TSBY crossing US-127 on the rarely used Middleton branch

[qwandiddy]

It needs an Rail guards really bad, I did thought that track was abandoned.

[atsf3780]

where does the middleton branch run through?

[SooFan83]

@atsf3780 It runs from Ashley, Michigan to Carson City, MI, about 28 miles or so. It did at one time run all the way to Muskegon, but the line is only active from Ashely to Middleton now in central Michigan

[pdlsteeler1]

I'm guessing that this train is heading Westbound.

[gregtrain1]

Is this taken at highway 113?

[VilquinProductions]

Interesting how there's traffic lights on the railroad crossing canopy.

[Arky83mi]

It's on a main divided highway with trains that only traverse the line maybe twice a month, so trucks and busses do not stop at this crossing, hence the traffic light

[msk578]

@VilquinProductions I live in the Denver area and there are a few crossings in the metro area where it is a barely-used branch line and all the crossings have are crossbucks and regular traffic lights that are of course green 99.9% of the time. Seen a few trains go through those crossings and people do wait for the red light to turn green. Funny, people have no problem crossing the tracks at gate-less crossings and they're just flashing red signals.

[miked9372]

omg omg it was a red light and they went!!!!!!!!!

[decline2state]

I would think that school buses would have to stop there, irrespective of lights, stoplights, gates, barriers, or any other provisions that might allow motor coaches and hazmat trucks to proceed. With school buses, the assumption is that if there is a track, and it has not been abandoned, there is (or may be) an out-of-control train present and the crossing signals have failed.

[Caliente726]

ive seen it cross At M-57 a couple of weeks ago

[mafarnz]

Definitely an interesting crossing!

[gaycowboy31]

I hae ridden in the cab of both of those GP35s very old school locomotives

[thomasdude]

They should have barriors.. ;)

[tfoster09]

And after the train passed, those idiots crossed the tracks not only with a red traffic light, but the crossing flashers were on too. If the lights are flashing, the road is closed. And if there is a red traffic light on top of that....wow. That goes to show how easy it is to get a drivers license in the united states.

[tfoster09]

Does the crossing have an "exempt" sign on it? If it doesn't, than it is illegal for busses and hazerdous trucks not to stop there.

[darthfurious80]

No, it is not illegal. There is a sign that is just before the railtracks that state that all buses and trucks must not stop on the green light.

[tfoster09]

Sometime after I posted this comment, I did find out that if the crossing is being protected by traffic lights, then busses and hazerdous material trucks don't have to stop there. I should have looked into that before posting ;)

[Intocable8306]

Thanks for the video!