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The lawmakers are also very sympathetic to private crossings. We had one in Geneva, Illinois that led back to these apartment buildings where you had to crawl over. The commuter terminal was about 2 miles away and the next stop was Whwheaton, so those engineers wound up the deisels and let them go. Every 2-3 years we would here of a killing or maming from the crossing but since the crossing was privtate, nothing ever got done. An electric signal was over $20,000 at the time and none would pop for it.
A railroad crossing is considered blind anytime the train can be completely out of site, and make it to the crossing before a large vehicle can cross over. So, your driver looks, nothing there. Train rounds the bend at 75MPH (the national speed limit for trains
I beleive is 73) and into his windshield is a dump trailer and red tractor. Even though he was signaled (assuming) that he could throttle up, knowing that crossing he should have been going slower.
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Bill Schwab
In the year 1491, if the Naturescape Landscape Company did the site work in Pisa, Italy, they would not be calling it the "leaning" tower.
Encinitas, Ca. 92024
www.naturescapelandscape.com
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