Vehicle damages railroad crossing gates near Eveleth, Eveleth MN


A vehicle drove at high speed through railroad crossing gates near Eveleth, Minnesota, destroying the gates. No collision with the train occurred. Rail staff were requested for repairs.
Audio|Source: Eveleth-Virginia BNSF and CN Rail
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Transcript:
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169.1 and we had a car go through the gates.
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I mean, they destroyed the gates.
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They have to be going probably 50, 60 miles an hour.
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We need someone out there to repair it.
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We can 539 on it over.
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Okay, copy that guys, but you did not hit the car, it got through, it just took the gates out at 69.1 over?
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Okay,
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copy that guys? I'm going to throw a 529A in there.
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Are you guys through the crossing now so it won't affect the PTC over?
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We're still over the crossing.
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That ended through over.
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Okay, copy that guys.
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I'll wait just like a minute or two and I'll throw it in there so you'll see it come on behind you and we'll get somebody out there over.
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Good thing.
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We couldn't really catch the make and model of the car.
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It looked like a smaller Ford, the SUV,
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but I can't tell for sure what the model was over.
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Eveleth, MN 55734
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