Railroad Crossing Photograph by Janette Boyd

Railroad Crossing

by Janette Boyd

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Title

Railroad Crossing

Artist

Janette Boyd

Medium

Photograph - Photo/texture/digital

Description

Photo taken out the window of the Amtrak train somewhere between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to San Antonio, Texas. The original image of the train crossing was taken by my son, Lee Boyd, as he looked out the window, by his phone camera. I took the original image and merged a second image of two trains from a Nebraska road trip to the background, using Corel Paint software and using blending, oil brush, markers and filters. Then a texture created by Jai Johnson was applied to the overall merged image.

***Top Finisher in FAA Contest: Trains on Roads 06/02/15***
***Top Finisher in FAA Contest: Group Logo for North American Trains & Rails & Stations NATRS*** on 01/26/15

Featured by the following FAA Groups:
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Thank you to all the FAA Group Administrators who have featured my work.
I am honored and pleased.

A level crossing (a primarily British term; usually known as a railroad crossing in North America) is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using a bridge or tunnel. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion. Other names include railway crossing, grade crossing, road through railroad, railroad crossing, and train crossing.

Early level crossings had a flagman in a nearby booth who would, on the approach of a train, wave a red flag or lantern to stop all traffic and clear the tracks. Manual or electrical closable gates that barricaded the roadway were later introduced, intended to be a complete barrier against intrusion of any road traffic onto the railway. In the early days of the railways much road traffic was horsedrawn or included livestock, requiring a full barrier crossing the entire width of the road. When opened to allow road users to cross the tracks, the gates were swung across the width of the railway, preventing any pedestrians or animals getting onto the tracks. The first US patent for such crossing gates was awarded on 27 August 1867, to J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston.

Later, as motor vehicles appeared, this type of barrier became less effective, while the need for a barrier to livestock diminished dramatically. Many countries therefore replaced the fully gated crossings with weaker but more-visible barriers, and relied upon road users obeying the associated warning signals to stop.