Railway Crossing - Clonsilla Station, Dublin

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The old wheel operated level crossing at Clonsilla station in Dublin, Ireland. Irish Rail 22000 class DMU intercity train number 22344 heads westbound through the crossing on it's way to Sligo. Thank you for watching. Please comment, like and subscribe 👍
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@irelandbloke 4 года назад

Check out this Railway Crossing Lights Collection: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cX3xhpLpF58.html

@marcberm 2 года назад

I wonder how many others noticed the worker manually cranking the gates closed and open through the window in the upper left. I wonder how many didn't even realize it was a manual crossing.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Well spotted :)

@mikeheadon4981 2 года назад

There was one in Grays when I were a lad. Complete with the bod cranking the wheel in the box. Then they shut off the High St. so the crossing was removed. Seventies, I think.

@elguason5576 2 года назад

Oóh? I thought it was automatic, omg

@grsymes 2 года назад

I remember seeing it being cranked in the 80s but thought it was all electric now, guess not.

@artyfhartie2269 2 года назад

His name is Patrick Murphy.

@darylcheshire1618 2 года назад

Interlocking gates were common in Melbourne. One fascinating one mathematically was at Cheltenham where Charman road crossed at an approx 30 degree angle and the gates were different lengths and they fitted perfectly open or closed. If one gate was too long they would hit in the middle. At the time I was studing the maths of parallel lines and the interplay between all the angles and this was a fascinating real world example of geometry.

@countrabricksbuildcraze8916 2 года назад

Yes I was going to say the same thing about cheltenham in the late 80 I remember them gate .do you know what year it was when thay got rid of the old gate in the Frankston line. ?

@darylcheshire1618 2 года назад

@@countrabricksbuildcraze8916 I don’t live in Cheltenham so I didn’t see the gates go. The Wiki says 1972. I used to go to Cheltenham to attend coaching classes arranged by the Freemasons. I also caught the bus to Southland or it was a 20 minute walk.

@darylcheshire1618 2 года назад

Another fascinating story of railway gates in Melbourne is the Upfield Line which between Brunswick and Coburg had a lot of roads that crossed the tracks close together and all with wooden gates. The thing was the line was slated for closure by a sucession of governments so no money was spent on upgrading the crossings until relatively recently. Some crossings were closed but the gates are statically preserved together with their little cabins. Now the line has had the level crossing removals applied and some of the railway is elevated.

@c.a.marsupial.1282 2 года назад

I lived in Bon beach around 1975 . Does anyone remember the clock traffic lights on the way to Frankston. It was a clock that went around from red to green , to yellow. It was so long ago I don't remember the gates at Cheltenham. But I do remember the red trains that the doors open outwards on the way to Montmorency.

@darylcheshire1618 2 года назад

@@c.a.marsupial.1282 I remember the clock traffic lights at Aspendale. They are preserved in Bicentennial Park at Chelsea. The trains with outward opening doors were called dogboxes or doggies. They were on other lines so I never travelled on any except the Electrail preserved set. I was intriqued by the train whistle which was a tube type whistle. It also had the same air horn of the Taits.

@magnetique12 7 лет назад

Very cool barrier system who prevent, in addition, pedestrians and drivers from taking tracks when level crossing are OFF.

@trespire 2 года назад

Used to have such a gait system in Filey in the 80's, last time I was there.

@michaelpoyntz774 2 года назад

That actually reminded me of the type of and style of the model houses, crossings and train sets we had as kids. 65 years ago.

@Baribrotzer 2 года назад

A fascinating arrangement, with the signalman faintly visible up in the box turning a huge crank to operate the gates. How old is it? The hand crank, and the shafts and linkages it must require all smack of 19th Century tech, but the box, the gates, and the need for gates at a RR crossing seem more like something from the Thirties. Plus, in the 19th Century, the signalman would have had to come out and wave a red flag rather than stay dry in his box and turn a crank.

@paulsehstedt6275 2 года назад

The best barrier system at all!

@lmlmd2714 2 года назад

Was going to say this makes way more sense than the vertical gates we have in Aus (and the UK too), as it actually prevents tresspassing onto the tracks as well as protecting traffic. Also helps that the train driver can clearly see if the gates have failed and are open too - prob too late to stop but at least they can start to brake and lean on the horn to warn people.

@Dutchrailfann 2 года назад

i remember watching this video 10x a day when i was young.

@johnnyh.6851 2 года назад

That would be a great addition on a model train layout. I just love it!

@malcolmbogie 2 года назад

Very interesting the way these gates opened and closed.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks for watching !

@Trains12345 Год назад

I live here so I see this a lot of the time

@henguspod3899 2 года назад

fantastic thats how they should be

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

I agree !

