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    Does anybody know of a source for replacement insulation for the old style continuous insulated rail joints? SFAIK, Portec was the last source of replacement polyurethane insulation kits, but they're out of business. Neither L.B. Foster (who bought ...

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    Hi Mikhail, To answer your questions: Does anyone has experience of such nuisance ringing mitigation? There are options, but the key thing (as mentioned below in previous answers) is understanding if there are any through movements without ...

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    On the ION LRT in Canada, some stations are close to grade crossings. When a train approaches, the crossing is activated based on track occupancy and stays active as long as the track is occupied. If the train stops at the station, the crossing remains ...

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    Another option would be to keep the crossing activated the whole time, if the stops are brief and it's quite close to the crossing. You can do that with Positive Start settings if it's a GCP. You could also set a Positive Start Timer to let the crossing ...

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    Hi Mikhail - Around Chicago, we have a couple of ways this seems to be handled. From what I can tell, on METRA (commuter rail), the train may pull into the crossing to block it while making a station stop. This helps to prevent people from trying to ...

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