I think I know what the problem is.. Encoding - somehow, the audio didn't encode correctly... Thus the problem. (If you re-encode and re-upload, it will probably work. By the way, the video I shot Sunday is attached.. this time an Amtrak...)
@Billblom The thing is, though, is that the video, or in this case the audio, worked fine for over a year or two, but then just went away. The other 3 or 4 vids that have no audio did the same thing. Worked great for a long while and then the audio just quit.
@Billblom Nope, no music, just the train and ambient noise. I have at least three or four vids on YouDopeyTube that have been done like this. Pisses me off!
@jbodine111 Dude.....really...... First of all I shoot what I shoot. You apparently haven't taken a look at many of my other videos, that show the whole thing front to rear. But let me bring up something more important. You have two vids showing your kids walking up and touching train cars. DANGEROUS and ILLEGAL!! Do you not understand that a train can move AT ANY TIME? Dude, do us all a favor, keep your kids away from all trains and tracks. Watch from afar! Don't give us a bad name!
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Just a wild guess, but only about 25% of ALL crossing in the United States have anything other than the crossbuck sign alerting to a grade crossing. It has been common practice from the begining of railroading in the early to mid 1800's and now required by the FRA that trains must always blow each crossing using the two long, one short, one long combination. Doesn't matter how little or how much protection is at each crossing.
Not necessarily true. There are many "no blow" crossings in the US. Normally these are equipped with quad gates that cover the entire road and upgraded electronics.
They are somewhat rare but becoming more and more common as communities become willing to spend money to reduce noise.
The "no blow" option is available upon very costly upgrades to the crossings. Once the upgrades are done, the host railroad & host community must petition the FRA for the "no blow" classification. ONLY upon FRA approval of the petition application the "no blow" zone becomes law for that crossing. I've worked on these improvement projects, & each crossing upgrade was about $330,000. The host community paid for 80% of the cost of the upgrades since they were they making the "no blow" request.
Looking back into my records, the communtiy funded 85% of the cost, the county funded 10% and they got a 5% federal grant for operation lifesaver program. These crossings did not use quadrant located gates, but used blvd islands instead, which qualify for the "no blow" program and will be less expensive over the life of the crossing. the design also included a concrete base for the tracks instead of ties to provide a better foundation for the entire crossing.
And even after all that if the power fails to the equipment ( if there is no ups) and the approaching engineer doesnt know the signals are out i cant imagine the end result will be good.
The signals at each crossing have side indicators facing the direction of the trains so that the engineer and/or conductor can veryify each crossing are indeed funcitioning properly. They have rules they must follow. I am not fully versed in the unified rules of operations to add anymore information on that end what they must do in emergency situations. I do agree a malfunction of any kind could lead to a terrible incident!
On that note yeah...I assume you are refering to the little windows cut into each individual light. I would have to say though those only work well when you have a long straight run before the crossing.
True, and crossing is a good example of the angle that really makes them ineffective, doesn't it? lol. but usually you can make them out pretty well down the line, at least far enough to know you have to really announce your approach. It won't be 20 seconds, but still should be early enough, better than nothing at all.
@303patrick because we americans are so stupid that even if the lights are blinking, the gates are down, the bell is chiming and the bright in this case oscillating headlights are racing towards us we still have the urge to go across. so our goverment tells the train company that even with all these measures to blow at the crossing. yet even whith all this we still get hit by the trains...lol we americans dont like to wait even if it means that we must die...
@303patrick The American trains horn before they crossing because of the rules and regulation that the engineers must obey (they must horn 3 times at every crossing). I am locomotive engineer and in my country, we have to horn every time when we see the whistler/horn signs or in any dangerous situations.
plenty of time. about 26 seconds from start of flashers to train entering the crossing. I think you are fooled by the zoom of the camera shot that the train was actually much further away.
@robertgift Wow..........I don't know where the sound went!!! Got to contact Youtube I guess and find out what happened. No, the track doesn't go down any street. Before this crossing, there are two others, right after this crossing for about a mile, there are 5 or 6 crossings.
