Strangest Railroad Crossing Ever! Caboose Leads Train Across, Conductor Flags Traffic

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Strangest Railroad Crossing Ever! Caboose Leads Train Across, Conductor Flags Traffic

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4 жыл бұрын

Most unusual and strangest railroad crossing ever! This railway crossing goes right through a very busy intersection on exempt track. Let me try to explain how this unusual railroad crossing works. First, it is an exempt crossing which means that commercial vehicles transporting passengers ( buses ) and hazardous material trucks or any vehicle does not have to stop unless a train is approaching. The crossing has a light at each side that stays on red for the trains to stop. The train stops at the crossing and the conductor has to get off and use a control that first turns the outer traffic signals from green to red. About 24 seconds later the inner traffic signals turn to red. Now that all of the traffic signals are red, both sides of the railroad line side signals go to green. The conductor uses a hand held radio to tell the engineer how close to the crossing that the train is and lets him know when the train is clear to cross. Once the caboose makes it through, the train stops to pick up the conductor and then proceed on its journey. After the train clears the crossing, the railroad crossing signals go to green and the traffic signals return to normal use. At this point, both of the railroad line side signals go from green to red. An Indiana & Ohio Railway employee explained this to me and told me that this is the only railroad crossing like this in Ohio. I have seen similar railroad crossings but this is the only one that has all of the components that I described. The other unusual thing is the caboose. Not only is it a caboose but it is a red caboose with a cupola! This I&O branch line ends almost 2 miles south of this crossing. The caboose was used for the long backup moves and was kept on a siding in Mason, Ohio just north of this crossing. This caboose is now owned by a private family and loaned to LM&M Railroad in Lebanon, Ohio. Trains operate on 161.385, 161.430 channel 88 and 161.220. This is in Mason, Ohio at US 42 and Tylersville Rd intersection. I have a playlist below for the Indiana And Ohio Railway ( IORY ). Thanks for watching! Please leave a comment, rate and SUBSCRIBE TO JAWTOOTH!!
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@slagcat 4 жыл бұрын

Hardly see a Indiana & Ohio on this line it dead ends to a subdivision on the south end, I go up that way to Dixie Union Station once in a while

@JawTooth 4 жыл бұрын

Years ago I went to the public hearing to extend the railroad and connect it with the other line near Blue Ash. So many ppl showed up to complain about it that my friend decided not to speak. They ruled against allowing the tracks to be reinstalled and reconnected so today they are two different branches

@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 4 жыл бұрын

Was the Row sold of just the tracks pulled up?

@HolidayDecorator 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Happy to see a caboose on a train again. Question: What makes a crossing exempt and why is it exempt? Also exempt from what? I've never see one of these that I can recall, so very curious as to why they get labeled that way, and what criteria makes them exempt and what are they exempt from?

@Cozmo2k4 4 жыл бұрын

Exempt means that any vehicle that needs to stop for that crossing doesn't need to. Most go exempt because of little or no rail traffic or very busy roads near intersections.

@HolidayDecorator 4 жыл бұрын

@@Cozmo2k4 Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense to me now. At first, I didn't quite understand what was meant by it. Thanks for clearing that up. Now I know something new. :)

@Ithinkiwill66 3 жыл бұрын

Extremely rare for me to see this type of a setup...even a traffic signal type of a system...for the train itself! Fantastic clip!

@ironhorsethrottlemaster5202 4 жыл бұрын

Dude that was awesome I almost felt like a Time Warp with that red caboose that was so epic good catch have a great day jaw tooth

@Drewtrainfan 4 жыл бұрын

This crossing looks cool, And I never seen a crossing like this before.

@georgemcneal9297 4 жыл бұрын

Would give just about any thing to see a caboose on all trains again 😁

@ryangrider9607 4 жыл бұрын

No thank you very much! What a pain in the behind they usually are. Always in the way.

@kevinmiller1985 4 жыл бұрын

@Carl Ferrigno Yeah, if can afford it. You're not related to Big Louie (Ferrigno), are you?

@BNSF1458 4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@kevinmiller1985 4 жыл бұрын

@@BNSF1458 You & I have about as much of a chance of seeing the return of the caboose as we have of seeing the price of gas dip below the $1 mark.

