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Ford Ave. Crossing, East Side, Wyandotte, MI Featuring CN (Ex. LMS Dash 8) 2459 3/16/08

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Uploaded by on Mar 16, 2008

This is a video of the Ford Ave. crossing in Wyandotte, MI from the East side this time. This side features Harmon 8" lights, a cantilever, and mast signal. They are all Harmon Electronics. There are 2 trains in this video, one on the 3rd track and another on the 4th track from where I'm standing. You can also see the Vinewood Ave. crossing in the distance flashing. This train was pretty long.

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  • How far are the trains from the steet level crossing before the warning lights and gates are activated.

  • Probably about a quater of a mile, but depends on how fast the train is going. There's a box in the relay case that tells how fast the train is going, and it decides when the time is right to activate the crossing. There's always about at 25 to 35 second warning. FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) requirements are for there to be a minimum 20 second warning.

  • Notice on the Gated Signal that the lights are out of sync.

  • Yep, I hate when they get like that. If you look at my video entitled "Goddard Rd. Crossing, West Side, Wyandotte, Mi 3/9/08, you'll see that crossing does it as well, and it's alot worse than this one.

  • How many trains cross that road per day? thank you

  • About 30 to 40 per day.

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  • 6 engines wow

  • Oh and why are two of the signals inactive?

  • No green! Everything is dead! lol well you recorded it in March so yeah. NIce video.

  • I can hear every train that crosses there from my house

  • that CN locomotive had a preety bad horn compared to what i usualy hear

  • what does sync mean?

  • @owensri2 You should try Woodward Ave. in Pontiac. its completely out of sync but they are on the same relay box.

  • Nice sounding bell.there's a lot of those bells here in Nc,i have a video of one.

  • I love the sound of the warning bells..A rare sound out here in the Northern California.

  • dasalotta hoppers, lol. Must not have been full if only 2 Diesel-electrics were pulling that many. Love your work owensri2, bringing back memories of the old Grand Trunk Western (now CN) line that ran through Ferndale and that area. God I miss it.

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