Background information is at the beginning of the video. Here we are at the relatively high risk railroad crossing, Main Street in Ashland; with the most recent vehicle strike being in early 2020. The crossing gate was bent by a car and then as the crossing went up, it got caught in a traffic light pole. The crossing’s bells and lights remained activated because of that. Drivers were confused about this as seen in the video. Ashland Police Department showed up on scene to try to fix the problem. Meanwhile the approaching commuter rail was being given instructions over the radio under a form-D order to have the crossing flagged. We see the crossing gate go up and down a few time and slamming into different parts of the pole.

Also I have said this in a few other videos from this day, but note the broken Conrail Defect Detector. It failed earlier that day and was then turned off soon after I left. It has now been replaced which is unfortunate as it was the last Conrail detector on the system.