Crossing Gate Smashes into the ground! Gate Malfunction!

This gate on New Bridge Road in Bergenfield, NJ was having this issue for about a day, so we decided to go take a look for our selfs. Once the gates would activate, the gate would fall down, turning into a complete free fall. Dangerous for cars, and in the end, very bad for the crossing signals. If a car was to try and beat the gates, that could do some serious damage. CSX was informed shortly after I left, and would be worked on and fixed the following day. The whole gate arm would need to be changed from the force of the impact many times over, but it was finally back to normal!

[@lmsrail]

3, 2, 1, TIMBER!! Good thing they finally got that fixed! I couldn’t imagine what would happen to a car being under that gate!

[@csxrailfan45]

Lol 😂! Yes I agree Lance! Lucky though that wouldn’t have to happen.

[@zianmo2746]

@@csxrailfan45 they many trens

[@safetran50]

Or worse a person

[@apronchaperon]

That's some flexible gate.

[@csxrailfan45]

Lol yep. Thanks for watching!

[@46fd04]

If a driver lost a windshield here, he'd never try to beat another train. When I get honked at, I don't move for another 15 seconds (or more sometimes 😂).

[@csxrailfan45]

Lol it’s so true! 😂 That will be a pretty good lesson! That’s one way to do things, people like that Deserve to wait longer lol

[@TheRailroadCrossingChannel]

You don’t see that type of malfunction everyday! Also...is no one going to mention how impatient those drivers are!!!

[@csxrailfan45]

Yeah really! I know, the car at the end doesn't move in three seconds and everyone starts beeping.

[@litteraly_no]

Agreed

[@TheBoyFnfG_Alt]

@@csxrailfan45 THE CROSSING WILL BROKE WHEN IT DO THAT!

[@boontonlinerailfan6159]

Nice catch...we know that guy in the leather jacket who went over to look at the gate..he's always there..lol

[@csxrailfan45]

Thank you! Yes that’s true, he’s always around somewhere there 😂

[@ghostface3302]

0:37 I guess the gate arm is tired for doing this a lot of times

[@csxrailfan45]

Thanks for watching! Lol yeah 😂

[@Fnfgirlfriend_bfbabe]

@@csxrailfan45 Wow might the semi is going in 230 mph and hit that gate hard always lol

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@@Fnfgirlfriend_bfbabe semis can’t go that fast

[@kcsbuff9411]

Wow, I’ve never seen that before!

[@csxrailfan45]

I sure haven't either, and for good reasons LOL.

[@captainethan8932]

0:45 when I hit something

[@LRSX]

Do not pass go do not collect 200 dollars lol. That one guy look confused lolol. Nice trains!

[@csxrailfan45]

Yep lol! Thanks for watching man!

[@orionharmon6017]

0:44 That gate just drop down like it couldn't even lowered down slowly instead because it must've been a bad malfunction. The gate almost broke anyway when it dropped down to the ground like that.

[@cornelius2227]

Somebody better check the kinks inside those gates, cuz nobody’s payin’ no thousand for them dang railroad signaling device repairs.

[@PattyCruz-du9by]

The honking at the end 😂😂😂

[@TomZ23]

Yeah! Some very impatient drivers.

[@mg123rules]

When the gate takes its job seriously props

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

I like the theme song in the beginning and the ending of the video

[@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907]

0:32 YOU AINT GETTING PASS ME BOI

[@csxrailfan45]

yep lol

[@FreedomtowerStudios]

This crossing is in serous need of an upgrade, and i was told that sometime next year, it will be getting new gate mechs and cantilevers

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Ideally you should call the emergency number on the crossing bungalow or the blue sign below the red lights themselves.

[@aostlund27]

I filmed at this crossing a few days ago, they completely replaced the gate mechanism that caused this hold clear malfunction. The arms however are attached to the new mechanism

[@csxrailfan45]

Yep they totally changed it, works now.

[@kaseyaldrich4746]

No need to change the mech. And it wasn’t ahold clear problem. It’s the motor brushes.