@clarko95 I agree, the train was almost on top of the intersection before the gates came down. Good thing there was not a Commercial Truck in the middle of the tracks. That should not happen bit it does happen.
If you ever want to see some long signals come to south florida on the FEC. 17 seconds from activation to all gates fully descend. anywhere from 5 to 45 seconds (depending on speed) before horn sounding 4 to7 seconds from horn soundin to gate crossing. top spped 60 MPH. the wait time is longer up (up to a minute if the engine is crawling. search FEC Railway.
lol german trains dont use the horn, only if theres real danger, but not in front of crossings (they have no reason you know), but if german trains blow the horn, that sounds fucking awesome, best horn has BR 232, a 110 tons diesel engine with 2000 PS, you gotta take your hands on the ears because its so fucking loud and mindblowing XD
im with comment 2 the train was close before signals operated thats kind of dangerous great video though i like it
OSRX (1 month ago)
nope 20 seconds it was legal
The signals start sounding at :36, the gate is fully down at :48, and the train enters the crossing at 1:04. This means 28 seconds pass between the signal activation and the arrival of the train, but only 16 between the gate being fully down and the train entering the crossing. It's a bit short, IMHO.
the law is 20 seconds from the begining of the start of the signals, not the gate down. It is well within the legal requirements. Railroad signal maintaners check the operation of crossing gates all the time to make sure they are within the legal requirements. I think one thing that fools many people on here is the amount of zoom used in this long shot. as he zooms back you can see really how distant the train is.
Because it's redundant and annoying also for the bell to continue on. That's not to say that there aren't any that do continue sounding. There, in fact, are many on the CofGa main.
I know of such crossings near stations where the bells stop when the gates reach the ground.The bells go continuous outside city limits.Mind you,some railroads have trains not sound horns in city limits - only in rural areas!
If it wern't for the high hood, this video would be worthless. It has the HH though, so everything's fine.
peterandben 2 weeks ago
I think I know what the problem is.. Encoding - somehow, the audio didn't encode correctly... Thus the problem. (If you re-encode and re-upload, it will probably work. By the way, the video I shot Sunday is attached.. this time an Amtrak...)
Billblom 3 months ago
@Billblom The thing is, though, is that the video, or in this case the audio, worked fine for over a year or two, but then just went away. The other 3 or 4 vids that have no audio did the same thing. Worked great for a long while and then the audio just quit.
stagmie 3 months ago
They must have thought it was music or something. THey remove anything that the music industry says is "OURS!"
Billblom 3 months ago
@Billblom Nope, no music, just the train and ambient noise. I have at least three or four vids on YouDopeyTube that have been done like this. Pisses me off!
stagmie 3 months ago
please show me the complete train with all the engines and train cars.
jbodine111 3 months ago
@jbodine111 Dude.....really...... First of all I shoot what I shoot. You apparently haven't taken a look at many of my other videos, that show the whole thing front to rear. But let me bring up something more important. You have two vids showing your kids walking up and touching train cars. DANGEROUS and ILLEGAL!! Do you not understand that a train can move AT ANY TIME? Dude, do us all a favor, keep your kids away from all trains and tracks. Watch from afar! Don't give us a bad name!
stagmie 3 months ago
Sound is the only thing that would make this video better.
dkslfjgh 6 months ago
@dkslfjgh It had sound, for a long time. For some reason YouTube deleted it!! IDIOTS!!
stagmie 3 months ago
6 pack city
TheAquadonna 6 months ago
0:12 PUNCHBUGGY
MegaTrace22 6 months ago
@MegaTrace22 bwahahahahahaha...nice
Ivegotmymojoworkin 5 months ago
wow, a train
MrMattTornado 7 months ago
wait i dont get it.....why does this video have 300,553 views? its just a train...
lolyali 8 months ago
@lolyali Cause people are railfans. :P
briggsjos 6 months ago
*slap* White One!
legotd61 8 months ago
The audio isn't working. I get a tiny chirp at the start then it stops. but the video keeps going. Anyone else having the same issue?
briggsjos 9 months ago
@briggsjos ya i am...
bloodypandahachiroku 9 months ago
@briggsjos yep i got the same problem with the video
lotsoftrains123 7 months ago
@briggsjos yupp
dueltruck700 6 months ago
@briggsjos Because YouTube somehow deleted it.
stagmie 3 months ago
ear rape at start of the video
MegaZsolti 9 months ago
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robbthy 9 months ago
Just over 30 seconds of warning time. The FRA requires no less than 20.