@BNSF1458 4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmiller1985 I know, It's so sad :( (My dream is to videotape a caboose, it will probably never happen thoug :( )

@talonpilot 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes cabooses are used when you have a great deal of shoving (reverse movements) to do; sometimes they are called ‘shoving platforms’. It allows the Conductor/Foreman/Brakeman to comfortably stand looking aft vs hanging off the car. It does require an extra couple moves to place cars because you have to shove past your switch, take it off, pull fwd to place your cars, then come out and reconnect. Also, a caboose isn’t required anymore due to the EOT and better bearings in the wheels....No “fire watch” required or notification that the train broke apart.

@bombasticbuster9340 4 жыл бұрын

It's great to see a caboose. When we were kids, I am 52, it was a highlight to see them. I lived on the the West East line of Union Pacific through the Arkansas River Valley near the switchyards at Van Buren, Arkansas. Kids today don't know about the men that rode back there and their job.

@michaelh.8280 4 жыл бұрын

Man...I haven't seen an actual Caboose on a train since the early-mid 80's! Thanks for sharing this! 👍

@schoolcraftT 4 жыл бұрын

They didn’t run the light because they were allready passed it.

@dugroz 4 жыл бұрын

Or very close. Hard to look straight up at a light.

@osmo250 4 жыл бұрын

The car behind the van easily could have seen the light. However, the light is so seldom used, I bet no one really pays attention to it.

@jonathanbott87 4 жыл бұрын

There is a stop line (shown near the end), it looked they were in front of it.

@1DeathEater 4 жыл бұрын

They still ran the light..

@paulziolo9241 4 жыл бұрын

They must have been communist Chinese - red means GO!

@akoll6138 4 жыл бұрын

Train light turns yellow Engineer: I ain’t no sunday driver I can make it *speeding up*

@andrebenson74 4 жыл бұрын

I been going over this crossing for years and never seen how it works. Finally got to see how it works. Thanks for the video

@jerrykinnin7941 4 жыл бұрын

I've driven over that crossing many times. Never knew how it worked. Thanks Jawtooth.

@BorisLu 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@EntertainmentWorldz 4 жыл бұрын

Super Fantastic Video!

@brookekranz1094 4 жыл бұрын

Love your your videos I love trains

@Fernandosampaio_ 4 жыл бұрын

So strange that even SimCity don't allow this

@streettrain4114 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed there is street running in Lewistown, as is also on the list . The dangerous intersection with Highway 322(without barriers ! ! !) is rarely used. Unique video on You Tube. The only customer(?) on this line does not even have a circulation track or yard .

@tadheath5856 4 жыл бұрын

That was so cool to see the caboose.....wish it would come back ......GREAT CROSSING!!!!!! never seen that before.....excellent find!!!!! Thanks for the great video!!!!

@terrywebb1463 4 жыл бұрын

Man your not kidding, that was a unique crossing, nice out standing video.

@jeffreyg3831 4 жыл бұрын

Great catch! Especially only a couple times a week! I like how you pointed out the drivers running the red lights oblivious to everything going on. What type of business was it serving? What short line railway was that locomotive?

@Closet_Jedi 4 жыл бұрын

There's a couple of factories and a lumber yard to the south. That lumber yard must do a decent business, they get several car loads per week. The rail line is former Pennsylvania now operated by G&W owned Indiana and Ohio. For some reason, oblivious drivers are a common sight in that area.

@jeffreyg3831 4 жыл бұрын

Jason Webster Hi Jason! Thank you for your reply.

@johnathonlepage8381 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of a crossing like that before, extremely unique, and very interesting. Amazing video thank you.

@streettrain4114 4 жыл бұрын

Supplement : in Rome,NY the train crosses Highway 49 and E Dominick street. Ca. 10(!) lanes, without barriers ! ! Only traffic lights. (and Horn !📢) There is also street running at business park near by Mayberry Road . That does not seem to be in use .

@TheRobdock 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Jawtooth that was totally awesome thanks for sharing this! Never saw a crossing like this before!

@markrobinson3830 4 жыл бұрын

That was crazy.....but SUPER COOL at the same time

@stixxx79 4 жыл бұрын

The Navy base I am stationed at has a crossing like that. When the train comes through, twice a day, the base security comes to the crossing because it doesn't have gates. The train has a stop sign and cannot proceed until security is set up to stop traffic and waves the train through. for a while I thought security was there to make sure noone jumped off the train and tried to access the base but I learned that in California exempt crossings require some type of law enforcement for the train to proceed.

