Aren’t railroad grade crossings supposed to have gates?

[GaryV]

The line is abandoned (and marked Exempt so that vehicles normally required to stop at crossings don't have to)

My wife chided me this week because I went through an Exempt crossing without slowing down for the Yield sign. I couldn't explain to her exactly what that meant, other than that the line wasn't used enough to make vehicles like tanker trucks and school buses stop. So not slowing for the Yield shouldn't have been an issue.

[jeffandnicole]

The line is abandoned (and marked Exempt so that vehicles normally required to stop at crossings don't have to)

My wife chided me this week because I went through an Exempt crossing without slowing down for the Yield sign. I couldn't explain to her exactly what that meant, other than that the line wasn't used enough to make vehicles like tanker trucks and school buses stop. So not slowing for the Yield shouldn't have been an issue.

If the line is active, regardless how often it"s used, yielding seems warranted.

[Rothman]

The line is abandoned (and marked Exempt so that vehicles normally required to stop at crossings don't have to)

My wife chided me this week because I went through an Exempt crossing without slowing down for the Yield sign. I couldn't explain to her exactly what that meant, other than that the line wasn't used enough to make vehicles like tanker trucks and school buses stop. So not slowing for the Yield shouldn't have been an issue.

Oof.  Your extension beyond what the "EXEMPT" sign is intended is a real stretch.

[Icyhot1111]

US 287/College Ave in Fort Collins, with a Union Pacific spur with no gates https://maps.app.goo.gl/MkaGpbTXg24KZdXA8

Two miles North, the UP spur crosses US 287 again, with no gates. https://maps.app.goo.gl/dJEeiVC418whuEn97

According to trainorders, the line has trains each direction, once a week, servicing the Holcim Cement Plant.

[ZLoth]

Here is a spur line in east Plano with just a Yield sign. This same spur line crossed a major street in Plano, but ends at a Packaging Corporation of America warehouse to the west of this crossing.

Although judging from other crossings on this spur route, I'm wondering if this spur was "abandoned in place".