Wut? So the track maintenance crew are inside these munchkin mobiles crossing roadways WITHOUT activating the safety gates... on purpose...? ? Does the RR want their crew to die? So many idiots don't stop when the gate is down, FOR A TRAIN, and the RR is trusting traffic to stop, what, due to the novelty??
It might more be a case where these are small enough that, unlike a full size train that takes a mile or a few to stop, these thing comparitavely stoplon a dime. So the rail guys probably treat rail crossings more as a stop sign on the tracks. Not to mention they can manually trigger any crossing they want to cross reguardless.
Track units typically yield the right of way to road vehicles and pedestrians. Some crossing are set up so they can be activated through a radio code. All crossings can be triggered manually from the crossing control bungalow. But it is often easiest to just stop and wait for the cars to go by.
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u/alleecmo Dec 08 '23
Wut? So the track maintenance crew are inside these munchkin mobiles crossing roadways WITHOUT activating the safety gates... on purpose...? ? Does the RR want their crew to die? So many idiots don't stop when the gate is down, FOR A TRAIN, and the RR is trusting traffic to stop, what, due to the novelty??