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JohnFromJersey wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:39 pm There is a video on Facebook of low-hanging (telephone?) wires at the Okerson Rd crossing getting touched by the train. Nothing major, but those wires are bouncing in the video...That's the video I took and posted on my Freehold Secondary site . The centerbeams were definitely hitting the Verizon wires. I contacted a friend about this who is affiliated with the railroad . Hopefully Verizon will raise them quickly.
Bracdude181 wrote:Per a friend, the symbols are now:Now that makes sense for a lot of reasons. Thx
JB-1 Jamesburg-Freehold
JB-2 Jamesburg-Lakewood
Blackseal Jim wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:54 amMy guess is that the problem was some stray object sticking up from one of the cars. Or was it multiple cars hitting the wire, as the above post says? It is hard to imagine all clearances weren't checked as part of refurbishing the line. Hopefully all went well with today's train.JohnFromJersey wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:39 pm There is a video on Facebook of low-hanging (telephone?) wires at the Okerson Rd crossing getting touched by the train. Nothing major, but those wires are bouncing in the video...That's the video I took and posted on my Freehold Secondary site . The centerbeams were definitely hitting the Verizon wires. I contacted a friend about this who is affiliated with the railroad . Hopefully Verizon will raise them quickly.
Jim Hurley
CharlieL wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:04 am It looked more to me like the engine exhaust shook the wire; I could not discern an actual hit, though others have said they could. Regardless, the lines need to be raised. That's on the utility that owns them, probably not Verizon.Actually probably is Verizon. The lowest lines on the pole are usually telephone.
R&DB wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:17 pmCorrect. There are four sections to joint use utility poles. The upper section is the electric space, below that is the clearance space to which nothing can be attached except in some circumstances a static ground conductor, and below that the communications space, and below that the ground clearance space.CharlieL wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:04 am It looked more to me like the engine exhaust shook the wire; I could not discern an actual hit, though others have said they could. Regardless, the lines need to be raised. That's on the utility that owns them, probably not Verizon.Actually probably is Verizon. The lowest lines on the pole are usually telephone.
CharlieL wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:04 am It looked more to me like the engine exhaust shook the wire; I could not discern an actual hit, though others have said they could. Regardless, the lines need to be raised. That's on the utility that owns them, probably not Verizon.Something on a few cars hit it . I started noticing when I was filming that the wires were bouncing as the train moved under .
