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Creepy Railroad Crossing Gates (Malfunctioning)

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Uploaded by on Aug 5, 2008

Just a few moments of the wacky up-and-down gates in the middle of nowhere. No doubt a result of the violent thunderstorms and lightening in the area for a day. Eek!

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  • Just for those who are not aware, I am in the passenger seat filming. My friend is driving and is the one talking. And we were both very well aware that the gates and lights were glitched by the storm, not an "invisible death train." We were being safe by waiting for them to go up, so spare me the silly accusations. :)

  • "Yeah go around me, Ass. I wish you would get hit by a train..."

    Too funny!

  • Haha, yes that was my friend Jenny. :)

  • why it's Raining & Thundering

  • lol

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  • Yeah you're smart! Only idiots try to go around train crossing gates!

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  • Question: Is it illegal to hold up a crossing gate when it's down and the lights are going off, even if it is malfunctioning? Because some jackass just did that.

  • Wounder how a storm triggered the gates to malfunction. Something to ask a signal maintainer

  • Do you happen to know where this is?

    From a NW railfan

  • If its a work crew chases are it wouldn't go up and down however; it would stay down then go up again immediately afterwards so it could instead have been electrical failure which grounds the wire inside the rail and 'affixes' the signal saying there is a train on the tracks when there isn't.

  • close encounters of the 3rd kind?

  • It's illegal to pass any downed gates in the state I live in

  • @HeinzBeard I highly doubt that. Storms often drive these poor railroad crossing systems crazy lol. Its like giving a cat catnip. The signals act drunk when in storms. Happens all the time here in Culpeper, VA. Lightning along with the unstable electrical charges in the air and atmosphere are the reason for this. During storms involving lightning, the ground often becomes electrically charged (Grounded) which will activate the trigger circuit for crossings. Simple.

  • Turbulent weather messes with the crossings on older train detection setups.

  • What's the song that's playing in the background?? anyone know?

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