[@kaseyaldrich4746]

That’s not what a hold clear is for. The problem is a motor brush. A hold clear is only used to hold a gate up. Once it releases it free spins. The downward motion is slowed by the brushes in the motor. The hold clear has nothing to do with the gate dropping

[@weeardguy]

@@kaseyaldrich4746 If this is a motor-brush issue, I would not expect the gate to go back up so easy, while it looked fine doing so. Brushes aren't directional. I think this is a switch problem: switches on the axle the gate is attached to actuate on the position of the gate itself and either use resistors or a special sequence of shorting windings on the motor to brake the descent.

[@kaseyaldrich4746]

@@weeardguy I cant tell you how many times I’ve pulled out dirty brushes and just blown the carbon off and out of the motor, after pushing the gate back up. Also stood there and replaced pawls and ratchet wheels. I don’t say these things because I made it up, I say them because I’ve taken these calls one to many times. You’re never going to take a call that is absolutely the same as the last one or the next one you’ll take. Could it be the brushes? Absolutely. Could it be something else? Absolutely. Thats why we try and tell the younger guys to pull your brushes on atleast a quarterly, clean your contacts, watch for arcing, and if you came figure out, call one of your adjoining maintainers regardless of what time it is.

[@GummyMario8559]

Railroad Crossings When He Excited To See The Train!

[@singlepayer]

That arm ain’t messing around. “You shall not pass!!!”

[@damariscortes2126]

That was a little hilarious when I try to lift up a pedestrian railroad crossing gate

[@molossis]

nice catch of those old looking 12x20 inch lights

[@s.bullet7052]

Oops!!! 🤣

[@horroreader410]

Signal Maintainer Here. Rare issue but easy to fix. Easiest way to put is the feedback resistors are either blown to shit or WAY the hell out of calibration since both the road gate and ped gate both are hooked to the same gear relay. Simple fix tho. If it’s out of calibration, a simple 50° twist on the resistor nuts will tighten it and buffer the drop speed. If it’s blow, replace it. I always keep a few spares in my high-railer.

[@csxrailfan45]

That’s awesome that you work for the railroad and found this. Very true. Thanks for watching!

[@horroreader410]

@@csxrailfan45 Thanks for posting it! I love watching malfunction videos haha. Fun to try and diagnose them without being able to open the mechs or see the relays

[@jamestrainsandmore9117]

Nice video! I remember seeing that happen! Most likely the gears were worn out.

[@csxrailfan45]

Thanks James!

[@Fnfgirlfriend_bfbabe]

@@csxrailfan45 yay

[@B0lt83SR]

The Crossing in Sainte Genevieve Missouri used to do that but they fixed it

[@Survivor1547]

Those lights reminded me of Seaboard System days in 1982

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

That gate smacks the ground too hard!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kingchris8255]

What kind of lights are those?

[@Ploryandyoopfan]

The gate mafunion was not even working with the gate

[@conraillock1299]

Crossing gate YOU SHALL NOT PASS

[@UnionPacific2014_]

Oh and by the way how did you do that

[@mikeb6902]

5:53 a little bit impatient aren't we? I believe by law if the lights are still flashing, you're not allowed to cross the tracks. But the time between the lights not flashing and the horns was nearly instantaneous.

[@NateTheGreat1684]

5:53, wow no patience at all

[@csxrailfan45]

I know right, everyone must have some really TV shows there gonna miss lol.

[@anthonyholmes195]

That's where the live feed is

[@csxrailfan45]

Same here lol

[@anthonyholmes195]

@@csxrailfan45 Funny thing I called it in & it was already fixed

[@jackransom1018]

Where is this? The way the traffic lights look. I’d guess either Indiana or NJ

[@csxrailfan45]

Good guess, this is Bergenfield, New Jersey

[@KnoxBeGaming]

Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding- CRASH!

[@conraillock1299]

What's your intro theme named?

[@RedlineRevingVirtualTuning]

What’s with the honking at the end?

[@drewjames808]

What picture is that?

