Rail crossing gate malfunction on Main Street South

Heard on: BNSF Wayzata-Morris Subs and Willmar Yard

01:43

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

So we just went through the crossings at East atwater a little while back.

00:07

My engineer noticed something on his side, I believe.

00:11

The crossing did not go down, but the lights were still flashing.

00:15

I believe it was Main Street South, according to the app here for the crossing tracker.

00:23

Wanted to report that that it was a partial failure over South.

00:28

Uh, on the south one, over.

00:32

Two,

00:49

I believe it's that public crossing, over.

00:58

88.972 Main Street and which gate? Lights work, but gate didn't activate, over.

01:13

The southbound one,

01:15

I believe it would be on my engineer's side.

01:17

Over.

01:19

The southbound lane, sorry, southbound lane.

01:21

Sorry, over.

01:27

Engineer's side, wouldn't that be the north side? Over.

01:34

Yes, yes, it would be the north side.

01:37

Over.

01:41

Copy that. I will get it turned in.

2026-10-22 03:06 UTC

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Main St S, Atwater, MN 56209

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, a rail crew reported a possible malfunction at a public railroad crossing on Main Street South in Atwater, where the lights were flashing but one southbound gate did not go down. The issue was reported to dispatch for follow-up.