Yellow Flasher Advance Warning Signals At Railroad Crossings

Railroad crossing compilation video of crossings that feature Yellow Flasher Advance Warning signals at or for them.
Yellow flashers are an advanced warning to either slow down approaching an active railroad crossing or used as no right or left turn warning signals at railroad crossings. Some activate with the crossing and some activate before the crossing does. Most of the ones filmed in this video are in Sacramento, CA and county limits as it has a lot of them.
These are especially used on Highways that cross railroad tracks at grade to prepare drivers to slow down.
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[@B9L3_Official]

Whoever made these are an ABSOLUTE GENIUS this could be the perfect warning for an upcoming crossing

[@jasonervoes1326]

These railroad crossings truely are the best 😊

[@AlexFromCooks]

Thats so cool ! Here in New Brunswick Canada we have a few big overhead signs with yellow lights on the highway for railroad crossing but very rare to see them activated as they are just spurrs that aren't used very frequently.

[@TheRailfan360]

Great compilation! I think these are definitively a great addition to railroad crossings. They're so helpful at night or when visibility is poor.

[@robadams5799]

Those are great. They give railfans a little extra time to run over to the crossing and get their cameras ready.

[@sibelsevil745]

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[@robadams5799]

One of my favorite sounds on Earth is the sound of railroad crossing bells. They're a harbinger of good things to come.

[@markusmccloud343]

Clever idea! Use a pair of blinking yellow lights in the same arrangement to convey a less-urgent but identical message of "train approaching".

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

06:20 get the signal maintainer out on the flashing signals straighten that crossbuck LOL

[@zeeboss2762]

Yellow means to yield so having the lights be yellow makes perfect sense!

[@robadams5799]

My friend's daughter--who was about thirteen at the time--once started saying "red means stop, green means go, and yellow means go veeeeeery very very fast" and kept repeating it ad nauseum.

[@jovetj]

Yellow (properly _Amber_ ) does not mean yield. It means caution!

[@jacobvoracek2349]

This would be an oversized trucker’s worst nightmare. 2:10

[@vmotati10]

I actually saw this yellow Safetran fading LED on a school zone signal on Rolater Rd in Frisco, TX. I also saw a yellow RSI LED on another school zone signal on the same road as well.

[@ccm088]

Cool video, kind of reminds me of the one in Greenfield, MA. Also I feel like there's one of those near the Tower Bridge in Sacramento, CA.

[@thebnsftracker1317]

More crossings should have these. It would be really helpful.

[@yoyobass100]

There are warning lights like these in Haymarket, VA that look different but work the same way as these. They consist of rectangular yellow signs that read "RAIL ROAD X-ING BLOCKED WHEN FLASHING" with the yellow flashing lights that come on when the crossing closes; they're seen in both directions.

[@andrewburgemeister6684]

Australia we have these on major roads as well, although their big signs with the lights at the top!

[@wesleyjonathan6571]

How did you catch all these trains in one day

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

These aren't today.

[@SouthKCRailfan]

Is the one at 9:34 about to get replaced or something? If not what’s the foundation for?

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

That was a light pole that got installed.

[@RandomRailfan828]

Great video man, very nice catches too!

[@AlfonsoVazquez2024]

Nice video

[@fulvian_2kd]

Yo thanks for the video, i can make that railroad model in roblox studio because i ran out of ideas lol.

[@andyguerrette3014]

In huntingburg IN they had to do the same thing on 231 the train stop and blocks the road so they made a by pass and way before the crossing the have a round rr sign with w flashing yellow lights so you can take the overpass by pass

[@FRANK_JASON]

COOL!

[@gurdeeprai5365]

Cool!

[@prettyounthang7]

Too excited 😜 for this weekend but it’s not over till the weekend I have my hair cut 💇‍♂️ so it’s going down and then my head will start feeling a lot of heat on me tomorrow

[@user-yo3px3kt9w]

I love this idea😂

[@nicka727]

In Clinton Township, Michigan on Groesbeck just south of Harrington crossing has a yellow flasher. Train or no train, the yellow flasher always flashes.

[@jovetj]

For the record, the proper term for flashing traffic signal lights one sees is _beacon._ The _flasher_ is the device that makes the lights flash!

[@zuzutheinfectedelf]

There was one of these by my former house on a curve

[@crystalanderson257]

I knew it i remember living in sacramento mostly for just the light rails

[@waterquasar]

its amazing when there is no right turn sign and red traffic light for the right turn lit up that people still run em.

[@jovetj]

Don't let the skewed perception of distance of the zoom of the shot fool 'ya.

[@Thatrandom_kid]

So why do they have those even tho they have the crossing?

[@jayasmrmore3687]

I guess for more visibility

[@brandedmcgowan9414]

Much like for advanced warning similar to signal 🚦 ahead when that sign flashing the beacon the light change from yellow 🟡 to red.

[@trainsofbd]

amazing 😮

[@kevinmiller6380]

The front flashing lights are flashing out-of-sync with the rear lights (first video).