@MD-kk2mf 2 года назад

Superb 👌👌👍🏾

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thank you !

@samsanimationcorner3820 2 года назад

So talented the workers! Able to manually crank the gates then fade out of existence! I'm so glad Ireland is able to stop discriminating against ghosts in the workplace!

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

lol 😁

@paulfoxanimator 2 года назад

that´s so awesome and very safe

@democraticpatriot2657 2 года назад

Wish we had barriers like that back in August 2020 when a man driving a pickup truck at night in Oxnard, California mistakenly turned onto railroad tracks at a grade crossing. The vehicle got stuck and was hit by a passenger train. Fortunately the truck driver escaped in time and survived.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

I agree. It's safest just to fully block access to the crossing when the train is due

@seraphina985 2 года назад

@@irelandbloke It sounds to me like they mean the driver turned onto the tracks while the road was open then got stuck in the track ballast or something. Presumably the driver mistook it for a crossroads somehow, I guess the driver was unfamiliar with the area. Especially considering this apparently happened at night it is conceivable the driver was too focused on looking for their turn and missed the signs indicating that it was a rail crossing not the road intersection they were expecting.

@markfryer9880 2 года назад

@@seraphina985 It has also happened that they were listening to Google Maps and got misdirected somehow.

@dd_hd 2 года назад

I had This one as a child for My wood train Set, now i See it again here on RU-vid

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Cool 👍

@Kamroks455 2 года назад

We need more crossings like this in the US- far too many people jumping the gates and getting hit- Brightline in Florida is a prime example of this

@McRocket 2 года назад

There is something rather elegant about this. ☮

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

I agree :)

@meenurabeka4964 6 лет назад

Very nice this s safety for al people and animals very nice😊😊😊

@irelandbloke 6 лет назад

Thank you :)

@cdl0 2 года назад

There used to be a manually-operated crossing at the top of the road where I lived in the 1960s, but it was replaced with automatic barriers soon after. I clearly remember watching the steam locomotive drawing the carriage bearing Winston Churchill's coffin to his funeral cross the crossing.

@khiggins8733 2 года назад

I think you are mistaken about seeing Churchill’s coffin and funeral. Clonsilla station is in North Dublin not in U.K.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

What age were you then ?

@cdl0 2 года назад

@@irelandbloke I was a small child. My father also took us to see Churchill's grave later that day, but all I saw was the backs of adults' legs, which annoyed me greatly. The man turning the wheel to close the gates at the crossing always intrigued me, so this video was a fascinating reminder of past times for me. This was in England on the Waterloo line, of course.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

@@cdl0 Great piece of history 👍

@ivanfangio 2 года назад

Las primeras barreras human friendly que veo después de mirar durante años FFCC en RU-vid

@lappilappland3708 2 года назад

What a Cute System .... :)

@YouMadeYourChoice 2 года назад

Dude, The video picture almost looks the train is gonna crash into the crossing gates! Lol! Nice video btw

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks !

@YouMadeYourChoice 2 года назад

No problem

@andrewcowling5804 2 года назад

Ahh so nostalgic. All crossings in the UK used to be like this. I think only one is now. For operational reasons I think. But I think it’s a much safer way of closing the road to traffic either way as pedestrians are the main protagonists now.

@rickfarny 2 года назад

There's one in Ramsbottom on the East Lancs Railway

@robfriedrich2822 2 года назад

Interesting version.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks for watching !

@bramjen13 10 месяцев назад

Very good nice video!

@irelandbloke 10 месяцев назад

Thanks !

@njcurmudgeon 2 года назад

There are a few grade crossings near intersections in the U.S. that are confusing enough that drivers unfamiliar with the area (or inebriated!) mistakenly turn too soon and end up on the tracks, especially at night. A gate set-up like this would help.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Yeah I think fully closed crossings are the only real safe ones

@tarun769 6 лет назад

Superbbb crossing

@kodasruthi33 6 лет назад

Very good thinking

@IndranathGaurTraveller 2 года назад

Nice 🌷

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks !

@tamsime1629 2 года назад

Love the old world gates and great to see survivors. Around here, all we have are those dreadful continental barriers. A set of similar gates were removed around here as it was said they could not fabricate a part for the mechanism- and they were listed gates too! Here's me thinking, they can construct three bridges over the Firth of Forth and send men to the moon. Must be some mechanisms in the old style gates!

@MrNiico21 7 лет назад

very cool

@travelsofmunch1476 2 года назад

Brightline needs this

@artyfhartie2269 2 года назад

You would think that in Ireland the trains would give way to cars and pedestrians. To be sure, to be sure.

