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WTF Happened to these Crossings?!
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- I drove through Cambridge Springs, PA today after recording two sirens for Erie County's quarterly siren test, and I stumbled upon 3 crossings with major issues, all of which I had only photographed a month prior and no issues were seen then.
First two crossings are Church St. and Main St., and these two really has me baffled. They're intersect right next to the WNYP tracks in town and both crossings had older gated signals with pedestrian gates. When I arrived there today, I discovered the pedestrian gates were removed entirely and the main signals had their gates removed. Most bizarrely though is that both relay cases are gone! That means these signals can no longer operate, and they're along an active mainline! Seriously, what on earth is going on here?! There's some conduit at the crossing so it appears that the signals were going to be replaced soon, but that doesn't explain why they're disconnected now with no replacement signals nearby.
Then at US 6 just west of these 2 crossings, WNYP had just installed brand new signals replacing older WRRS signals and a new WCH signal, and all of the lights are disarrayed and not facing the way they should be. Again, these signals were only installed within the month prior so to have them already looking like they've been through a tornado is very odd.
This is either an intentional sabotage by an outside force, or WNYP has some SERIOUS issues, because this has to be the craziest set of crossings I've ever seen, and again considering I only photographed them a month prior just makes this even more confusing. Hopefully I found out more about these soon.
They are probably just doing a complete crossing upgrade...the new grade makes me believe that those old signals will be removed. I don’t know what’s going on with the bent lights though! Haha!
I believe they are being upgraded, but why then did they remove the relay cases for the crossings rendering them inoperable, and still leaving the roads open for cars to go through?
@@TommyBNSF Because 'MURICA! THAT'S WHY! Lol
I’m just assuming they might stop trains for a little until it’s finished. Pretty weird seeing half of the crossing gone though haha!
@@TommyBNSF This is what happens when you have stupid people in charge of this stuff.
@@TommyBNSF That is a great question. It doesnt make sense to me either.
Nice video! I think WNYP is in the process of replacing the signals.
Yeah, they r all LED now. There are cantilevers there now
I grew up in the little ghost town, and there used to be 2 sets of tracks going through town, instead of just one. One was Penn Central, and the other, I believe, was Erie Lackawanna. Sometime between 1985 and 1990, the other set of tracks was torn up, leaving just the one. The lights at Main and Church St used to flash red when a train came through as well. I think even as far back as 1991, the trains still rolled through town on a regular basis, now they are lucky to get 2-3 per day from what I heard from friends who still live there.
Those crossings is confusing. Maybe they have been damaged by a 🌪 twister
No tornado happened there, as far as I know.
@@DowntownWithBrown well I don't know what happened I think there was a major storm or something else. It's just unbelievable there.
Nope, they were replaced
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 Agreed! By turn many of the signal lights away it is to indicate that the signals are not yet active. It typically is the Railroad's responsibility to stop and "flag" these crossings before they are able to proceed, that is, unless Railroad personnel show up here so to personally "flag" and stop the traffic when WNY&P arrives so that the train crew won't have to stop and do it.
@@williamh.jarvis6795 yeah, plus I’m from the area and I know they were replaced last summer. I’m so glad wnyp still stuck with mechanical bells
Judging by those Trump signs, I'm pretty sure we all know the intellect of the local population. That should be enough culprit right there for why the signals are fucked up.
Nah, the signals were replaced
good joke lool
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 ye
@@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907 no I’m serious. There are brand new signals with mechanical bells and cantilevers there
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 I know i was talking about the other dude
One of the abandoned crossings in Hallowell, Maine have lost gates too
The signals were replaced
I think they might’ve been in the process of upgrading the crossings at the time you took this. I remember seeing a new signal on my Subdivision lying on the ground, ready to take over. Eventually, the new signals took over and the old signals were gone. This has happened many times on my local subdivision due to double-tracking projects.
Yeah, they were replaced with new signals. They stuck with mechanical bells
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 That’s odd.
Train Crash 💥
Yeah
According to recent satellite footage and street view, yes these crossings were replaced with newer ones.
Was there any signs of an overpass/underpass?
No, the signals were replaced
Seems as if a train isnt coming thru here often
It only takes one time without gates to potentially people. If those tracks are indeed active, the gates and controllers shouldn't n
be removed until they put new gates up the same day..