[@FloridaRailfanKid803]

That's crazy

[@LegendaryRadioJock]

Wouldn't hurt the windshield because of how windshields are constructed. They are two pieces of glass with a laminated film in between. The gate would just bounce right off...

[@giftmafu4882]

I now have concerns about the lights in the cantilever

[@silverado15]

great video of the CSX the crossing gate added some drama for you

[@csxrailfan45]

Thanks Silverado 15! I appreciate your comment and yes it was!

[@house8550]

5:53 look car horn

[@silverado15]

@@house8550 heard the horn thanks

[@ConnorTheRailfan2306]

Why were they honking?

[@silverado15]

@@ConnorTheRailfan2306 dont know maybe you know csxraifan45

[@airulperdanarailfans4066]

Nice video my friend

[@csxrailfan45]

Thanks Airul Marsya!

[@LTZRS1]

​@@csxrailfan45why did the cars honk tho? At you?

[@FloridaRailfanKid803]

I bet that if the railroad crossing gate was to break somebody's windshield They would never try to beat another train across the train tracks

[@robertgift]

Why not inform the railroad immediately? The steady lamp at 3:30 should be athend of the gate. Or is that a pedestrian gate?

[@NSNS-qp7oc]

That would have surprised any railfan! Did you know about it when you got there?

[@csxrailfan45]

It sure would have been, but I actually went there to go see it!

[@Fnfgirlfriend_bfbabe]

@@csxrailfan45 see more signals like this!

[@rdanscale3416]

Well not sure why The RailRoads Dropped the Prop Rod but But Crossing Gates use to have Prop Rods as the Gate lowered the Rod was there to help support the Gate but in the situation of this Gate it would probably smash the Gate and Prop Rod both maybe CSX can help this Chick by fixing its Wing and its interior components.. lucky no one was near this Gate might of hurt a bystander..

[@csxrailfan45]

Yes that would have helped stop in from hitting the ground, but still would do damage to the rod. CSX did fix it the next day and no one was hurt, luckily, like you said.

[@kaseyaldrich4746]

Because they aren’t needed. That’s a simple fix

[@finnythao1548]

Looks like the gate saver doesn’t do very much

[@CaptianNamco]

Bad gate mechanism or gate maybe loose after hitting the ground like that this would normally happen if the mechanism messed up when a gate drops that fast gate mechanism is definitely bad

[@csxrailfan45]

Yes I think so too, hopefully they fully replace it soon.

[@CaptianNamco]

@@csxrailfan45 I hope so too cause that can be dangerous

[@kaseyaldrich4746]

@@CaptianNamco it’s not a gate mech issue. It’s the motor brushes being dirty or worn down. Simple

[@CTR82]

The pedestrian gate also malfunction too

[@KaciCooperations]

Probably the gates are broken or the gates are not correctly

[@Software_Issue]

0:47 BANG! Bang! bang. bang.

[@Brianrockrailfan]

liked video 👍😮

[@csxrailfan45]

Thank you for your support man!

[@HarrisonPeloso]

Time to make a compilation video of crossing gates getting mad at the ground

[@kaseyaldrich4746]

Pretty simple fix. Nine times out of then the motor brushes are bad or dirty and that’s what causes this. Super simple

[@jamestrainsandmore9117]

I’m not sure, the gate mechanism did get replaced.

[@kingstonnyrailfan4670]

that gate really wants them to stop Lol

[@csxrailfan45]

Haha

[@jbvideos6605]

If the railroad couldn’t get that SOB fixed, that’s on them

[@dion728]

Can it up perfectly

[@CWR_56]

That snub circuit aint working! Probably broke the horizontal buffer in the process.

[@UnionPacific2014_]

Nice music

[@cesarmagana806]

I don’t understand why they are honking knowing the risk of the gate maybe falling again. Man people these days are impatient.

[@litteraly_no]

Bang!

