This is pretty sweet! It combines my 2 favorite hobbies. I would love to fly into that airport, but I dont think the single engine Diamond I fly could make it across the sea lol
Those photos are about 3 years old. That section of line hasnt been used for about a year the track was washed out further south during heavy rain and it wasnt a very economical line so they havent reopened it , they might never do so. But the rails are still in place I were flying a wee cessna out of there 2 weeks ago. The A.I.P. chart still has all the instructions for using the runway. There are lights to indicate when the runway extention is closed for trains and "FLYING LOW OVER OR IN FRONT OF TRAINS IS PROHIBITED"
Some small airports, (1 here, I've heard of others, and I've seen film of a least one USAF base with this set up), have a regular traffic lights on the roads that cross near/on runways. Its controlled by the air traffic controller at the scene, or by the airport personnel. When a plane is on approach, a switch is thrown, and the light turns red, stopping traffic. It doesn't change back to green until the plane has landed.
1. What type of engine is that in the photos? It looks really sweeeeet!
2. Down at Georgetown, DE there used to be a rail that went down (or across I don't remember) the runway, but it was used for testing ejection seats. That must've been an interesting NOTAM.