Train Vs Suv

[TrainmanKight]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6034213
tore the hell outta the gate
"The crossing arms had just gone up" yep but i bet them lights were still flashing
another case of wait till the gate have fulley risen and the light have stopped flashing

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 8823529411

Acording to the fra this xing see
122 TOTAL TRAINS ADAY
36 SWITCHING
66 DAY THRU
TOP SPEED IS 40 MPH
there have been a total of 3 wreck not includeing this one
10/24/96 $2,000 1. Drove around or thru the gate
12/27/86 $1,500 BY A 4 MPH TRAIN 3. Did not stop say no gates at this wreck butt..
08/08/86 $0 Stopped on crossing say gates were here at this wreck ???!!!!???
No Deaths OR Injurys YET

[illinoistrains]

idiots, you dont go across untill ALL of the signal is off, expecally at a crossing with 2 tracks.

did anybody notice that at the beginning of the story, they showed a picture of an NS train, but they said Union Pacific?

[cabman701]

I totally agree on crossings with gates that the bells should only ring on the initial activation, and while the gates are lowering.

I remember a few years ago the NS line had their track crew doing maintenance. All of their equipment moving up and down the tracks caused the crossing signals to "go crazy" with many activations & deactivations. Quite a few times a saw the gates partially rise, only to hear the bells start ringing again and the gates reverse and go back down again. Hearing the bells ring was a clue that you need to get out of the way because the gates are coming down again.

If the crossing involved in this accident was set up this way, this accident just might have been avoided.

[Texastrainman]

"So now we don't have a car, and we still have to move. Awesome! Great day. April Fool's!"

Don't make me laugh. You're the "April Fools" around if you ain't taking things seriously.