@임진영 2 года назад

Good job boy

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks ! :)

@nicholasscarff2621 2 года назад

The gates across Lydiard Street in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia were like this until recently. They were the last known operational gates of their kind in Australia, probably the Southern Hemisphere. A train hit them a couple of years ago and it looks like they’ll be permanently removed. It’s a tragedy.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

That's a pity !

@adrianballesteros8022 2 года назад

Ooohhhh!!!👍🏼👌🏼😁

@saleemchittandasaleemchitt2936 6 лет назад

Super

@AryamanSrivastava895 2 года назад

This trainset design reminds me of Indian Vande Bharat Express .

@johnolivermtb 2 года назад

Que saudades, já passei por ai

@irishrailtrains 10 лет назад

I love that crossing !

@sambarsoum3125 7 лет назад

Look in the signal box. You can see someone spinning a wheel.

@irelandbloke 7 лет назад

That's the guy opening the gates :)

@user-oh5mr1ww6t 7 лет назад

irelandbloke ed

@naimaprinsesje8466 7 лет назад

Sam Edward Barok

@Annacutie777 6 лет назад

Sam Edward Barsoump

@waelabid519 6 лет назад

Sam Edward Barsoum i

@drtee51 2 года назад

Someone took more than five minutes to synchronize those gates!

@PutlerXLO 2 года назад

Ahaha) Hi-tech that we deserve)))

@harikrishnashabu3547 2 года назад

Wow

@Fcutdlady 6 лет назад

This is the last manually operated railway crossing in Dublin if not in the rest of the country

@FebriantLeocesio 6 лет назад

Diz actually good. My country need to.implement this

@tonytendencies4698 2 года назад

Most countries don't need them. In Ireland it was mainly to prevent the drunken population stumbling in front of trains.

@MukeeProductions 6 лет назад

superb ✋😅😍

@shreedadarwala7650 2 года назад

*High time India emulates this!*

@MadMax-gg2mz 2 года назад

I live so close to here

@user-pj6ji8xe6y 2 года назад

Оригинально и просто.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks for watching !

@michaelmontgomerymountainm2635 2 года назад

Interesting

@mauricioabelmolina3188 2 года назад

Sorprendente, ese sistema no existe acá en Argentina

@Iquitbutnomore 3 года назад

Nice

@irelandbloke 3 года назад

Thanks

@frafraplanner9277 2 года назад

Road Intersections need to have this but with heavy steel gates to catch red light runners

@pankajbordoloi9774 6 лет назад

Smart

@TheIrishMainline 10 лет назад

Lovely video, amazed this setup still exists here.

@AstonL3 2 года назад

Wow comment from 8 years ago

@tonytendencies4698 2 года назад

@@AstonL3 wow, comment from 14 minutes ago

@AstonL3 2 года назад

Someone has noticed me now

@singularity6305 2 года назад

Some kind of the same crossing I saw in the beginning of Half-Life)

@MrNiico21 7 лет назад

cool

@irelandbloke 7 лет назад

Thanks :)

@denisehannon9111 7 лет назад

@halimasessya803 7 лет назад

NICOLAS CAILLÉ

@sreeniaruru6975 7 лет назад

NICOLAS CAILLÉ

@irelandbloke 10 лет назад

This was earlier today, was it the one on Ratoath road that was removed maybe ?

@swetasinha4933 6 лет назад

Innovative

@stephenhill8790 2 года назад

I still think the old fashioned gates were safer than the new ones 🙂

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

I agree !

@derekmcmahon5950 2 года назад

Film production companies used consilla train station a lot for period dramas or did not sure if they still do it , about 15 k west of Dublin City

@LDEGM 10 лет назад

Nice one! Cheers

@paranierthibault951 2 года назад

Très intelligent comme système de passage à niveau, comme ça si les barrières ne bougent pas, ça oblige au moins le train à s arrêter et il n y a pas de risques d accidents

@OntarioTrafficMan 2 года назад

Il est encore possible d'avoir des accidents puisqu'il n'y a pas assez de temps entre la fermeture des barrieres et l'arrivée du train pour le train de s'arrêter. Il peut ralentir, mais pas nécessairement s'arrêter. Il y a aussi certains passages à niveau ici en Amérique du Nord qui ont une lumière blanche qui confirme que les barrières s'abbaissent.

@SH3RIFF187 2 года назад

The Irish Shinkansen

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

LOL 😁

@carolinekelly3415 2 года назад

Failte, thank you for sharing this unknown location in Dublin. I am admiring the new green trains. Did you discontinue the older brown CIE trains?? They were marvellous too!! Cork to Dublin and return trips very comfortable. Great rides with my elders and very happy memories. I like the transportation services including Bus Eireann. Reliable!!

