Semi truck stopped with crossing gate on trailer, Caledonia IL
TrafficRadio traffic describes a semi-truck stopped near Hill Street and North Street in DeKal with a railroad crossing gate resting on top of its trailer. The truck is fouling the crossing but is not on the tracks. Officers discuss putting protection in place and checking nearby intersections, and they reference unit identifiers and personnel (masked in the transcript).
Audio|Source: Northern Illinois Railroads
02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Good copy. He's calling over. 5360, over. 5360. He's just looking out too far at Hill Street, North Street, in DeKal, on the south side. The gate came down on the top of his truck, so he's just sitting there with the gate sitting on top of that top of his truck.
00:22
We're out. All right, you got to lock up once the Maplesp. Over? 58.5.5.5.1, Lincoln Highway and 4th Street, over? Yeah, that's correct. ...moplasts 58.5.1, you need a sub. You got a crossing gate down on top of the semi-truck and the truck's fouling the crossing there.
00:49
It's not following the crossing. It stopped short because it's, I guess, the gates went up when the LT went by, and then he probably stopped when he saw the gates go down again on the other side of the street, and then the gate ended up on top of his trailer. He's not following the tracks, though. All right, Kyle, put some protection and get turned in, taking.
01:17
9360-0-1. Special 12-Dio. Shot, over? Go ahead. And when you go through that 4th Street, you can let me know if everything is clear there, I'm getting the rest turned into signal. Over? All right, yeah, just going back out to Nelson's sled on. I'm heading up that way out with telling you a little bit.
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Location mentioned:
North St, Caledonia, IL 61011
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