@chrishauser5505 4 жыл бұрын

HOLY CRAP THAT'S AWESOME!!! Never seen a crossing like that! Much less exempt! Right next to the 700 WLW Blaw-Knox Antenna! Used to be a 500,000 Watt Flamethrower!! AND GAS AT $2.29 AT THE UDF!!! Dang, son, you hit the LIVE ACTION TRIFECTA!!! Thanks, Jaw Tooth!!!!

@Fynnegangrey 4 жыл бұрын

Rare to see a caboose still in active service, I spotted a transfer caboose in my small hometown a few weeks ago. Ex central Michigan genesee northern no. 1. It was on the bad axe sub division (also known as huron eastern southern railway or huron eastern) (former Chesapeake and Ohio track)

@CohaLevelcrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Nice catch. Choo choo 🚂🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋

@NUKE-W.E.F. 2 жыл бұрын

This is a truly unique crossing and a great video. I didn't notice what causes the highway signals to go back to green, the conductor did not get off to change anything once the train passed the crossing.

@Thomas1980 4 жыл бұрын

great Train video my friend!

@Letsgoexplore2468 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that was pretty cool..

@bluecollardadventures2338 3 жыл бұрын

I was a conductor for a bit in Western NC and we had a 5 mile shove that was always on a boxcar... wish they would have kept a caboose for that! Great video - espec enjoyed listening to the conductor counting down cars =)

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I always wanted a railroad job. Have a great week!

@RobertCardwell 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting.

@1940limited 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a caboose.

@jackscott7237 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of an Exempt crossing before. Cool video. I like the orange and black paint scheme on the I&O Locomotives.

@traingawker2121 4 жыл бұрын

That is a strange crossing! Great work as usual Jawtooth!

@waterskippers 4 жыл бұрын

The real surprise here is $2.29/gallon for gas.

@STho205 4 жыл бұрын

water_skipper. 2.14 in Ducktown, TN and Brewton, AL this week.

@DanDan-tt6gv 4 жыл бұрын

In California is $4.45/ gallon

@STho205 4 жыл бұрын

dan dan ask yourself: why? Then think about it again next time you vote.

@devtrash 4 жыл бұрын

@@STho205 Ohio has crappy roads. California does not. I wonder if there's a connection.

@lastswordfighter 4 жыл бұрын

California has garbage roads and they’re traffic ridden nightmares. Nothing good comes from, ever came from, or ever will come from socialism, Marxism, communism, or Bolshevism. You are wrong. You are a shill.

@MrPeerum 4 жыл бұрын

That was super cool Brian,that red Caboose.thanks for the video. greetz:Peerke.

@Halo1Buff 4 жыл бұрын

There's a yard here that still uses a few cabooses. I've witnessed the engineer on the rear balcony with a remote unit around his neck controlling the engine while doing switching. Was a rather interesting watch while I waited for the crossing to clear.

@JawTooth 4 жыл бұрын

I have several videos of the same thing with the remote control packs and caboose. Check out some of my caboose videos

@ajayl9437 4 жыл бұрын

Ahh I used to live in a suburb of Cincinnati and have been by this crossing so many times, but never saw a train! Would love to see this in person

@raylarkin5004 4 жыл бұрын

You bring some really cool train spotting! Thanks 👍

@GaryCameron780 4 жыл бұрын

Unique rail crossing and a caboose in active duty. Nice catch.

@billdougan4022 4 жыл бұрын

I miss the old days, when they climbed on the train while it was moving.

@tucobenedicto109 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that is a dot traffic light on the right side of the tracks. Would love to see it go green. They have pre emption of the circuit before to turn that light red, or it all may be in the key switch. A sequence to clear out the cars before the rain goes. Love the caboose. Three boats to start. When standing, back. 🚂🙂

@cnosprandt5155 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I have never seen a crossing like that before. Thanks for capturing and sharing this!

@Daehawk 4 жыл бұрын

Strong little caboose :P...I miss them. They've been gone from around here for about 20 years. Just the stupid signal on back. I know its cheaper and easier but I miss the cabooses.

@lesosborne4518 4 жыл бұрын

Thats cool. The town I was born and live in is in the Guinness book of records for making the train obey the traffic signal when it ran thru the center of the street.

