*Brand New S60+ Barriers* Golden High Hedges Level Crossing (Lincolnshire) Monday 10.06.2024

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

I'm so happy the new barriers are installed! Nice one as always

[@EWSTrains]

I noticed these when I went that way on recent railtour to Skegness on 8th June

[@ABTrainsYT]

I’ve not been to this crossing in years, not much seems to have changed. Hope to revisit this one one day 👍

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Great video and crossing 👍

[@jackmctaggartfm8087]

Interesting new style

[@ElectraProductions225]

Great video, it's certainly interesting. Will be keeping an eye on the others to see if anything with them changes. Also strange to see a tailring...

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Thanks mate, yes if you hear anything then let me know. This is bound to be the start of some if not all of the crossings on this line to get these. Can’t imagine they would do them all tbh. Although these crossings were originally installed around the same time in 2014 when they opened. Although I do think these are cool, quite surprised they didn’t want to upgrade it with SPX. And yeah I didn’t notice it was doing the tailring till the second to last closure.

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Excellent Videos! Never seen that before but it looks nice! 👍🏻👍🏻 Would like to try and go one day.

[@AdamR1985]

Nice catch!!

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Cheers matey. 😁

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

A much better improvement from the originals. A bit more noisy than the old ones, but a lot more sturdier. At least they could preserve the older models at heritage railways in future...

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

Not everything is gonna get preserved you know

[@levelcrossingcreations3731]

Lol they certainly won't preserve them. There is not enough interest in just barriers themselves, like the MK1 barriers on the west of England line. They WONT be preserved

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

@@levelcrossingcreations3731 Oh, we'll see about that. Wait till one of us trainspotters gets hold of some old equipment...

[@MGRinger02]

These look cool! These definitely seem more sturdier and robust than the 1st Generation models. Hopefully these are a lot more wind resistant too, given the nature and history of the area and the crossing (it's probably the reason why they were fitted here first tbf).

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Yeah I know right. I thought the exact same thing, except it was clear and lightly breezy when I was there. On this stretch of line you can literally hear freight trains approaching like 10 mins before they go off on a clear Night. And these barrier Mechs are still fitted with the fork so there’s maybe a chance that it will still be affected by the wind. Will have to wait and see. And yes that’s defo probably the reason why this one has been done first. How open the area is round there.

[@FlashingRedProductions]

I’ve been waiting to see an up-close video of this! I’ll admit, I had no idea about this new variant of the S60s until the other day so I was somewhat surprised when I first saw them. Those look a hell of a lot chunkier than the original S60 models.

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Yeah there certainly interesting aren’t they? I had no idea about them at all, first saw them when I got out my car last night. When I saw a photo of these barriers here I could only see the arms. So imagined that it had the same barriers as Lydney Junction and A48 bypass. And yeah so much different and sturdier looking. Perhaps much more wind resistant as we all know this crossing is not the best at coping with 🤣.

[@JohnsLCandtrains]

I must admit, these are quite weird and unique at the same time. Hopefully when I’m back in Lincolnshire next year, I might take a spin down here!

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Definitely! There may be more by then lol.

[@ArticSpy]

Interesting to see the UK still has those 4 barrier type crossings (or is adapting them?), in the Netherlands we had those for a while in a few places and decided to ditch the concept because too many got trapped inside because they were stupid... or the radar system for detecting people didn't work properly.

[@EdwardLevelCrossings]

Very unusual barriers!

[@TheRealTrains806UK]

Nice!

[@Southeast-planes-trains]

@JTCrossingsUK does this crossing have obstacle detection? I presume so as I can see those camera looking things behind the wig wags, and when all 4 barriers were lowered, on the other side of the crossing was that camera looking things with a flashing light which I presume is Infrared, so do you think its OD?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Noice videos. Hopefully this isnt the only site they're installed at.

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Thanks mate, as long as they don’t install them at Metheringham, Scopwick or Rowston I don’t care haha.

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video and crossing! Those arms definitely look bizarre attached to a Siemens gate mech, though I suppose that is a way to standardize parts a bit... I will say I do prefer the look of the original arms, lol.

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Thanks matey, everything about these barriers are new. Was gob smacked when I first saw this, and saw how they operate. From the photo I was sent of this. Cos I could only see the barrier arms. I thought it got the same barriers as the Lydney crossings on the Dean Forest Railway.