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

If your talking about the crossing in the background thats running on a different system. Yellow flashers at all the crossings flash out of sync with the crossing lights themselves.

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@MobileRailSpotterRxR 8:52 wait the trams have crossing bells?

[@jovetj]

@@trainlover123trainsrock Electronic bells that sound a lot like those found at grade crossings.

[@MariaGarcia-tw1pj]

I saw a another yellow flashing light when you zoomed in

[@kevinmiller6380]

2:50. Since there were two separate tracks, does a car have to stop at the first flashing lights, or can it proceed to the second track, while waiting for the train to pass?

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Cars stop at the railroad crossing gates.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

It has to be at least off the gas pedal or hitting the brakes by the time it crosses the first one probably

[@jovetj]

There is only one grade crossing, and it has two tracks. Roadway traffic needs to stop for the lowered gates and flashing _red_ lights. The amber beacon shown in the video is just an warning for motorists that they need to be expecting to stop for the crossing further on at the top of the hill.

[@keanupro7578]

nice!

[@moviewatcher1239]

I see how those yellow flash lights work they tell people is slow down

[@jovetj]

People need to slow down anyways. One should not always trust the grade crossing signals to work. Slow down, look, and listen!

[@moviewatcher1239]

@@jovetj true but unfortunately some people don't pay attention to that

[@polandball7482]

16:11 whats with the western Cullen hays e bell

[@beratlolz]

i think its the horn of that train

[@crlaw75]

In that second clip, it would've been a great help if the tree blocking the railroad crossing unit was removed.

[@raymondhopwood9393]

What a novel idea! Every crossing in every state should have these!

[@weeardguy]

Is this seriously something new for the average state in the USA? We have such lights for decades already in The Netherlands. Either they are directly connected to the level crossing circuitry itself (and thus only start flashing when the crossing activates) or are PAG-signals (Pre Advanced Grade signals) that usually will light in such a way that a motorist who encounters the light, is driving the limit and sees it start to flash, will not be able to pass the crossing anymore (well, not legally that is... the gates only come down 5 seconds are the red lights started flashing). In rather low-speed environments like these, the task of advance warning is usually taken over by ordinary traffic lights that pre-empty the crossing and make sure no one makes a turn onto the crossing a few seconds before activation.

[@jovetj]

@@weeardguy _“Is this seriously something new for the average state in the USA?”_ No. These types of advance warning signals are just not very common. They're typically only implemented at particularly dangerous crossings. The danger could be train speeds, poor visibility, frequency of trains, history of accidents, etc. The one at 13:38, for example, doesn't even make any sense. The sign is not applicable (the symbol indicates a railroad crossing within 100 feet on a side road to the left ahead) as the crossing covers the entire current roadway. There's also a proper advance warning sign (RXR) nearer the crossing. You can spend all the money you want to try and protect idiots from themselves, but the universe will just make a more daring idiot.

[@TramTrafficLightMan]

What in the goofy ahh tunnel visor yellow lighted railroad crossing is this?!

[@Majimo22021]

0:29 that one car that said fuck it

[@user-zu6cg8iw5b]

I like it❤

[@TEP70U-003]

it's in USA?

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Yes.

[@TEP70U-003]

Ok

[@Belchmaster41]

@@MobileRailSpotterRxR why doesn't the 2nd track allow sounding of the horn?

[@jovetj]

@@Belchmaster41 It's a quiet zone. The governing agency and/or residents decided they didn't want horns at the crossing.

[@salvadormedinafeliciano6454]

❤❤❤

[@prettyounthang7]

I was I’m going on the phone now I got a phone number for you to to.911 is that the one that you were talking about I don’t know if you know where that is but I don’t know if you have it or not but I don’t think it’s a good idea to call the police 👮‍♂️ and ask them to get it out of the way because they don’t want to be in the way of the police department

[@carlalyles]

👍

[@Olive4577]

12:37 smashed fence

[@DrAngelKins]

Uk has these

[@prettyounthang7]

I don’t know what to do with myself anymore I just want to be able to be with you and be with you I don’t know what I want to do with you I don’t want to be with anybody else I don’t want to be alone I don’t want to be in a relationship

[@nelsonlachappellejr9377]

Every railroad crossings should have a set of yellow warning lights and every state should also have a set of yellow warning lights.

[@kearantingle2413]

Too expensive but you couldn't be more right!

[@user-bv2ym1vk1v]

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[@jovetj]

I disagree. These lights _can_ introduce complacency, and I reckon we can all agree that there's already enough complacency at grade crossings as it is! People need to be taught to respect the train tracks and always expect a train and always be vigilant!

[@MetraUPNWproductions7202]

Have to agree. I’d say if there is a road that goes along the tracks then there should. Anything else it’s fine not to have them. They should have bells too

[@polandball7482]

If the road is next to the track ok

[@kearantingle2413]

7:54 ok...!?

[@jovetj]

What's the question?

[@oldphoneaccount]

The fuck is that? I thought they were good with that one signal which is just one light with another light saying "No right turn"

[@user-bw1jg5wh2e]

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[@user-bw1jg5wh2e]

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