The bars were down, the lights were blinking. I pulled up to the single track RR crossing and opposite me on the other side of the tracks a car was waiting. It was early dusk. I opened my windows, shut off the radio and listened and looked. No sign of a train. As I watched, the car opposite, backed up and drove around the bar blocking his access and then around the bar in front of me. He stopped by my open window: “Been waitin’ a good ten minutes and don’t see no train comin’. It’s safe for you to do the same.”. I thanked him, backed up, drove around the bar in my lane, accelerated over the tracks to get around the bar in his lane, and sped off.