Pappster85 10 months ago
nie ma głosu?
gtakrystian 10 months ago
No sound
bkchambers07 1 year ago
here comes the trains
signs come down
horn blows
awsome pic man
bobjohnsonthe3rd 1 year ago
Beautiful horn!!
SAXRTProductions 1 year ago
do they ever end??
KGzII 1 year ago
Y el audio???? estaria espectacular si se escuchara algo...
imelmann 1 year ago
Punchbug at 0:12
supercamishow 1 year ago
@supercamishow white 1
lamborghiniking26 1 year ago
Where'd the sound go? It sounded great like 3 months ago.
dcrails11 1 year ago
Where is sound?
tomashrdy 1 year ago
long train!
jasonpower1998 2 years ago
awesome!
Aero203 2 years ago 11
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UltraJoosh 2 years ago
Nice lash up of NS Power!
trainman1986 2 years ago 3
Blimey your trains dont have make some nice sounds i like it alot!!
TRACTORBOYZRULE 2 years ago
Nice K5LAR24!
graysonator123 3 years ago
Thats the first time i heard the trains horn after its locomotives crossed the crossing.
DgenerationX12345 3 years ago
I think that tere is a other crossing behind the camera
303patrick 3 years ago 4
There are SEVERAL crossing, people! This is downtown. Just sitting here thinking about it, I'd say there are at least 9 to 10 crossings.
stagmie 3 years ago
What I always Want to know is:
Why do Amarican trains horn before thay cross the crossing?
303patrick 3 years ago
Uhhmmmm........so that the drivers know that the train is coming maybe???
stagmie 3 years ago
But the drivers alraedy know that by the lights and the bells and al the other stuff on a crossing.
In the Netherlands they never horn except by danger.
303patrick 3 years ago
Just a wild guess, but only about 25% of ALL crossing in the United States have anything other than the crossbuck sign alerting to a grade crossing. It has been common practice from the begining of railroading in the early to mid 1800's and now required by the FRA that trains must always blow each crossing using the two long, one short, one long combination. Doesn't matter how little or how much protection is at each crossing.
stagmie 3 years ago
Smart American!!
303patrick 3 years ago
Not necessarily true. There are many "no blow" crossings in the US. Normally these are equipped with quad gates that cover the entire road and upgraded electronics.
They are somewhat rare but becoming more and more common as communities become willing to spend money to reduce noise.
charlieb640 2 years ago
The "no blow" option is available upon very costly upgrades to the crossings. Once the upgrades are done, the host railroad & host community must petition the FRA for the "no blow" classification. ONLY upon FRA approval of the petition application the "no blow" zone becomes law for that crossing. I've worked on these improvement projects, & each crossing upgrade was about $330,000. The host community paid for 80% of the cost of the upgrades since they were they making the "no blow" request.
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago
Excellent summary. I've seen them put in at the $250,000 range...but that was on the very low and. In addition it's been a while.
I would say that most of the ones I've been involved with were 100 percent funded by the community. However, it does vary from place to place.
charlieb640 2 years ago
Looking back into my records, the communtiy funded 85% of the cost, the county funded 10% and they got a 5% federal grant for operation lifesaver program. These crossings did not use quadrant located gates, but used blvd islands instead, which qualify for the "no blow" program and will be less expensive over the life of the crossing. the design also included a concrete base for the tracks instead of ties to provide a better foundation for the entire crossing.
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago
And even after all that if the power fails to the equipment ( if there is no ups) and the approaching engineer doesnt know the signals are out i cant imagine the end result will be good.
rd1027 2 years ago
The signals at each crossing have side indicators facing the direction of the trains so that the engineer and/or conductor can veryify each crossing are indeed funcitioning properly. They have rules they must follow. I am not fully versed in the unified rules of operations to add anymore information on that end what they must do in emergency situations. I do agree a malfunction of any kind could lead to a terrible incident!
