Ohio Indiana State Line Rd. Railroad Crossing - Hicksville, OH - 9/17/23 

This is why we have to respect those gates- even when it doesn't seem necessary!

Wow, without the crossing gates anyone driving through the underpass would be totally blind to the surface train…

Oh boy you fooled me! I didn’t even see the rails on the other side until you zoomed in 😂

Incredibly unique and entertaining post, thanks. Never saw an overpass so close to a land crossing, very cool, what a perspective. Hope to see this as a live camera some day.

Truly one of those head-scratching places. I do remember a couple dual-level areas in Indiana are the Erie Lackawanna Mainline. We have a small variation of this crossing in Milwaukee where there is a crossbuck in front of a concrete overpass to call attention to a grade crossing on the other side that is a street running spur into an asphalt distributorship. The overpass is CP the street trackage is UP. 200 block East Washington St pretty much in line with the huge Allen-Bradley four-faced clock. Thanks for sharing this Oddity

A very unique train video! I don't think I have ever seen two rail lines that close together at different elevations. Thank You!

It would be so cool to have a train passing on the high track at the same time that a train was passing at the grade crossing!

And I just subscribed to your RU-vid channel

That’s the greatest railroad crossing I’ve seen

OK, I've got it. I wondered why they would have a grade crossing for a train trestle.

The speed of the trains at this crossing!! Put as many gates wherever needed to preserve life and rail action together.

Excellent catch!! Love the perspective!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

We've got a crossing just like that at 13th st. in Wichita. The BNSF, UP, and K&O, all cross overhead, but the WTA, ( Wichita Terminal Assn.) has to cross at grade to access the former Cargill mill, on the s.side of 13th st., so the signals are situated exactly the same.

Yup, it had me scratching my head - "Why are there barriers on a trestle bridge?" but then it becomes clear. Anyon driving under the bridge wouldn't imagine that there's a level crossing just beyond it 😱. BTW, your freight trains are immense! Here in UK, a long freight train is about 25 cars!

Back in the 90's, I live in Defiance, Oh., which isn't very far from this crossing. I rode my motorcycle much as possible in the warm months. Came thru here many times....werid!. Kinda stumbled across this video...

Nice one....thanks for sharing

Ok, you got me as well. I was thinking whoever put crossing gates at an overpass was doing some serious snorting that day. 😅

Well that was interesting. Subscribed

I just went to google maps to this location ... when viewed from the south they got a train on the bridge and from the north they got a train on the level crossing ... how cool is that !

It would make an attractive feature on a model rr. 👍👍👍

Cool video and interesting crossing.

Judging by the bridge, looks like one vehicle can get by at a time and in case of a backlog of traffic, having the gate there to stop oncoming traffic before reaching the bridge would allow cars that are stopped on or near the tracks on the other side to clear.

It's amazing how little it takes to entertain some of us.

VERY rare GE e-bell on that close mast! cool catch

What a wonderful place to film a locomotive.

I have never seen a crossing like that before. Very nice find.

Very Beautifull and Very Excellent catching ❤️👍

Brit here, took me a while to get my bearings! Never seen such a configuration before, nothing like this in the UK. While awesome, has to be said, INCREDIBLY Dangerous!! lol. Brilliant video, thanks for the upload.

I was driving up to this crossing late one night and stopped to make sure there was no train coming. There was none and just as I was going across I heard a loud train and it scared me so much. Right then a train had passed on the top rail. I never forgot that.

Unique rail crossing and passage way, with the narrow bridge. Nice video.

On this day i was at Fostoria and I recorded trains in the morning about 12 to 2 and I didn't see these trains. Nice crossing, and it is sad the GE electronic bell died.

That was great, I may have to go check that out myself. Thanks for the share

I've known about this crossing a while, live in Indiana... but have never gone and seen it for myself. But it's always been extremely fascinating to me. How could it not be?? The grade separation is seriously cool. The Erie Lackawanna through IN had a few areas of grade separation like this, but when it came to crossings, it was either a level crossing with both tracks, a road overpass over the tracks, or two rail overpasses at different heights above the road. But never a level crossing/overpass deal like this. This is a rarity for sure. And this line is an active Class 1 line... the EL has been removed for decades now.

There's a crossing just like this near me. Except the grade crossing is very rarely used, and there's no lights or gate. It's just a bell that I'm not sure even works anymore. It's used probably less than once a year mostly for MOW equipment. The overpass is the mainline.

Nice Catches

Very interesting railway crossing. Looks very unique with all those barriers in front of and behind the bridge etc. Thumbs up! :) Greetings Mega

It's tracks 1 & 2 of the split grade main, this runs for several miles in Northwest Ohio and into Indiana. Split grades are kind of rare. On the old Pennsylvania RR main that ran between Bradford, OH and Columbus ("The Bradford Line"), there was a three-way split grade (3 mains) between St. Paris and Urbana.

That is so cool.

Awesome vid

In Owings Mills, Maryland, on Reisterstown Road, there is a CSX (formerly Western Maryland Railroad) overpass. About a hundred yards south there used to be an at-grade crossing that was a spur of the main line. Google street view shows the old tracks.

