Railroad crossing arms close on Petaluma couple's car at green light - Northwestern Pacific Railroad Network2024-03-29T05:56:58Zhttp://nwprr.net/forum/topics/railroad-crossing-arms-close-on-petaluma-couple-s-car-at-green-li?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=no Better yet.......Put a large…tag:nwprr.net,2012-12-15:3290209:Comment:901862012-12-15T17:47:53.884Zjbriograndehttp://nwprr.net/profile/jbriogrande
<p> Better yet.......Put a larger plow on the front end of the lead locomotive.</p>
<p> Better yet.......Put a larger plow on the front end of the lead locomotive.</p> duh???tag:nwprr.net,2012-12-14:3290209:Comment:898182012-12-14T19:35:03.234Zmel perryhttp://nwprr.net/profile/melperry
<p>duh???</p>
<p>duh???</p> What do you do at a blinking…tag:nwprr.net,2012-12-14:3290209:Comment:897112012-12-14T04:57:58.238ZRoger Graeberhttp://nwprr.net/profile/RogerGraeber
<p>What do you do at a blinking Red light, you stop. A railroad bilinking crossing lite is a stop light. If you watch the crossing lights and arms you will find that the lights come on first, then the gate arm comes down.</p>
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<p>You are right the green traffic light is to help clear the tracks. As long as you are clear of the gate you should not follow the green light, but follow the blinking red light.</p>
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<p>The crossing signals are set in a mode that the train has to get…</p>
<p>What do you do at a blinking Red light, you stop. A railroad bilinking crossing lite is a stop light. If you watch the crossing lights and arms you will find that the lights come on first, then the gate arm comes down.</p>
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<p>You are right the green traffic light is to help clear the tracks. As long as you are clear of the gate you should not follow the green light, but follow the blinking red light.</p>
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<p>The crossing signals are set in a mode that the train has to get really close to the street before the signals activate. Because of this the trains have to stop before every crossing in the SMART work area. The train can not blow its horn untill the gates come down. This has slowed the train down considerably</p>
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<p> </p> At that particular crossing…tag:nwprr.net,2012-12-11:3290209:Comment:893762012-12-11T23:09:20.656Zjbriograndehttp://nwprr.net/profile/jbriogrande
<p> At that particular crossing coming down D street from West to East the intersection is West of the tracks. Autos are not to stop on the tracks or under the arms of the gates. On the East side of the tracks there is not room for an auto to squeeze in between the rails and Lakeville. This gal was evidently stopped underneath the crossing arms (not too smart). Furthermore,....the intersection should be all red when a train approaches, except for a flashing yellow for eastbound on D on the…</p>
<p> At that particular crossing coming down D street from West to East the intersection is West of the tracks. Autos are not to stop on the tracks or under the arms of the gates. On the East side of the tracks there is not room for an auto to squeeze in between the rails and Lakeville. This gal was evidently stopped underneath the crossing arms (not too smart). Furthermore,....the intersection should be all red when a train approaches, except for a flashing yellow for eastbound on D on the East side of Lakeville. A sign on D would be helpful....in large letters....DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS....and maybe the traffic signal should be placed in front of the West facing gates</p> All I can say is with all the…tag:nwprr.net,2012-12-10:3290209:Comment:896232012-12-10T17:21:26.051ZRichard A Custerhttp://nwprr.net/profile/RichardACuster
<p>All I can say is with all the track work happen around, I'm guessing the crossing gates are not track wired right at this time so when the train hits the crossing gate circuit it's not time right, so the gates drop down onto the cars driving by when they have green lights to go?</p>
<p>All I can say is with all the track work happen around, I'm guessing the crossing gates are not track wired right at this time so when the train hits the crossing gate circuit it's not time right, so the gates drop down onto the cars driving by when they have green lights to go?</p> From my experience, traffic l…tag:nwprr.net,2012-12-10:3290209:Comment:894542012-12-10T06:58:03.443ZJordanhttp://nwprr.net/profile/jordanism22
<p>From my experience, traffic lights turn green whenever crossing activate to clear the tracks of any cars that may be fouling the tracks, at least that's how it is in my territory.</p>
<p>From my experience, traffic lights turn green whenever crossing activate to clear the tracks of any cars that may be fouling the tracks, at least that's how it is in my territory.</p>