Railroad Crossing: Columbus Avenue in Anderson, IN. CSX Main Track 2

This is CSX track 2 through Anderson, IN. Crossing Columbus Avenue between 19th Street and Ohio Avenue (State Road 32). Track 1 and track 2 split up through Anderson and come back together on either end of the city. Track 2 runs through downtown with several crossings. Track 1 runs through South Anderson Yards. The traffic lights are tied in to the crossing (pre-emption). During a train's presence, the lights at the crossing are on steady red, not flashing, but the lights at the intersection flash red in all directions.
(Update: They all flash now.)
Video starts with pictures of the crossing.
Actual video starts at 2:05.
At 18:08 signal maintainer shown checking the crossing signals. Notice how what he does affects the traffic lights, thus, confusing motorist into running the red light after they stop flashing at the intersection. You'll see a couple near-misses.
At 22:44 a storm knocked out power in the area. As a result, the crossing signals went to back-up power. The signals come on when this happens.
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[@steel8675]

This is my favorite video of all time in this channel. I love the way how you capture the traffic lights and railroad crossings! As a little kid I loved traffic lights and railroad crossings. This channel was one of the first channels I watched regularly as a kid. Thankyou for providing me with this awesome content! :)

[@TheTrainStationinc]

Thank you! Me too! Watching as a kid got me hooked.

[@itsgamersmithscotties1452]

@@TheTrainStationinc quick Question do you know when this clips were recorded the dates

[@noahharris2260]

@@TheTrainStationinc can you do more trains in Anderson again sometime

[@JawTooth]

Awesome video!

[@FreedomtowerStudios]

Awesome Video! This is a really good setup! Perfect timing between the traffic lights and Railroad Crossing signals. That Safetran Hybrid mechanical bell sounds like it's starting to die! This is a really cool crossing setup!

[@valerieteti1755]

This is my favorite crossing video on KZbin ❤️

[@tony46214]

I used to work out of Indianapolis and run that line when I was a conductor for CSX...brings back a lot of memories!!!!

[@lightingsocool321]

I watched this when i was kid and great video💖💖✨🌟💖💖✨🌟

[@aircraftsandtrains2309]

Man that horn at 26:32

[@brianpreto1904]

This is good

[@Brianrockrailfan]

Awesome video liked 🚄🚄👍

[@freighttrainsahpassing9790]

7:30 That motorist had 2nd thoughts i guess lol !!!!!

[@millenniumman75]

Trains are one of the awesome things about Indiana. I like the way they make their traffic lights react to the train signal.

[@Ezzie__]

yah i like when traffic lights flash red with lights on the railroad

[@adriantaylor2712]

millenniumman75 I know right I love how the traffic lights go into a all-flash mode

[@brandonwilson4281]

Kie828828 🚒🔥

[@noahharris2260]

The lights at the crossing and intersection when a train goes through

[@timosha21]

awesome shots!

[@TheTrainStationinc]

Thanks! I had fun at this crossing.

[@Cnw8701]

Man, that GEVO at around 17:00 has an AWESOME horn!

[@mxderate]

You need to come back here!

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Nice to see the original mechanical bells instead of those lousy electric ones that suck

[@CentralALSirens]

sounds like the bell is sick

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

Anonify no the Safetran hybrid bell is like that intentionally

[@destineemeyer2474]

LoL at 7:07 at the car turning around lol

[@code3texas]

7:16 that car felt for it

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

lol

[@parkerbates4102]

I love trains

[@alvinlogan9543]

same here

[@parkerbates3939]

Alvin Logan I use it for my paperwork

[@janettea.morales7130]

😎

[@TheTrainStationinc]

I believe it's all the axles including the locos. I say this because I've seen just locos get an axle count from the defect detector also. On a related note, in my next video there will be "defect detected". Pretty cool for anyone who hasn't heard one yet.

[@tigermki]

i was serious hoping that guy @7:20 got hit just to teach his dumbass a lesson. Great video

[@Steve_Hunts96]

That is a hybrid bell, they are meant to sound like that.

[@robertgift]

The detector count wheels, which means axles. It does not differentiate between wheels of railcars and locomotives. 99, thank you for showing the traffic signal preemption sequence. Why sounding horn for a grade crossing protected with gates?

[@JacobDoffing42]

Can you maybe record trains at this crossing sometime again for us?

[@kailanibowden7198]

Thank

[@kailanibowden7198]

Thanks piggy that damn train

[@kailanibowden7198]

Yeah right asshole train

[@joshhouston3443]

Great horns

[@adventureswithadam394]

Maybe I Will Make a UPDATED Video Before the The Train Station Upload he's UPDATE Stay Tune for Maybe 2025

[@sirkrunch]

Do the Police ever set up a sting here to catch red light/gate runners? Quite a few of them seem to love to run the red and the gate to get through the intersection fast.

