04-26-2016, 05:39 AM
Unsafe crossings really means impatient drivers. Last time we had a car hit in town the Darwin Award winner said " They could have stopped before hitting me..They had airbrakes." The award winner was caught in traffic and instead of stopping before the crossing he chose to stop on the crossing and got to meet the front end of a CR GP38-2.
Of course the headline read "Train hits Car". A CR train hit a car driven by blah,blah, blah.
Not once did the newspaper story say the car was stopped on the crossing-that was reported by the local radio stations.
Of course next morning the local "experts" at the usual coffee drinking haunts( Hardees and McDonalds) pointed their finger at the crossing and CR.
The crossing had gates since the steam era and was once controlled by crossing watchman as was all major street crossings in town.
The crossing guard shanties was elevated.
Of course the headline read "Train hits Car". A CR train hit a car driven by blah,blah, blah.
Not once did the newspaper story say the car was stopped on the crossing-that was reported by the local radio stations.
Of course next morning the local "experts" at the usual coffee drinking haunts( Hardees and McDonalds) pointed their finger at the crossing and CR.
The crossing had gates since the steam era and was once controlled by crossing watchman as was all major street crossings in town.
The crossing guard shanties was elevated.
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!