@kylewolfe305 4 жыл бұрын

Someone loves that caboose. It doesn't has graffiti like the one in my town

@raywyatt5368 4 жыл бұрын

Plus it's not boarded up.

@kennymcgowan5160 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome and unique usually the engine taking the lead but this classic caboose is running the show

@4469128007 4 жыл бұрын

Hey. Love your stuff. Fun. There's another "exempt" crossing in OH. Crossing route 30 inside city limits of Wooster, OH. But, NO cabooses, here!!!

@Celica-86 4 жыл бұрын

I love the intersection railroad crossings

@BurtonSKnowles 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid as always! Thanks!

@buelliganx1 4 жыл бұрын

That radio antenna you can see in the background has a pretty cool history too.

@jeffreyamlung3338 4 жыл бұрын

Lived in this area for 20+ years and hardly ever saw a train on this line. Where that shot was at the 5:36 mark is an abandoned switch close by that led to a paper mill on US-42 that has since been closed. The trackage is owned by the LM&M railroad and they had to come all the way up from Monroe on to get to this specific point in Mason.

@cadenrivera2998 4 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Amlung yep only a few times a week they come through

@brian1157 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I suggested this one for you a couple weeks ago. I live right down the street from this one and it's always cool to watch. Even when I'm in a hurry I don't mind seeing it.

@robertcyprowski9345 4 жыл бұрын

Super awesome train video with the Caboose at the end you get a thumbs up

@keithdickson8364 4 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back in my neck of the woods. Great video. 👍👍👍

@carlwidell8983 4 жыл бұрын

That was neat.

@justinstrickland5382 4 жыл бұрын

There’s nearly an identical crossing in Chattanooga that uses this same method but with dwarf signals for the train. Look up the intersection of Holtzclaw and Wilcox. TVRM uses these tracks

@DCJNewsMedia 2 ай бұрын

Ty Just awesome and amazing

@JawTooth 2 ай бұрын

I tried to film that exempt crossing a couple times recently but nothing came through. I am going to get a new video there soon. I hope lol

@bobgallo2178 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is a strange set up. Thanks for posting Brian, stay safe.

@pixoariz 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, plus a view of the mighty WLW tower in the background! :)

@JawTooth 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@geoffreydevore9503 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for video!!

@volvo1971 4 жыл бұрын

I live in southwest Ohio and have crossed this crossing several times but never saw a train go across it. Unrealated fun fact...the radio antenna tower nearby is a Blaw-Knox design, one that isn't seen much these days. It's for WLW, 700 AM, one of the oldest radio stations in America. At one time in the 1930s, it broadcast at 500,000 watts of power, the most power out of any broadcaster, but has stopped a few years later due to interference with other radio stations.

@KaisDinoAdventures 4 жыл бұрын

Great upload and fanhtastic content friend BIG LIKE!!!! ✌✌✌✌✌✌ awesome crossing

@streettrain4114 4 жыл бұрын

There are many more towns with traffic lights for trains and/or cars. Often the train runs trough red light ! ! Some examples(with video(s) on KZfaq) : Tampa, FL. ### Noblesville, IN.(abandoned)### New Albany,IN.(abandoned)### Augusta,GA### Renton,WA### Modesto,CA.(abandoned)### Yuba City,CA.(abandoned)### Fort Collins,CO### Gretna,LA### Michigan City,IN(electric!)### Bedford,IN.(abandoned)### Gadsden, AL### Columbus,GA### St. Marys, WV. ### Garfield,NJ.(abandoned)### Uniontown,PA.(abandoned)### Hudson,NY . Etc. !!

@roballen5670 4 жыл бұрын

Great catch on the GP50. No But wait there's more? Hahaha. Cool crossing too.

@ArchTeryx00 4 жыл бұрын

There's a similar crossing (though without the unique hand-switched traffic lights - it has standard bells and gates) on the Wilmington and Western Railroad, a tourist line in Wilmington. That routinely leads with its caboose because there are no turnarounds on the line - the caboose (also used for party type rentals and weddings) has its own single chime horn and complete set of engine controls on it. Engine leads leaving the station at Greenbank, caboose coming back from Mt. Cuba or Hockessin. It's a small but otherwise fantastic tourist railroad. :)

@billmorris2613 4 жыл бұрын

I have literally been around railroading all my life, my father was an engineer too. That is the first and only time I have seen or even heard of RR crossing at grade like this one. It’s also the first one I have seen or heard of the train stopping for the cars. It almost like a manual interlocking with block signals between two railroads.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and I want to go back and film it again soon. It is very interesting

@tinnybird1971 4 жыл бұрын

The stranger the crossings, The more i find it amusing! My 🐄🔔 ringing @ 5:36 for the caboose & engine together! Perfect! Thanks for sharing!! 😃👌👍😍

@17leeward 4 жыл бұрын

That was great. Don't have anything remotely like that in the UK. Thanks for taking the time to do all these uploads.