Nah, there are a lot of trains through there. There are normally 4 a week
It looks like a case of signal equipment replacement. By turning the flasher lamps away it is supposed to say that they are not yet active. Very likely, the WNY&P will stop and "flag" these crossings or, they will dispatch a crew to show up here with their vehicles, being ready to "flag" the traffic to stop ✋, so the train crew will not have to stop their train so that the Conductor can stop the traffic.
Can you tell me how long those nearby traffic signals have been in place?
Very possible here, they might be waiting for the Town's officials and their DPW personnel so that they are able to "integrate" the nearby traffic signals so that certain lights will turn red before the flashers activates. Why would you want to have the nearby traffic signal give you a green light when immediately afterwards you will be crossing the WNY&P, with its signal lights flashing indicating the approach of a train? Much of this pertains to liability issues, possibly to the Town!
One of the crossing gates and lights went missing for 4 days until new ones were put in I realized they were building a new railroad line
Let us know what you find out...
They ere replaced
They finally finished the upgrade last December
Have ya called them and said something?
I did and they just said they'd look into it.
@@TommyBNSF they were replaced
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*someone’s going to get woooshed in the replies, I can guarantee it*
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What had happen? Was there A twister tornado?
i seen the barriers flying beside my street and i went to the crossing and there was a CSX train crash with a tanker truck that got stuck
"Well there goes a gate flying by my window." "WAIT A GATE WENT FLYING BY MY WINDOW?!?"
Wait at the newest crossing there’s a bungalow that can control more than one crossing
It's a mystery to be solved
They were replaced
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 RIP
Prob the railroad reinstalled the stuff. The signals were in good shape but then they prob abandoned it days later and then the gates and relay cases got stolen. Idk just a theory.
Well that's weird
Signals were replaced
I agree, WNYP should get there shit together! 😂
They do have their crap together. The signals were replaced
The do look bad thi
Can you do a video of these Crossings in action
Erie County PA has Sirens? I lived there for 4 years (North East to be exact) and I never saw or heard a Siren.
I think I might have solved one of your issues. Google Maps Street View has an image taken four months ago showing this intersection with new relay cases, new crossing signals with gates and new stoplights. The approaches closest to the tracks more closely resemble the Lincoln Way at 4th Street intersection in DeKalb, IL where the UP cuts more or less diagonally through the intersection. You must, however, look at a Street View image just to the northwest of the Main and Church intersection (on the yellow part of Church) because most images on the other approaches were taken four years ago. As for why they didn't leave the old signals in place before the new ones were functional, I always thought it was standard operating procedure (CN is doing so while it gates several crossings in my town), but I guess that's up to the railroad.
I also think this is a good time for me to get off social media for the day.
Yeah I see what they were going for with the Main and Church St. crossings, but the 3rd crossing I will never understand what was going on there.
Record them lol
They were replaced
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 they were also talking about the sirens…
Someone probably stole them.
3 words.. What the Craig?
I'm only guessing they're going to work on the grade since the utilities are marked, and part of the sidewalk has a pink X meaning it's getting replaced.
They were replaced
@@rcsrailfaningproductions1225 I thought that would of been the case.
with a hurricane
I don't know what the heck could have happened but maybe it could have been vandalous
I thought they don’t make those bells anymore
They must have been drunk or on something to do something stupid like this very unprofessional
Maybe they need to fix the gates too but they don’t want people crossing the crossings while a train is coming so the took the gates off but left the signals there to warn people that a train is coming.
Nah, those signals were replaced
😮this is so weird It’s not wild storm it’s 100 mile train 🚆
I dont think you wanna know...
Either a storm or whatever caused it??
just where replaceing crossings
I think I have a Reason why maybe a big wind Storm happened or those Workers Probably Took them down or something like that
As far as the missing signals, they did end up replacing the remaining old signals with brand new ones. Still have no idea why the lights on the other crossing with new signals were messed up. Maybe it was a wind storm.
Maybe there to old probably
I think they just destoryed them for a reason
No, I live near WNYP. Those signals were being replaced
The laziest crossing replacements I’ve ever seen
I honestly don't know what hollow-head was put in charge of this. Just remember: you can't fix stupid.
The signals were replaced
wow
omg do you think the line is going the end?
No, they were replaced
Small Town. If you ain't from here you don't belong here
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Maybe these crossings are a andond
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WTF