[@RTtrainsYT]

Yayyyy new barriers!!!

[@RTtrainsYT]

@@SouthWestCrossingsUK ye it does

[@EWSTrains]

Stoneblower on 6U34 would be DR80214

[@davidarmurray]

What is the long arm under some wig wags,is it a sensor for something?

[@JTCrossingsUK]

It’s a camera. So signallers can see the lights are working.

[@davidarmurray]

Thank you so much, always wondered what it was.

[@Alfieslevelcrossings]

Them barriers look weird. Im guessing their gonna be used at future crossings. Not 100% sure though. Great video either way!

[@JTCrossingsUK]

They do lol. Atm these are being tested so they will prob start to roll out in the coming months.

[@Alfieslevelcrossings]

​@@JTCrossingsUKOh ok cool! Strange how it also tailrings.

[@DPTrains]

WWWHHHAAAATTTTT is that? looks odd but cool!

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

I think the barrier arms are an upgraded version of the Schweizer barriers at the Dean Forest Railway.

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Exactly my thought when I first saw them last night. I think there well cool but do prefer the originals.

[@BRLCATUK]

They don’t look as that bad as i thought they would but I prefer the first generation.

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

I profer neither geniration

[@BRLCATUK]

@@SouthWestCrossingsUK I meant I’d rather first more than second

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Ahh so you knew about these then? Never seen them or heard anything about them till I saw them for myself in person. And yes I do prefer the originals.

[@BRLCATUK]

@@JTCrossingsUK seen a video of it on a passing train

[@tube1983official]

What was Network Rail smoking when they installed these 😂

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Something strong 😵, but it paid off I think 😂

[@tube1983official]

@@JTCrossingsUK lol

[@roboftherock]

'Unusual'; 'Odd'; 'an Improvement'; 'Appalling'; 'a Disgrace'; 'Fat and Ugly'; 'Bizarre'; 'Weird'. Some of the descriptions of this crossing. I wonder why such diverse opinions. They are just barriers whose purpose is to save drivers from themselves. I wonder about the formula used to compute the 'down time'. They are, in seq. 2'43, 2'40, 2'07 and 1'35. Is daylight a factor? I can understand why a certain class of driver would wiggle through a half-barrier protection with these wait times. You realised that your camera wasn't up to handling the low light conditions. A suitable remedy was nearby. 😀

[@JPLCUK]

Nice video Joe them barriers are so fat and ugly

[@JTCrossingsUK]

They’re certainly fat, but wouldn’t call them ugly haha. They are much more sturdy than the originals, and look so heavy, but there hollow.

[@JPLCUK]

@JTCrossingsUK I can kinds see why they replaced them because when you filmed this a few years ago it was on a right state so i suppose there more stronger now but its probably going to kill the motor on how heavy they are

[@JTCrossingsUK]

@@JPLCUKYeah this crossing was never the best at being able to cope with the wind. Never knew another crossing so appalling on this line lol. Got to have something to do with the fact this area is so open. But these barrier mechs will be designed different therefore able to handle the weight. There probably not as heavy as they look.

[@JPLCUK]

@@JTCrossingsUK yeah do you think all of the S60 crossings would get them now?

[@JTCrossingsUK]

@@JPLCUKI hope not, but maybe over time.

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

Great video, but what a disgrace

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Thank you. Not to bad I don’t think.

[@levelcrossingcreations3731]

If Bombardier was in partnership with siemens 😂🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Yes definitely. 🤣

[@levelcrossingcreations3731]

@JTCrossingsUK the old ones were so weak they needed brackets for wind protection. The S60+ doesn't need these anymore I don't think

[@levelcrossingcreations3731]

@JTCrossingsUK BTW when your devon videos coming out? 👀

[@JTCrossingsUK]

@@levelcrossingcreations3731yeah they were, very flimsy. Think that’s why they weren’t spread out that much cos of there unreliability. One of the workers who did Rowston told me just after it got done that there were plans to upgrade every crossing in the UK with them barriers but that certainly aged quickly. Must of realised quite early on that they weren’t the best. And SPX are still the way forward haha. And the start of the SW videos will start on the 28th June, did North West & North East videos from Monday to Friday in April. Then South West Saturday and Sunday.

[@levelcrossingcreations3731]

@JTCrossingsUK They are appalling barriers🤣 OK cool, look forward to seeing you film in my local area again