@eddog6666 4 жыл бұрын

There used to be a railroad crossing like that in Los Banos California. It gone now but you can still see the evidence of where it was. This one in California crossed two highway crossed each other

@dirt_lot_photography 4 жыл бұрын

I think this intersection is both fascinating and dangerous at the same time. I do not blame those two cars who ran the red lights. By physical design we know that railroad crossing lights and signs have priority over traffic lights and signs, so having this unusual configuration invites confusion. You have one set of traffic lights red and one green, and a poorly maintained and inadequate sign. Take a look at Santa Fe, NM at St Francis Dr & Cerrillos Rd. That is a similar crossing, except outfitted properly for commuter trains almost 20 times a day. I’m not saying this crossing in Ohio needs to be at this level of engineering, but better than its current state. Awesome video, thank you ☺️ 👍

@Cfox2000 4 жыл бұрын

Drive through that intersection twice daily, have never seen it used in 20 years. Although I have ridden the excursion train that they run...

@Erick-ve1jx 4 жыл бұрын

Very neat crossing, thanks for the video.

@scottdunn1093 4 жыл бұрын

That was Awesome.... Never knew those existed... I learned something new... Thanks for sharing ...

@FamilyGuyandWonderGarbo8448 4 жыл бұрын

That very rare with no level crossing gate wow that cool keep up with the best work buddy Cheers:-)

@robby062 4 жыл бұрын

I just saw two of these locos running on the Raritan Central in NJ. They must have just acquired these recently, as I didn’t get a close look and I thought it was a new paint scheme. Now I know where it’s from.

@10star9 4 жыл бұрын

Very Cool Have a Nice Day Thank You for the Video

@dsmith9964 4 жыл бұрын

The Monon Railroad in Indiana had crossings similar to this. There would be a traffic light that stayed green if no train was approaching and then they would turn red when a train was near. I'm not sure if CSX kept those signals or not since the line between Mitchell and New Albany was abandoned.

@Garylee17 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video plus first time i did saw that railroad crossing on this video!!

@jamesstallings2007 4 жыл бұрын

Very Interesting !!!!!

@Thewarman-gt8kj 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@cynthiapickett7403 4 жыл бұрын

It's beyond last time that a REAL rail 🚆road crossing signal was installed at this particular intersection! The only time I see cabooses are on TOY trains; that was pretty rare.

@9005067 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

@clineshaunt 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I was always under the impression this line was abandoned.

@MK06563 4 жыл бұрын

Will be too expensive to install too many crossing gates hehe...thanks Roli

@ronfogarty7227 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool jawtooth that was a unique find keep it up and have a nice day

@MrAudienceMember2662015 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload. Unusual indeed.

@ColorMeMozart 4 жыл бұрын

That’s wild, never seen anything like that either. Thanks for sharing

@ericschminke8233 4 жыл бұрын

Of the train videos I've seen in which the train had a caboose (Which I wished all freight trains did.) in the majority of the instances the train was in reverse. Why is this?

@Silver_Turtle 4 жыл бұрын

In most of the cases, there is no way to move the locos to the other end when returning; so, they run the train caboose first.

@sdrape4964 4 жыл бұрын

I live right by this. Grew up in Mason, too! Back in ~2005 a railcar detached on the north side of the track (on the right side of the screen) and barreled through the intersection, smashing into a Ford minivan. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. There was footage caught by the UDF surveillance cam. Aside from that, this has been a pretty low key crossing, even moreso since International Paper (located about 1.5mi south) closed back in the early 1990s.

@JawTooth 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when that happened. I just didnt know what year it happened in

@sdrape4964 4 жыл бұрын

Jaw Tooth It could've been later, like 07 or 08. I tried looking up the article on wlwt.com, who had the UDF footage, but their search system pretty much sucks now and I can't find it.