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago
On that note yeah...I assume you are refering to the little windows cut into each individual light. I would have to say though those only work well when you have a long straight run before the crossing.
rd1027 2 years ago
True, and crossing is a good example of the angle that really makes them ineffective, doesn't it? lol. but usually you can make them out pretty well down the line, at least far enough to know you have to really announce your approach. It won't be 20 seconds, but still should be early enough, better than nothing at all.
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago
@BudmanPackfan
mrowenpie 1 year ago
@mrowenpie yes?
BudmanPackfan 1 year ago
you are correct SIR! lol only upon application and approval of a "no blow" designation does a train no longer have to blow it's horn.
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago 2
@stagmie Here in Massachusetts, individual towns can decide whether horns will be sounded at crossings.
peterpocasset 1 year ago
@stagmie unless its a "quiet" zone
miked9372 1 year ago
@303patrick because we americans are so stupid that even if the lights are blinking, the gates are down, the bell is chiming and the bright in this case oscillating headlights are racing towards us we still have the urge to go across. so our goverment tells the train company that even with all these measures to blow at the crossing. yet even whith all this we still get hit by the trains...lol we americans dont like to wait even if it means that we must die...
railfelton 1 year ago 3
@303patrick They don't need to horn at the crossings because you are talking about Netherlands, one of the most civilised country in the world.
xplaur 1 year ago
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UltraJoosh 2 years ago
@303patrick The American trains horn before they crossing because of the rules and regulation that the engineers must obey (they must horn 3 times at every crossing). I am locomotive engineer and in my country, we have to horn every time when we see the whistler/horn signs or in any dangerous situations.
xplaur 1 year ago
Nice vid. but your camera's microphone did NOT like that horn! haha
NismoFinder 3 years ago
that horn is classic freight train horn
Heyde1979 3 years ago 2
Awesome Video!
NSwannabeEngineer 3 years ago 2
what horn i sthat a k5-la?
familyguydude3123 3 years ago
Yeah.
norfolkdash9 3 years ago
I personally think that the lights and gates came down WAY to late. But, nice video.
clarko95 3 years ago 29
plenty of time. about 26 seconds from start of flashers to train entering the crossing. I think you are fooled by the zoom of the camera shot that the train was actually much further away.
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago
@clarko95 The signal timing is good. They want 25 seconds from activation to train arrival at crossing. Activation at :36. Arrival 1:03.
NO SOUND!
Does this track headown the middle of a street?
Wish we could see that.
robertgift 1 year ago
@robertgift Wow..........I don't know where the sound went!!! Got to contact Youtube I guess and find out what happened. No, the track doesn't go down any street. Before this crossing, there are two others, right after this crossing for about a mile, there are 5 or 6 crossings.
stagmie 1 year ago
@clarko95 The time at which they come down is dependent upon the speed of the train, not just the distance from the crossing.
nelsonrn 10 months ago
@clarko95 Have you heard of a telephoto lens?
BGleaves123 7 months ago
@clarko95 I agree, the train was almost on top of the intersection before the gates came down. Good thing there was not a Commercial Truck in the middle of the tracks. That should not happen bit it does happen.
SilverFox466 6 months ago
good good quality
Marcantonio12 3 years ago 4
If you ever want to see some long signals come to south florida on the FEC. 17 seconds from activation to all gates fully descend. anywhere from 5 to 45 seconds (depending on speed) before horn sounding 4 to7 seconds from horn soundin to gate crossing. top spped 60 MPH. the wait time is longer up (up to a minute if the engine is crawling. search FEC Railway.
attlevi 3 years ago 2
lol german trains dont use the horn, only if theres real danger, but not in front of crossings (they have no reason you know), but if german trains blow the horn, that sounds fucking awesome, best horn has BR 232, a 110 tons diesel engine with 2000 PS, you gotta take your hands on the ears because its so fucking loud and mindblowing XD
TheGondorian 3 years ago
"Ve haf horns worth hearing."