[@nickpolisi]

Cool

[@itsgamersmithscotties1452]

Can you record Clonus Avenue Aging I want to see the Traffic Light Upgrade

[@TheTrainStationinc]

@sirkrunch, I wish. They'd empty a few ticket books if they did. My next video blows this out of the water. There is a crossing here in town that everyone races the train. Throw stereo types out the window. Old ladies, young drivers, everyone. The train can be less than a city block away and they'll floor it.

[@MetroNorth203Productions]

wisecrac99 Csx 143 leads 2 trains

[@noahharris2260]

The traffic lights at the crossing and the intersection now all flash red when a train goes through the traffic lights have been changed and I think the crossing got new bells and led lights

[@adventureswithadam394]

Do you have any videos you can pose on KZbin about I really want to atucaally Ser

[@noahharris2260]

@@adventureswithadam394 I don’t have a video of it

[@cheribates1517]

What is the deal with the traffic lights flashing when the train approaches

[@TheTrainStationinc]

Yes. This is the same track. See my video: Main Street Railroad Crossing

[@MtrayPlays]

I like the sounds of the bepls

[@urielhernandezT150]

You misspelled bells

[@noahharris2260]

3:05 lights and gates start to turn on

[@alyssagilchrist9766]

I don't know why that traffic light does that when it's blanking red I don't know what it means? 13:39

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

(08:12) it's the title photograph 🚂🚂

[@itsgamersmithscotties1452]

Do you remember the dates they were shot in the clips

[@hoscaleconstuction]

Do trains ever go past the old station and girts archery in Anderson??

[@itsgamersmithscotties1452]

I seen the upgraded version on Google maps of the lights they look so different then the video of course the video did came out in 2012 saw the updated December of 2021 so this post the updated version soon

[@hoscaleconstuction]

Do trains ever go on the track past girts archery in Anderson?

[@unknownprofile2830]

2:26 what was that radio sound?

[@adriantaylor2712]

Malfunction at 18:22 Railroad crossing lights just shut off during preemption but the traffic lights at the intersection thinks that they are active.

[@jovetj]

If you read the description of the video, you'll learn that a signal maintainer was confusing the traffic signal controller.

[@EvilDarkCow]

i have heard one. an overheated manual something like that.

[@wheelsjlgc]

I like the other traffic light blinking red and the other with red sucks because we have those

[@wheelsjlgc]

@Mr Spinosaurus the same traffic light on Indianapolis Blvd and 152nd street

[@wheelsjlgc]

@Mr Spinosaurus yeah

[@wheelsjlgc]

@Mr Spinosaurus okay

[@wheelsjlgc]

@Mr Spinosaurus awesome

[@jrs689]

Railroading question: when they report # of axles, is that just the consist or does that include the locomotives? (i.e. a 25 car train = 100 axles? Or 106 to include the engine?)

[@jovetj]

Total axles, every wheel, for the entire train.

[@BBFHD721]

Can you make a video of colson isom Jeremiah and Blackey Kentucky? And I’m promise I will comment u in video, if you need me.

[@noahharris2260]

6:50 the traffic lights at the crossing and at the intersection all flash red when a train goes through now

[@adventureswithadam394]

Do you have a video to prove that I am curious what that looks like now

[@noahharris2260]

@@adventureswithadam394 I don’t if you come to Anderson Indiana this is located on Columbus avenue and ohio avenue at the railroad tracks if you look it up you can take a trip there and wait for the train

[@adventureswithadam394]

@@noahharris2260 ok isn’t Ohio Avenue consider Indiana 32?

[@noahharris2260]

@@adventureswithadam394 I honestly don’t remember but this is located in Anderson Indiana what state are you from

[@noahharris2260]

They now upgraded the traffic lights and I live in Anderson Indiana

[@itsgamersmithscotties1452]

Can you post of video of the Cloubus avenue and Ohio street traffic light update and a train going through soon I really want to see it in moutuon

[@noahharris2260]

@@itsgamersmithscotties1452 it’s changed a lot

[@noahharris2260]

@@itsgamersmithscotties1452 i don’t have a KZbin channel

[@JacobDoffing42]

​@@noahharris2260it's not that hard. Just google it

[@alvinlogan6910]

I ment at 26:32

[@geraldinemcauthur3237]

The Traffic Light In Raeford,NC At Harris Ave Magnolia St It's Flashing Yellow Light Harris Ave It's Flashing Red Light On Magnolia St

[@stuartdougherty4078]

Is it out yet?

[@elirosen1391]

What that signal maintainer should have done when he got the chance was replace the crossing bell.

[@Theonewhoistointerestedi-zo1ls]

Why replace the safetran hybrid bell.

[@Summeryear2008]

Where's the audio?

