I think it's sort of strange that the foreground gates went down. The have the censer operate both gates. If there is no train on the foreground track...gates should be up. It looks like a malfunction though. It is very rare that both tracks would have a train on them at the same time. The background track is the mainline and the foreground track is just a siding. But if there were trains on both tracks..why would they care if you were between the two crossings? It really wouldnt matter.
I think it's that they don't want you to be in between the two crossings when a train is going by. But the gate to the left doesn't need to go down, especially if someone is stuck on the other crossing. I would expect that if a train passed by on the track in the foreground, that both front gates would be down, and the left gate in the background. The right gate in the background would stay up, just in case someone gets stuck in between.
That is exactly right. The crossings that I go to do the same thing. It prevents cars from getting stopped on the non active crossing in case the non active becomes active.
Actually, that's how it's set up in a crossing near me. One of the tracks is abandoned while the other track is still active. As a result, the lights on the abandoned crossing don't lower, but the lights flash when there's a train on the active crossing. The active crossing has gates and those do lower on both sides. I'm pretty sure it works in reverse if the abandoned crossing was still active.
No. The gate was up in the foreground to allow cars to proceed through in the opposing direction since there was no train on the track to begin with. That's why both gates are down on the background crossing. I'm pretty sure it works in reverse.
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penncentral100 1 week ago
Because there is no train on that track evilfurrybunny, and to johnjackstif railroads don't want people to stop on the front tracks
justindtrout 3 months ago
i wonder why 1 of the gates would not go down?
EVILFURRYBUNNY 5 months ago
@EVILFURRYBUNNY One gate doesn't go down to let people escape the entrapment.
MainlineProductions2 4 hours ago
whyd the close gate go down with no train?
johnjackstif 5 months ago
i noticed one of the gate arms didnt go down, was that are malfunctioning?
Barricade360 5 months ago
This is North East, PA? Which crossing, I lived there for 4 years.
MNsportsnut 1 year ago
Gates go down so early because Amtrak blasts through this area at 80.
cbehr91 1 year ago
I think it's sort of strange that the foreground gates went down. The have the censer operate both gates. If there is no train on the foreground track...gates should be up. It looks like a malfunction though. It is very rare that both tracks would have a train on them at the same time. The background track is the mainline and the foreground track is just a siding. But if there were trains on both tracks..why would they care if you were between the two crossings? It really wouldnt matter.
Mafioso27th 2 years ago
Was the crossing in the foreground malfunctioning?
GalacticTempest 2 years ago
I think it's that they don't want you to be in between the two crossings when a train is going by. But the gate to the left doesn't need to go down, especially if someone is stuck on the other crossing. I would expect that if a train passed by on the track in the foreground, that both front gates would be down, and the left gate in the background. The right gate in the background would stay up, just in case someone gets stuck in between.
That's my guess, I could be wrong.
KokkeiMizu 2 years ago
your guess is correct to the best of my knowledge - its an innovative concept that might just save a life.
nhlives 2 years ago
That is exactly right. The crossings that I go to do the same thing. It prevents cars from getting stopped on the non active crossing in case the non active becomes active.
jpaufsc 2 years ago
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!:)
GalacticTempest 2 years ago
Actually, that's how it's set up in a crossing near me. One of the tracks is abandoned while the other track is still active. As a result, the lights on the abandoned crossing don't lower, but the lights flash when there's a train on the active crossing. The active crossing has gates and those do lower on both sides. I'm pretty sure it works in reverse if the abandoned crossing was still active.
GrnArrow092 2 years ago
No. The gate was up in the foreground to allow cars to proceed through in the opposing direction since there was no train on the track to begin with. That's why both gates are down on the background crossing. I'm pretty sure it works in reverse.
GrnArrow092 2 years ago
Drivers are not allowed to cross when Gates are down, even if there is no train
hypersaiyangoku 2 years ago