Railroad crossing arms malfunction causing traffic backup, Prairie Du Chien WI
Railroad crossing arms at Iowa Street are stuck down with no train present, causing a long traffic backup. Authorities have contacted the railroad to address the issue.
Audio|Source: Crawford County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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This is the call reference Iowa Street crossing,
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possibly the arms down,
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not letting traffic go some traffic control to help some of these kids.
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It sounded like the arms went up for about 30 seconds and then they hit back down again.
00:31
So, three, simple.
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173, if you get there and you can tell me that they are down and no train, then I'll call the railroad to something else.
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Seleone, I can confirm they are down.
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There is no railroad to traffic backed up pretty far.
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Warren, are you on Blackhawks there or are you at the...
01:03
I'm at the Iowa Exchange Crossing.
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Now I can't even get in.
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7-1 I'll be out.
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It's backed up all the way to Boot it.
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Kepler. Pepper 7-1, BNSF has been contacted.
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10-4[1].
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7-1 are you just directing them all down in Illinois?
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Northbound on, we'll see this.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
E Iowa St, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
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