Oak St. Crossing Malfunction (Conrail) June 27, 2009

[GP382NJ]

The third track had its lights on but its stuck on the right side.

[inels100]

Hey if this happens again can you video tape it as Conrail was coming?

[boblittlejohn]

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[TboltSiren1000T]

Right after the 2nd train passed, Conrail was coming in.

[RailWolf7306]

Interesting malfunction. I do really like the Dash 8-40CMs on that CN train, nice BC Rail unit too. That's a bit scary with the NS train going through with no crossing lights, and I find it a bit funny that the maintenance truck shows up as the end of the train goes by.

[DJUnibob]

Very interesting here. The train near 8:30 was going slow enough to stop if the engineer and conductor felt the need to, so dispatch must have given them the heads up on it to do a stop and flag/protect if needed. The conductor also would have noticed the lack of lights on his track and the stuck light on the adjacent track.

That does sound like a very serious problem with communication if it took them 6 and half hours to get someone to even look at it.

[gandhi1470]

did owensri2 called someone to fix the oak street railroad crossing

[myrealghostbusters]

the crossing lights makes the scene look like a frozen photo. sweet find.

[railroadlover]

Just out of curiousity, why would it be conrail, wouldn't it be norfolk southern?

[chris40539]

one light crossing fail

[CSXandSpartanfan33]

@ 1:02 it sounds like a train horn listen closely

[TheDaleEarnhardt3]

NS sucks dick you should see BNSF.

[REXXDG134]

Was the relay broken?

[qwandiddy]

Are those both 2 tracks busy line or which ones are the busiest, one with rail guard or without it?

[blakebrown115]

im from wyandotte

[Jack88Long]

that must suck traffic wise great video!

[jovetj]

Conrail hasn't existed for a few years. ;)

[ekoslosky]

NO BELLS

[moonwalker5058]

How do those WC Hayes E Bells work? Is it just a speaker?

[owensri2]

@moonwalker5058: Actually, these are General Signals (GS) E-Bells. The have a circuit board with a speaker attached to it, generating the sound. :)

[TheDaleEarnhardt3]

@owensri2 Who cares about E-bells go Mechanical bells and Chicago Bears Who are 8-3 after they beat Philadelphia and Michael Vick.

[ricofojas2011]

@owensri2 at 9:10 was that conrail's truck?.

[we34w]

With 2 railroads like this call both railroads. At the same time.

[owensri2]

@we34w: Actually, I know which track is malfunctioning due to the way they have the crossing set up. The rear lights were off on both of CN's crossings, so I called Conrail, because that's who's crossing was messing up. :)

[Trainking922]

When are you going to film Vinewood Ave again?

[tony7star]

So, somebody didn't check the POR/PT relay before leaving the case?

[tony7star]

Or was it a line problem?

[owensri2]

Lightning took out an arrester, knocking the AC offline, batteries went dead.

[Porow500]

Has that happened before or was that the only time it happened? Was there a thunder storm that caused the lights to malfunction like that, or do the lights always malfunction? Anyway, I hope it doesen't happen again.

[Master784]

I remember when i was little when a severe storm passed and i checked this crossing that all of the signals lights where on and the gates where kind of down, but the lights weren't flashing and i think the bells where ringing

[ER801]

Would be interesting to see Railroad gates in a "kind of down" state.

[Trainking922]

Man what happened to Oak St. many things need to be fixed. 1: e-bell on gated signal is sounding weak. 2: second track needs to have it's battery replaced 3: third track needs some MAJOR REPARES 4: other gated signal has 2 burnt out lights on gate And finally, side lights on third track cantelever looked like it had some low power.

[owensri2]

Well, all that was needed was the power to be restored in the signal case. That fixed the batteries by charging them back up....and fixed all other problems with the middle tracks. The gate lights on the other side were not burnt out...but there's a wiring issue that needs to be fixed. Also, there's that dang cantilever light that needs to be replaced.

[yodonvito4]

I love how the Shoreline and River subdivisions have a signal for EVERY SINGLE track. I do suppose, however, that they'd be expensive to remove.

[owensri2]

Me too. Why would they remove them? That would be an FRA violation to do that.

[Robotman2268]

wow i have never seen the lights stuck on one side. that lightning must have hit hard. hope it got fixed

[jakubowski2008]

I'm glad that is not a heavy traveled road. Things would of been a lot worse if that was the case!!!

[BellyLover06]

Thank goodness there wasn't any cars approaching the crossing that didn't activate for the train.

[ER801]

Does it have an SSCC or a mechanical flasher in the case with the stuck lights? Whats up with the gate lights at 8:50? Man, y'all got some weird signal setups there! Thanks for taking the time to explain all that, but my head hurts now...

[Trainking922]

2 of the lights are burnt out as well.

[owensri2]

It has a mechanical flasher in that one that's stuck. The outer signals with the gates have the SSCC. This crossing doesn't operate right to begin with....