@nsrailfann4life91 i also noticed the gate is to slow, or the train is to fast, cuz the gate part went down, and the train was right there a second after, i think the timing has to be fixed, usaly the train gets there a few seconds after, not right when the gate is down
@gregrocks66 If the train is moving slow like this, the gate will not be triggered until the fall-back sensors can pick up the movement. The fall-back sensors are normally set about 20-30 meters away from the crossing allowing slow moving trains to trigger the gate earlier tham this, but the fall-back sensors for this gate were only 8-10 meters away!
@gregrocks66 I takes ALOT and I mean ALOT of weight to set off one of the sensors. Trucks and MOW vehicles cant even set them off. You would have to weigh about 200,000-300,000 pounds.
@nsrailfann4life91 Though some crossings may work by weight sensors, most work by electric circuitry, not by the weight. When a train comes in contact with sensors, the solid steel axle completes the circuit. Most of your small hy-rail trucks don't have a solid axle between the rail wheels, same with some MOW equipment, thus they don't make a circuit to activate the lights. Bigger and heaver equipment, and some large trucks have a solid steel axle, so they are able to activate the crossing.
What game is this on?
Techgeek564 5 months ago
@Techgeek564 MSTS
nsrailfann4life91 5 months ago
does amtrak come bye here or not
mommabeardee 7 months ago
That's the only problem with Ricks signals. I wish they were fool proof where that wouldn't happen.
Andrewsaxamophone 8 months ago
FAKE!
lanegane1 11 months ago
@lanegane1 Duh. It's a game. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. That was a wasted comment, dude.
nsrailfann4life91 11 months ago 5
the rail road croosing bar needs a new bar
mommabeardee 1 year ago
@mommabeardee Thats possible.
nsrailfann4life91 1 year ago
wow, that gate needs to get fixed
gregrocks66 1 year ago
@gregrocks66 Yea lol. I saw this not too far from where I live. The lights were all out of whack. The real gate has since been fixed.
nsrailfann4life91 1 year ago
@nsrailfann4life91 i also noticed the gate is to slow, or the train is to fast, cuz the gate part went down, and the train was right there a second after, i think the timing has to be fixed, usaly the train gets there a few seconds after, not right when the gate is down
gregrocks66 1 year ago
@gregrocks66 If the train is moving slow like this, the gate will not be triggered until the fall-back sensors can pick up the movement. The fall-back sensors are normally set about 20-30 meters away from the crossing allowing slow moving trains to trigger the gate earlier tham this, but the fall-back sensors for this gate were only 8-10 meters away!
nsrailfann4life91 1 year ago
@nsrailfann4life91 prety intresting, cuz i honestly dont know all this, i dont even know how to set the censors off, cuz i tried a few years ago, lol
gregrocks66 1 year ago
@gregrocks66 I takes ALOT and I mean ALOT of weight to set off one of the sensors. Trucks and MOW vehicles cant even set them off. You would have to weigh about 200,000-300,000 pounds.
nsrailfann4life91 1 year ago
@nsrailfann4life91 wow, see, i thought if something slides on the rail it sets off
gregrocks66 1 year ago
@gregrocks66 Nope. Its a little bit harder than that lol.
nsrailfann4life91 1 year ago
@nsrailfann4life91 haha, explains why nothing ever happend, lol
gregrocks66 1 year ago
@gregrocks66 Yea lol.
nsrailfann4life91 1 year ago
@nsrailfann4life91 Though some crossings may work by weight sensors, most work by electric circuitry, not by the weight. When a train comes in contact with sensors, the solid steel axle completes the circuit. Most of your small hy-rail trucks don't have a solid axle between the rail wheels, same with some MOW equipment, thus they don't make a circuit to activate the lights. Bigger and heaver equipment, and some large trucks have a solid steel axle, so they are able to activate the crossing.
trainman6944 7 months ago