Fixing a Broken Gate

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Filmed on July 25, 2019
Three people work to fix a broken gate at the Route 59 crossing in Barrington Illinois. Quite interesting and not something you see everyday.
This all took place during morning rush hour (albeit towards the end) which adds a level of urgency to the task. Metra trains are coming by fairly frequently, and a line of traffic is trying to get across the track.
I happened to have my video camera and tripod with me because we were on our way up to Wisconsin that morning to see UP's "Big Boy" steam engine. I assume that most or all other videos of how a gate is fixed are shot on a shaky phone camera, or whatever else is readily available.

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@user-rm3gf8xi6f 4 жыл бұрын

18:55 that truck slammed on the brakes so hard that the liquid splash out

@TexasRailfan2008 3 жыл бұрын

Your right!

@anthonymartinez6223 3 жыл бұрын

Wow people are pretty patient over there. I work for light rail and if I have the gates down for more than 45 seconds while working on it, I have everybody honking.

@Indianarailproductions Жыл бұрын

In terre haute people go around gates, when the trqin is right there. This one time I saw someone race a single locomotive.

@FloridaRailfanKid803 Жыл бұрын

@@Indianarailproductions That's crazy 😧 And you spelled train wrong

@irelandbloke 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent footage ! 👍🏻

@zianmo2746 3 жыл бұрын

0:25 its sane from philippines rescued

@J3scribe 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Nice to see you back making videos again.

@Tolono 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I’ve been busy with family things recently but should have more time now. Ferroequinology is just a hobby, but it’s a hobby I enjoy. Good to know there are people who’ve been watching for a while and are looking forward to new videos. I’ve seen some interesting things recently and I’ll have time to edit them eventually.

@FloridaRailfanKid803 Жыл бұрын

Great Video

@Lakeside_Rail_Productions 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they still let trains run through with the gates activating - that must've been annoying!

@noahharris2260 4 жыл бұрын

8:49 looks like there trying to struggle to get the new gate put in

@michaelgibson5047 4 жыл бұрын

it almost looks like a hinge gate

@michaelgibson5047 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ageviest hi

@Thunderbolt_1000T Жыл бұрын

yeah kinda

@canadiannationalrailfanner2453 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine working on the gate in metra rush hour :/

@noahharris2260 4 жыл бұрын

16:01 checking the new gate

@tristontherailfan 2 жыл бұрын

At first I thought it was one of those gates that flips to be bigger

@LuxeXx 4 жыл бұрын

Almost lost the brand new one at 18:55...

@piktureit 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine how much cooler the video would be XD

@noahharris2260 4 жыл бұрын

11:18 new gate is on when train is coming

@RailroadCrossingsAndFunStuff 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I did not know that the gate got hit the last time i went to this crossing was a week ago. This is Barrington Rd #2

@TPNWR10 Жыл бұрын

They really didn't replace the whole gate. They only replaced the broken segment part.

@noahharris2260 4 жыл бұрын

6:14 replacing the gate

@thomream1888 5 жыл бұрын

That was very interesting. The first 3 trains all sounded their horns for the crossing, but the last one did not. Any idea why?

@Tolono 4 жыл бұрын

The horn rules for the Chicago area seem to go something like this: #1: Do not blow the horn at railroad crossings by default (but it’s allowed if there’s a reason) because it annoys nearby residents. The bell should be used instead. #2: If you are passing another train in (or near) a station, blow the horn and slow down to a crawl. People tend to walk across the track without looking, thinking the gates are down for the train they just got off of. Applies only to Metra lines. #3: If anything unusual is happening (track construction for example), repeatedly sound two blasts of the horn until you’ve gone past it. It sounded to me like the engineers of the first few trains were thinking of it as “something on the crossing” and blowing the horn, but the last train (at 19:15) was thinking of it as track construction and following #3 instead. Thanks for pointing this out by the way. It’s a subtle difference I hadn’t noticed.

@GabryJ84 4 жыл бұрын

@@Tolono I don't know how it works in the USA, but in Italy if they are working on the crossings, while rail traffic is active, the trains are notified of that and should by regulations, blow the repaetedly blow the horn to both notify the maintenance services and the road traffic that a train is approaching the crossing. When the crew notifies the traffic regulator (station or control room) that the crossing has been fixed, they no longer notify the train of the malfunction so that no horn blows are necessary. As far as I can see, the first three trains come when the maintenance is still ongoing, while the last one comes when the maintenance has already ended, so maybe that might be another reason.

@MichaelBryce1125 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tolono There should be ZERO quiet zones in the Chicago metro area I bet those who made quiet zones are mainly karens wanting to increase death.

@Ploryandyoopfan Жыл бұрын

That was a Metrolink in the beginning of the video

@calvinnguyen7059 Жыл бұрын

i thought every train has to honk before a crossing but rules may change and vary for each country

@KDubielak Жыл бұрын

We saw a broken gate on bnsf railroad I believe it was on December 24th

@georgettedebuhr2660 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting to watch

@BabeParrot 9 ай бұрын

One day i might wanna be railroad crossing fixer also that is a long arm gate

@SupahBigg577 2 жыл бұрын

They really should upgrade that signal mast to a bigger one with more lights. That current one is a little too small but the gate arm is really long. I can see how it got hit.