Railroad crossings

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » June 27, 2008 11:01 am

My ex BIL was riding in the country and crossed tracks that did not have lights or crossing arms. Unfortunately he didn't LOOK and now he's dead.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 27, 2008 11:25 am

We have several RR crossings close to our house and I never go around before/after the gates are lowering. Not because I usually have the kids in the car with me, but because it's just stupid.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » June 27, 2008 11:41 am

Most of the crossings in my area don't even have gates, they've just put in about 4 throughout town, but I will always stop.

I even will stop at the un-gated ones, to make sure a train's not coming...

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » June 27, 2008 1:54 pm

There are two that I'll go around- only because the local kids have figured out how to trigger the arms, and do so on a regular basis. Both are in places where you can see a loooong way in either direction.

AdamBomb8 · Post by **AdamBomb8** » June 27, 2008 8:35 pm

I'm not willing to take a chance on getting crushed by a train

pair8head · Post by **pair8head** » June 30, 2008 8:34 am

This weekend the RR Crossing nearest to my place was down when I got to it. It had been down for a while according to the young lady who was ahead of me and turned around. So I turned around and went down to then next crossing about a mile away, when I got to the tracks I slowed and looked down them and it was still down. After running my errands (about 20 min) the dang thing was still down and no repair crew in site.

Sunday I didn't even bother going that way the first time.

pojo · Post by **pojo** » June 30, 2008 8:48 am

I stop at ALL crossings.......

We have a VERY active train that comes through hourly sometimes semi-hourly just off base.... a matter of fact as I type I just heard the horn....

I'm not chancing my life with that train!

We have a couple of train tracks in my hometown..... in certain spots... you can't see the train unless its right next to the crossing!

*** Majority of people have cell phones plugged into their head... if they get caught by the train... how hard is it to dial up w*rk and say you are going to be late????

Tarheel Tail-Gator · Post by **Tarheel Tail-Gator** » June 30, 2008 8:58 am

I always stop.

If they are stuck, I will proceed with caution after a few minutes.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » June 30, 2008 9:43 am

The Long Island Railroad has a service you can sign up for where they send you emails if there are problems with the trains. When I got to the office this morning, this was in my inbox, it was sent at 4:37am:
Service on the Long Beach Branch remains suspended between Lynbrook and Long Beach because of a train striking an unauthorized person on the tracks at Lynbrook.

The tracks at the Lynbrook station are elevated. Let's see - elevated tracks, "unauthorized person", 4:37am. I wonder if alcohol was involved?

pbans · Post by **pbans** » June 30, 2008 9:56 am

Trains are big.........I am small

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 30, 2008 11:57 am

pbans wrote:Trains are big.........I am small

...and getting smaller every day.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » June 30, 2008 2:31 pm

Stopping on and lying on the tracks got to be a morbid fad in the SD's North County recently.
The Amtrak train comes blasting by at about 80 mph, and copycat suicide is just a sad fact sometimes.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » June 30, 2008 2:32 pm

Lightning Bolt wrote:Stopping on and lying on the tracks got to be a morbid fad in the SD's North County recently.
The Amtrak train comes blasting by at about 80 mph, and copycat suicide is just a sad fact sometimes.

Natural selection in action...

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » June 30, 2008 4:57 pm

the train is going to win!!!

ScarletB · Post by **ScarletB** » June 30, 2008 5:20 pm

pbans wrote:Trains are big.........I am small

Yeah, the law of "gross tonnage" takes over here.
I would never even consider trying to run it.

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