TSBY crossing US-127 on the rarely used Middleton branch

Caught the monthly train traveling down the Middleton branch to pick up a string of grain cars at the elevator. The traffic lights are present because buses and trucks do not stop at the tracks due to its location on a highway and the infrequent use of the line.This line once went all the way to Muskegon, but now stops about 12 miles down and is a branch line.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• TSBY
• michigan
• railroad
• Middleton
• GP35

[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

[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.

[thomasdude]

They should have barriors.. ;)

[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.

[qwandiddy]

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

[pdlsteeler1]

I'm guessing that this train is heading Westbound.

[gregtrain1]

Is this taken at highway 113?

[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

[VilquinProductions]

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

[miked9372]

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