrops when you have two together ringing at different rates.
I find the fact that all crossings (on this video) have M-bells, and that there's no electric warning crap on the trams(or the drivers don't use them), interesting.
Only three railroad crossings have electronic bells, the light rail vehicles themselves have mechanical bells and air whistles.
You know there's one thing that strikes my mind why would they install lunar colored signal lights for facing East and West at S Newstead Ave. when just the normal red lights would work better is it just a cheaper cost thing? Nice catches `Mike
10:16 Is that really 4 tracks?
This the remains of the old nickel plate and l/n seaboard lines thanks
they are usually smaller than that LOL
Why no freight trains just them go on that track I mean tracks
Light Rail isn't guided under the Federal Railroad Administration, and technically isn't an actual railroad, that is why you will never see freight trains running on light rail tracks.
oh ok thanks
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An actual railroad is one governed by the Federal Railroad Administration,
This is considered light rail which is a whole different entity.
Freight and commuter trains can not legally run on these light railtracks.
The operation of light right is extremely different from how a commuter/freight railroad operates. For example air breaks, most light rails don't use air breaks which is a requirement by the FRA
I compare light rail as a buss that is operating on railroad tracks.
TrainmanKight freight runs during the night on the Mid Jordan TRAX line in utah
William Patton
Freight can run on certain light rails under several conditions and it must be FRA approved. FTA is a whole different division.
www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Shared_Track.pdf