[@SevenYtofficial_]

OMG RARE LIGHTS! Ok I’m chill but they are cool (I don’t understand myself 🤷

[@seethabharathi5406]

R.I.P This crossing

[@ThePappas33]

Somebody stole the counterweight on the bottom of the gate probably took him to the scrap yard and got paid some money for that heavy ass Steel

[@mansursher1764]

gee that gate sure is viloent that could smack someones head under that gate

[@bigiron2572]

Ironically, that’s the one near my area

[@christopherdibble5872]

Still they should, STOP, LOOK, LISTEN the train ALWAYS WINS!

[@orionharmon6017]

5:52 Some driver must've told the other driver to go when the car horns has honked because the gate is raised up.

[@csxrailfan45]

Yep, people cant wait at all now a days.

[@mtgau2000]

cool, That once happened to me xD

[@cole5282]

!!! What was all that car honking after the gates went up ???!!!

[@csxrailfan45]

People don’t have Patients lol

[@cole5282]

@@csxrailfan45 heh ikr

[@drewjames808]

The gate 😢

[@acorgionyoutubea.c.o.y.5231]

The fact is the floor got *bonked* by a train sign

[@rarleyposting5546]

It makes people stop tho. But someone could sue the company for damaging their car.

[@tucobenedicto109]

snub resistor did not cut in.

[@dasenbrajkovic5123]

slam !!!!

[@csxrailfan45]

yes!

[@trainwhispererproductions460]

b o n k

[@csxrailfan45]

😂 yep

[@nousee9755]

Oh yeah

[@house8550]

5:53

[@kenrutherford1109]

A crossing gate should not bash into the ground like that. When it comes down it should stop so that it is perfectly horizontal

[@georgettedebuhr2660]

OUCH!!!

[@D0g_boy642]

That was weird

[@jennaharrington748]

what the heck did The crossing Do

[@RaisedLetter]

the brakes in the mech are shot

[@LevelCrossingFan92]

America, go ahead and install British Level Crossing equipment

[@csxrailfan45]

Haha thanks for watching! Might be start to follow that idea

[@tonyjacobelli4967]

High speed gate.

[@csxrailfan45]

Yes 🚨

[@LotusbandicootRR]

There was an old signal in disrepair in Kokomo, IN for a while that did the same thing, even harder though. I think it's been repaired since then. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYa1p52sm52cmZo Anyway, great K5 on the leader

[@____Johan____]

When I Have To Do Homework 📄…

[@PascoRailProductions-2024]

GRS LEX-C lights

[@benclark3513]

uh I think it's broken csxrailfan

[@drewjames808]

😮😮

[@eugenekrabs7949]

Well it would slam car windshield’s if they went and tried to beat the gate.

[@BrylcreemBill]

I'm not so sure that a railroad crossing gate would/could smash a vehicle's windshield even if the gate were in freefall. Windshield glass is really tough, and railroad gates are very lightweight.

[@CWR_56]

It can absolutely smash a windshield

[@BrylcreemBill]

​@@CWR_56Have you seen it happen?

[@CWR_56]

@@BrylcreemBill Not in person, but I've replaced plenty of broken gates here on the railroad, and I know the weights and forces involved. I'm a Signal Systems & Communications Technician (and formerly a Signal Maintainer)

[@BrylcreemBill]

@@CWR_56 Cool.

[@thomasnativo6491]

Why I can't they just Upgrade New Bridge Road Railroad crossing its old anyway or at least Install one just like by Dumont Highschool and Colombia ave

[@csxrailfan45]

I really don't know, I agree. Thanks for watching, maybe they will soon.

[@thomasnativo6491]

@@csxrailfan45 you're welcome 😊 because this is a very old Crossing that probably came from either New York Central Penn Central Conrail or Csx in the past 🤔

[@galaxyrailfanning7860]

😬

[@BNSF4749Railfan]

Now the gates down

[@csxrailfan45]

Yep, thanks for watching!

[@drewjames808]

😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@R3DDYmm2]

What if a car was under there

[@csxrailfan45]

Those gates are over 100 pounds, wouldn't be good!

[@calvinnguyen7059]

impatient cars