During steam days, we had whistles worth hearing.
Not squeaky European crap.
robertgift 3 years ago
why do american trains always sound their horns? :S like constantly lol
geon106 3 years ago
To keep from running over idiots that constantly cross in front of them.
stagmie 3 years ago
haha yeah i reckon!, here in SA they just give one blast on the approach to a level crossing, none of this rediculous continuous noise production!
frosty956 3 years ago
beautiful video
mcdm69 3 years ago 2
Good quality.
miarandall 3 years ago 2
Wow that is one loud train horn but I love the way it sounds.
Siren1000T 4 years ago 2
thats some long bars
NsRailfan083 4 years ago 4
im with comment 2 the train was close before signals operated thats kind of dangerous great video though i like it
chriscumming 4 years ago
nope 20 seconds it was legal
OSRX 3 years ago 2
chriscumming (4 months ago)
im with comment 2 the train was close before signals operated thats kind of dangerous great video though i like it
OSRX (1 month ago)
nope 20 seconds it was legal
The signals start sounding at :36, the gate is fully down at :48, and the train enters the crossing at 1:04. This means 28 seconds pass between the signal activation and the arrival of the train, but only 16 between the gate being fully down and the train entering the crossing. It's a bit short, IMHO.
decline2state 3 years ago
the law is 20 seconds from the begining of the start of the signals, not the gate down. It is well within the legal requirements. Railroad signal maintaners check the operation of crossing gates all the time to make sure they are within the legal requirements. I think one thing that fools many people on here is the amount of zoom used in this long shot. as he zooms back you can see really how distant the train is.
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago
the horn sounds like the trains in half life 2
NEXT300 4 years ago 2
it seems the signals went on late i meen the train was very close
trainz675 4 years ago
Nope....there was at least 10 seconds. The train was approaching too slow.
PhysStud2006 4 years ago 2
20 is the law and it went by at 21 seconds. Prefectly legal
OSRX 3 years ago 3
Is that the only diamond in Sylacauga or are there others?
pegleg7777 4 years ago 2
That's it.
stagmie 4 years ago
Love that horn!!!
lotusbandicoot 4 years ago 2
Who doesn't?
finnishminnow 2 years ago
The horn sounds for the Hwy. 21 grade crossing here, not for the diamond.
stagmie 4 years ago
Very nice!
CSXDan 4 years ago 2
nice horn
hograil7416 4 years ago 2
I"ve got a question Why do railroad crosings go down late?
slickvic23 4 years ago
Horn sounds 4 times - 2 long,one short,1 looonnggg!
bmet47 4 years ago
THE RAILROAD CROSSING WENT DOWN LATE
slickvic23 4 years ago
Actually, no it didn't, it activates according to the speed of the train.
stagmie 4 years ago
NS runs a lot of high hood SD40's
Yomobdiba 4 years ago 2
Was that a GP9 i saw?
buntik1687 4 years ago
No, that was a SD40.
stagmie 4 years ago
Yes,at first I thought it was a GP7
mrbassfisherman 4 years ago
why does the sound of bell stop rite wen the guard arm blocks road?why not continue on?
funtime12345678 4 years ago
Because it's redundant and annoying also for the bell to continue on. That's not to say that there aren't any that do continue sounding. There, in fact, are many on the CofGa main.
stagmie 4 years ago
I know of such crossings near stations where the bells stop when the gates reach the ground.The bells go continuous outside city limits.Mind you,some railroads have trains not sound horns in city limits - only in rural areas!
bmet47 4 years ago
Actually in Cresson, Pennsylvana at a place called Carney's Crossing they have a crossing where the bell stops and it's away from homes and such.
NSHorseheadSD70 4 years ago
I love di::omands
blinkingblythe 4 years ago
That was one heck of a good sounding horn!
lotusbandicoot 4 years ago
Yes indeed.
finnishminnow 2 years ago
Volkswagen bettle :)
nm3135 5 years ago
Your microphone can't take to hardcore 5 chime horn, LOL!
stevekatkus 5 years ago