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

You're welcome. They recently re-painted a couple of the old locomotives back to the original colours but they only work on freight services and other special services.

@stephenc6648 2 года назад

Sleaford West crossing in Lincolnshire still has hand-cranked gates operated from the signal box. I wonder how much longer this will last.

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Hopefully a long time !

@jess.hawkins 2 года назад

Nice view of the railway signals too, similar to those in Britain but at the same time a little different! (I wonder why that shunting signal appears to have three different indicator positions?)

@jess.hawkins 2 года назад

Just looked it up, the multiple shunt indications are to allow for multiple shunt routes to be indicated, it's pretty neat really!

@sk31370n 2 года назад

almost as interesting as watching the paint dry

@irelandbloke 10 лет назад

Cheers, long may it last !

@meruliouslacrimens5154 2 года назад

All crossings used to be like this before automation came up with the AHBs.

@minihall5944 6 лет назад

fine

@derekmulready1523 2 года назад

Amtrak *take note* . 🇮🇪🇪🇺😁🤔

@irelandbloke 10 лет назад

Cheers ! :)

@Flyboy207 2 года назад

Interesting use of the horn there... Here in the states they’re on the air horn full blast from quite a distance away, until the engine gets through the crossing. We have a lot of morons here who get hit by trains.

@KarolOfGutovo 2 года назад

Plenty of those this side of the pond too

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

They should blow the horn like they do in the U.S. Sometimes they don't blow the horn at crossings over here at all !

@szymongorczynski7621 2 года назад

@@irelandbloke Are thd barriers still there?

@drewzero1 2 года назад

I also found that interesting. Different countries have different laws about horn use. In the US the pattern is long-long-short-long for crossings, and if the train is going fast they'll usually really lean into it. Another one I hear sometimes around here is a bunch of short, frantic blasts, which I'm pretty sure means "get off the f...g tracks, a train's coming!"

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

@@szymongorczynski7621 Still there in 2022 ! :)

@AuXXKeyz 2 года назад

The traffic this causes is chaotic 😭

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Yeah I've seen the gates closed for nearly 10 minutes

@irelandbloke 10 лет назад

I thought that's what you meant. The one at Ashtown is still there though

@user-bp8xm8zn8u 2 года назад

👍

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks !

@gulamdastagir2571 2 года назад

👌🏽👍👌🏽😀👌🏽👍👌🏽👌🏽👍

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Thanks !

@timdaugherty5921 2 года назад

Def dont see this in USA

@riyazriya8157 6 лет назад

it's gud yaar

@tenbeuTV 2 года назад

내가 생각해왔던 건널목이네

@macmikey 2 года назад

we need these in the US

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

And we need the US crossing bells over here !

@macmikey 2 года назад

@@irelandbloke LOL

@davidvincent1093 2 года назад

And in America they would still find a way to run it!

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

lol probably 😆

@samanli-tw3id 6 лет назад

0.04 Does it mean "train stop, car go"?

@orbitarchive346 6 лет назад

samanli2014 0:04

@michaell874 2 года назад

How does this work when there is a good amount of snow on the ground?

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

Good question, although we rarely have snow in Ireland any more so it's unlikely that I'll ever find out !

@danilorainone406 2 года назад

tis only the chosen see the leprechaun fellas movin them gates shart w green bowlers too,

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

True story.....lol

@kentuckyrailfan3490 2 года назад

We need a system like this in the United States. The way people drives and gets themselves killed is the reason we need something like this

@irelandbloke 2 года назад

I agree. The only safe way is to completely block both sides of the road

@glenstephenson6787 2 года назад

Manual Gate? Look a the guy through the window in the building, top left corner, turning wheel to open gate.

@maxmilenium2 6 лет назад

And if someone is locked in?

@mmb1253 2 года назад

I'm watching this but I have no idea what I'm looking at exactly

@E655Caimano 4 года назад

Nice video!

@irelandbloke 4 года назад

Grazie :)

@tenbeuTV 2 года назад

수동건널목이네

@vitissubrailfan2540 7 лет назад

the thumbnail

@irelandbloke 7 лет назад

@vamsim4917 6 лет назад

It's a clickbait.

@stephenmoran1000 2 года назад

Was a lie

@marcelmalonga7943 2 года назад

The video pic made me think the opposite

@irelandbloke 10 лет назад

Me too :)

@user-kd7oc6st9n 6 лет назад

Шлагбаум для поездов это что-то с чем-то.

@user-tm3nt5ci9t 6 лет назад

Если посмотреть в левый верхний угол, то там видно как в домике крутят колесо, что бы открыть или закрыть эти ворота! Так что никакой автоматики, механика! :-)