Malfunctioning railroad crossing gates cause delays, Melbourne FL


The incident involves railroad crossing gates not functioning correctly. One gate keeps moving halfway down and back up while the lights are flashing red and no train is present. It has been happening for at least 10 minutes.
Audio|Source: Melbourne Police and Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
Number 14, over. Okay. Did you let FEC know the crossing at University in the tracks here? It's malfunctioning? Or how long has it been malfunctioning? Because we've been getting reports to that, but every time they go out there, the gates go back up after the train goes through? Well, there was no train. One of the gates keeps falling out. Halfway down back up and it's going at nonstop. It's been at least 10 minutes now. On the lights are blinking red, but none of the gates are going down except for one it's going halfway. I copy. Just continuously bouncing back and forth halfway down, halfway up. Ten far, I'll let him know. See ya, so good, yeah, I'll take the one of Lake Washington.
Number 14, over. Okay. Did you let FEC know the crossing at University in the tracks here? It's malfunctioning? Or how long has it been malfunctioning? Because we've been getting reports to that, but every time they go out there, the gates go back up after the train goes through? Well, there was no train. One of the gates keeps falling out. Halfway down back up and it's going at nonstop. It's been at least 10 minutes now. On the lights are blinking red, but none of the gates are going down except for one it's going halfway. I copy. Just continuously bouncing back and forth halfway down, halfway up. Ten far, I'll let him know. See ya, so good, yeah, I'll take the one of Lake Washington.
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Location mentioned:
Railroad St, Melbourne, FL 32901
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