who builds them like that?

dunno but its still wrong

ok! XD

or whoever put them up put the signs in the wrong holes

eeyup

not seeing the Mistake o.o

railroad goes from top left to bottom right
croossing goes from bottom left to top right
get it now?

ahhhh xD

oh. i get it. LOL

I'm wondering if they punched the holes incorrectly at the factory. If the sign only supports the bolts to go through in that fashion, then they had little choice when installing the signs on location.

possible

Because, it would be such an easy mistake to make. Either the hole punch or the printing process could have run backwards and an unwary inspector didn't catch...or wasn't present to prevent the backwards creation of a whole batch of signs. Once into packing, the on-field workers just put it together as it came...correct or not.

Honestly, I so rarely come across railroad crossings that I wouldn't easily notice the mistake. And, it still gets the point across. It's not like they wired the train control signals backwards.

I read it as 'CROSSING RAILROAD'
haha XD.

We just have a sign with a picture of a train on. Pretty difficult for someone to screw that up

O.O steam or electric?

It's a picture of a steam train since it is the most recognizable shape for drivers to see at speed

I WANTS!!!

Like this
Sign A (Ungated or semi-gated crossing): http://www.directsigns.co.uk/assets.....9005dcf9e9.jpg
Sign B (Gated crossing) http://www.labelsource.co.uk/conten.....f70625a28b.jpg OR http://img1.photographersdirect.com...../pd2230095.jpg

Crossing itself: (Half barrier ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdvtCwAOQGQ
Full barrier system http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGOajzY9aP8

My town was also home to the most dangerous corssing in Britain. Just a red/green light and manual gates that the pedestrian has to push through.
They replaced it with a bridge now

sign B is a fence!
Sign A DO WANT!