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Damaged railroad crossing pole reported near South 56th StTacoma WA

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S 56th St, Tacoma, WA

A railroad crossing pole near South 56th Street was reported damaged after being hit by a truck. The pole is tilted about 20 degrees but the crossing gates are still functioning properly. Maintenance work is needed to fix the pole.

Audio|Source: BNSF/UP Seattle Sub - North End
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah,
00:01
I just wanted to report on a crossing at 6.3 on the Lakewood stop, it's south 56.
00:06
It's working as intended, but it does definitely, it looks like a truck ran into one of the upright stars, tipped over a little bit. It needs some maintenance work. It is working, but it needs some maintenance work.
00:22
And where is this located?
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Uh,
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milepost 6.3, uh, south 56th Street.
00:34
BNSF Detector.
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Milepost 1.0.
00:38
Point.
00:39
Copy that out, get this reported and he said working as intended. But looks this still, uh,
00:45
one of the crossing bucks is what it is? Or is it, uh...
00:51
Gated, a gate.
00:54
It's the pole the gates on. Looks like it got run into. It's tipped over about 20 degrees or so. But the cross, the gates are working, but the pole is tipped over.
01:05
Copy that pole, tipped over. Thank you.

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S 56th St, Tacoma, WA

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