This is probably the strangest railroad crossing I've ever seen. I mean, not only are there 2 tracks but one of them is high up while the other is on solid ground. Sure is something you don't see every day huh?

I was expecting debris to fall from the bridge when the train passes over it, and that's why the crossing gates were needed...

That's pretty neat! 👍

Cool video

great clip ... the best ever ... the realism was gripping ... and what action scenes ... hard to breathe now

Nifty idea for a layout!

Good shot!

Love, trains

I see an awesome movie seen... Come down that hill on the other side of the tracks,,, hit the tracks fly right over the bridge... Just the good old boys..

I remember seeing this crossing recorded by someone else years back. It’s too bad that GE bell died

I think is part of the ex-B&O mainline from Pittsburgh to Chicago. Amtrak's Broadway Ltd., and then, The Three Rivers would have come through here from 1990 to 2005.

I grew up 10 miles from this location in the 50’s and know this location. There was no crossing gate or lights at this location back then. Only crossbucks. This crossing is on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio to Chicago which was bough out by the Chessie System.

I like seeing a good old 3 engine mail train keeping schedule …

Wow, way cool catch. Thanks for sharing. Is the overpass for a different rail company?😎👍

I was canvassing for a citizen action group in Hicksville back in winter of 1993/94, it was very surreal!

You had me fooled! I thought, why would they put up a gate for a trestle? Surprise Surprise! Thanks for the Vid!

Remarkable

Interesting crossing.

Amazing video.

A 'Swift' truck could get stuck 2 different ways at that crossing!

Talk about a blind crossing! Wow!

Wow I've never seen a railroad crossing like this before especially with a Crossing signal next to a train trestle bridge and a train track that's pretty awesome with another train track on the other side

Wonderful perspective clip! Had me thinking for a bit.

As 7 of 9 would say you are unique!

Wow I watched this type of Railway Crossing in which one track is high up and another track on the beneath. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊😊

Wow that could really scare the beejezus out of someone! ❤

Hey, I don't live far from there! For years, this just had flashing lights

This crossing is about 20 minutes from where I live. But I had no idea it is there. I need to check it out

Omg I was literally laughing looking at the thumbnail for this video. Like I'm gonna put a railroad crossing arm at a overpass 🤣. Like One of those funny video fails that someone didn't do there job well. But I can totally understand the idea of this, driving through the tunnel and coming out right meeting at the crossing Is a accident waiting to happen. So the extra added crossing arm is perfect for getting your attention that something is ahead.... but All you see is a tunnel. Can totally understand how many accidents would happen if that crossing arm wasn't in that odd spot...... but things are there for a reason...... this is a great example

Wasn’t expecting that from the first camera angle! 😂

This is nicely different of track set up.

Ah. I wonder if this overpass has 'eaten'/shaved trucks like the 11'+8" bridge?

Had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

I notice that the bridge height is 11" and are measured without train traffic. How much deflection down does a train have on the bridge when passing because that opening is going to shrink some when something heavy is on it. Every driver should know the height of their vehicle, but that is a down and up road under the bridge, so you're going to height if the road on either side isn't flat longer than the vehicle passing under it. Wonder what happens to the signals if something is crossing the bridge? Oh, and this is a science and math question. 🙃

Hi from U.K. Time for a picnic whilst you wait for train to pass. Why do lights keep going out ?

If that's the line I think it is the train is on the original B&O line. The one with the trestle is the High line. It was built from Akron to Chicago to limit crossings and waits for other railroads especially the Pennsy which would tie B&O trains up.

Always wondered why the bells tend to stop ringing once the gates lower... 🤔

Cool! I was able to find this crossing on Google Maps and see it from both sides.

Excellent video 📸 didn't see this train 🚃 coming

I was like.. The tracks are above the bridge and streets, why would it need a railroad crossing?.. then I saw the train, I was like.. Oh.. That's why!

Great optical illusion!

Good job brother

Wow, kereta apinya panjang sekali. Love from Indonesia.

Sch..., was hast du mich gerade verarscht. GENIAL!

Hey, I live 10 min down the road from here!

Cool! Nice Concept for a Model layout 🛠🛤🤩👍

That is an interesting railroad crossing!

wow man I just retired after 42 years trucking the first thing I saw was the clearance sign & you can see that bridge was hit by a truck @ some time But when the train came past THAT BLEW MY MIND

Damn! The illusion got me there for a second! I was wondering how drunk or high the signal maintainers were when they built this crossing lol 😂

Muy interesante. Gracias

What a trip. Had me there for a minute. 😅

If I was along this line but not at a crossing, and I heard a train, it would seem like there’s a ghost train going on the high track.😂

Very interesting to have one track cross the crossing and one track go above. Why not just have both cross the street or go over on a bridge

Do trains go across the bridge, or only use the Level Crossing now?

I shot video of the CSX OCS there a few years ago.

Pretty cool

I want to go there someday, weird but unique setup, i think having a third crossing signal after the one you are standing at is kind of odd as well, but its necessary because what if you get caught up between the first right signal and the second right signal CSX went right through there on the second video

That is an unusual crossing. In my one and a half million miles of driving experience I never encountered anything like that. With the low clearance I would have been excluded so that accounts for it.

at first i thought it was the Bridge you had to stop for. makes more sense when you watch the whole video