[@code3texas]

28:27 look at the Idiots

[@valerieteti1755]

That school bus didn’t stop look and listen!

[@Sexymanpoop]

sexy trains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cheribates1517]

I use this for my police report

[@parkerbates3939]

Does anyone know why the traffic lights flash

[@jovetj]

Probably in case any other traffic needs to get off of the railroad crossing.

[@kailanibowden7198]

Thanks CSX people for your patience 😙😙

[@kimpham1095]

Safetran hybrid bell

[@Brianrockrailfan]

should more railroad crossings have traffic lights ?

[@jovetj]

No. The only reason traffic signals should be present at any railroad crossing is because of a proximate, signalized intersection.

[@mxderate]

Only if there is an intersection nearby, in this case, there is.

[@mxderate]

@@jovetj What is your problem? Did your parents leave you or something?

[@alvinlogan6910]

Man that horn at 26:30 what is the number

[@TheTrainStationinc]

Alvin Logan, unfortunately I have no idea. This is one of my earlier works and I didn't know enough to get the unit numbers. I am working on an update on this crossing as the traffic signals have changed. It will be a while but should be a good improvement (HD, among other things).

[@alvinlogan6910]

wisecrac99 ok can you remake this video in hd please buddy

[@llokuta]

Don't know the number, but you are right that is one handsome sounding horn. Sounds like a K5H to me.....

[@aircraftsandtrains2309]

@@llokuta k5la but yep

[@ThatTexanCollector]

They need to replace the Right Bottom Light on that Doghouse Signal

[@EliWCoyote]

7:13 "Im'a drive round these gates OOPS mebbe not..."

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

EliWCoyote lmao 🚗🚂

[@MikenomeD]

DUDE! Im from Anderson...check out my couple of captures around town!

[@parkerbates3939]

MikeYehoodi I use this to do my paperwork

[@BrandonAlonso2024]

Please Record BNSF AT RAILROAD CROSSING

[@jovetj]

That is a really, really poorly designed traffic intersection!

[@mxderate]

Your life is poorly designed.

[@mxderate]

How is this poorly designed?

[@jovetj]

@@mxderate - Columbus Ave curves in the middle of the intersection. - Bizarre/dumb angles of all roads involved. - Ohio Ave changes to E 18th St (confusing enough but it isn't signed anywhere, either). - E 18th St and Columbus Ave both curve immediately off of the intersection. - The RR crossing 60FT from the northbound stop line. - Unless some unsigned ordinance overrides, right turns are permitted on Red when northbound on Columbus Ave. - The Columbus Ave northbound right-turn lane signal has both right-pointing arrows and ball indications. - Northbound Columbus Ave grade crossing cantilever signals are not over the lanes entering the crossing. - Right-turn lane on Columbus Ave northbound adds additional conflict point coming off of the grade crossing which can dangerously queue vehicles. - No object marker on northbound gore for right-turn lane. - Missing "Do Not Stop On Tracks" signs. - Street lighting on north side of grade crossing appears inadequate to ensure approaching traffic can identify a train on the crossing in the dark. Alas my parents didn't have anything to do with the design of this intersection.

[@mxderate]

@@jovetj - Technically 18th doesn't really start until the split w/ Ohio Ave. but point taken there. - The cantilevers are where they are because of the traffic lights. Plus, it would be less visible because of the traffic lights. - For point 12, isn't that what RR crossing are for? Other than those, fair points. Though this crossing still is very nice and unique. There isn't many of these.

[@jovetj]

@@mxderate It's the intersection I don't like more than the crossing. Even that dumb building sitting right on the corner hampers road and track visibility. The crossing is what it is, but I'll bet the roads came after the tracks. The road engineers (hah!) should have had a longer bit of think. - Oh, I see what you mean. I was suckered in by a quirk of the map site. I sit corrected. - I understand why they chose to do the northbound cantilever that way, but it's a poor implementation with multiple lanes. If there were just one northbound lane then I would be okay with it. Visibility of the grade crossing signal lights is of the utmost importance. - Don't underestimate driver stupidity or impatience. Driving into the side of a shadowy train in the dark is common. The grade crossing signals will probably always work, but what if they don't? A well lit crossing helps everyone, no matter the situation.

[@BrandonAlonso2024]

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[@masontheiss4165]

Why does this have so many views??

[@TheTrainStationinc]

I have to be honest with you, I don't know why. This is one of my earlier videos. I still had a lot to learn how to make a decent video and was still using a crappy version of Windows Movie Maker. Your question is legit. This is up near the top of one of my most viewed videos. My guess is something about my tags, but I don't know what exactly. I'm actually beginning to collect new videos of this crossing (coming eventually). Thanks for the honest comment!

[@adventureswithadam394]

@@TheTrainStationinccan you make a updated video on the upgrade what happen the this crossing