Video Shows Mokena Cop Avoid Collision With Metra Train

[mahatmakanejeeves]

This video was on the TV news this morning. That's a signal maintainer's truck in the background. After the train has passed, you can see the signal maintainer working at the control shed.

Police & Fire

Video Shows Mokena Cop Avoid Collision With Metra Train

A Mokena police dash cam video shows the moment a speeding Metra train passed a 191st Street crossing with malfunctioning gates.
By Tim Moran, Patch Staff | Dec 26, 2018 11:25 pm ET | Updated Dec 27, 2018 8:50 am ET

MOKENA, IL - A police dash cam video shows just how close drivers on 191st Street in Mokena last month came to getting hit by a Metra train. Mokena police officer Peter Stanglewicz posted a video on Facebook recently that had been viewed more than 600,000 times as of Wednesday afternoon.

It shows the police car he was driving westbound on 191st come within a short distance of colliding with a northbound Metra train on the Rock Island Line. Stanglewicz had to make a last-second hard left turn into the eastbound lanes to avoid collision. At least one other car on the road also came close to colliding with the train. ... The gates at the rail crossing did not come down until after the train had passed.

Neither Stanglewicz nor any of the other motorists who were in vehicles near the train were injured, according to multiple media reports. ... Officer Stanglewicz was recently recognized for 25 years of service with the village of Mokena.

Mokena cop’s close call with Metra train caught on camera

POSTED 2:56 PM, DECEMBER 26, 2018, BY WGN WEB DESK, UPDATED AT 07:53 PM, DECEMBER 26, 2018

MOKENA, Ill. — A Mokena police officer’s quick thinking helped him avoid getting struck by a Metra train.

Officer Peter Stanglewicz recently shared dashcam footage of the November incident on Facebook, and it has been viewed over 500,000 times.

Police say Stanglewicz was traveling westbound on 191st Street in Mokena when he observed an inbound train approaching the rail line’s crossing. The gates and lights at the crossing had not activated.

Stanglewicz turned a hard left to avoid colliding with the train, causing his squad car to cross the median and rest in the eastbound lanes of 191st Street. just as the train cleared the crossing.
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Video captures frightening near-miss after gate fails at Mokena train crossing

December 27, 2018, 11:58 AM

A dashcam in a Mokena police cruiser captured a frightening moment when a Metra commuter train narrowly missed colliding with three vehicles after gates and warning lights failed to activate at a crossing.

The incident happened at 8:45 a.m. Nov. 9 at 191st Street and the Rock Island District line, according to a Metra spokeswoman. Inbound train No. 506 was headed to Chicago’s LaSalle Street Station after picking up passengers in Joliet and New Lenox.
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[Achilleaze]

1. She's a mighty good road. But apparently not all the time.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. You're right. That is the old Rock Island.

I had to look it up. I bought a guide to the railroads of the Chicago area back in 1973. I have no idea where it is now.

New Lenox station

New Lenox is a commuter railroad station along Metra's Rock Island District line in New Lenox, a southern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is officially located on 300 North Church Street, and lies 34 miles (55 km) away from LaSalle Street, the northern terminus of the line, however parking is available between Church Street and far northeast of Haven Avenue. It is also the penultimate station along the RID line before reaching the end of the line at Joliet Union Station. In Metra's fare-based system, New Lenox Station is in zone G.

New Lenox station was originally built by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in 1900. It is located just north of US 30, and is also west of a bridge that carries a former Wabash Railroad line that serves Metra's SouthWest Service line. A new station was built for that line at Laraway Road in 2006. Like Laraway Road station, no bus connections are currently available.

Mokena station

Mokena is one of two commuter rail stations along Metra's Rock Island District line in Mokena, Illinois. The station is located on Front Street and Mokena Street east of Wolf Road, and is 29.6 miles (47.6 km) away from LaSalle Street, the northern terminus of the line. In Metra's fare-based system, Mokena is in zone F.

Unlike Hickory Creek to the east, Mokena has a waiting room and a ticket agency window. Parking is available on Front Street between Wolf Road and Mokena Street, as well as on the northwest corner of McGovney Street and Mokena Street. Additional parking can be found further northwest on Willow Crest Lane off of Wolf Road, and at the Village Hall to the northeast on the corners of Division, Third, and Carpenter Streets. Currently, no bus connections are available at the station.

[marble falls]

2. Holy moly!

[Blue Owl]

4. At the end of the video

You can see a maintenance crew working on the electrics box next to the crossing -- hopefully they got it fixed before the next train crossed!!!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. There's been another one.

Eastern Railroad Discussion > B&OCT Failure of gates to activate at 103rd St. Chicago

Date: 01/03/19 05:50
B&OCT Failure of gates to activate at 103rd St. Chicago
Author: Englewood

The bewitching Megan Hickey at the scene along CSXT's B&OCT on the southwest side of Chicago.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/02/train-crossing-warning-signal-failure-west-beverly/

Not nearly as good as last weeks Metra video footage.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,4694841,page=1

All Megan has to work with is a smart phone photo.
If you blow the picture up really, really, large you can make out the gates standing straight up on both sides of the tracks.
CSXT checked it out and watched the crossing for 70 hours. Nothing found wrong.

Move along folks, nothing to worry about here, move along.................

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/19 05:52 by Englewood.

Train Crossing Warning Signal Failure In West Beverly

By Megan HickeyJanuary 2, 2019 at 5:16 pmFiled Under:Chicago, CSX, Federal Railroad Administration, Mokena, Only On 2, train, Train crossing, West Beverly

CHICAGO (CBS) — Drivers got quite a scare at a Southwest Side railroad crossing when a freight train rolled through with no warning on Dec. 28. ... CBS 2 saw pictures of the tanker train barreling through the intersection with the warning lights off and the crossing gate still up posted in Instagram and Facebook.

CSX confirms that the warning signal failed to operate as a train was coming through the crossing at West 103rd Street and South Maplewood Avenue. Crews responded the same day, but residents are rattled.
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A CSX spokesperson says they were alerted on Friday and immediately sent out a crew and flagmen to stand at the crossing. They remained at the location for 70 hours and were unable to duplicate the activation failure.

CSX says they’re conducting a thorough investigation that will be submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration.
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Passenger Trains > Close Call When Grade Crossing Signals on Metra Don't Activate