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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mgt: [QB] What I find disconcerting here is the statement that Amtrak has had 36 accidents at grade crossings. Apart from there being less stringent separation of road and rail traffic in the USA than in Britain, I know that sites where road and rail cross in the USA are not always as well or as obviously protected as in the UK. We do also have collisions at such sites and these are usually caused by road-users taking undue risks. I presume such sites in the USA are provided by at least visible fixed signs and flashing warning-lights when a train is approaching. Most such sites are also usually fairly obvious. Surely the onus must be on the road user to approach such crossings with extreme care. I witnessed an incident from the station platform on my first Zephyr trip, probably at Ottumwa, where a train was approching from the west, its headlight was visible and whistle audible but that did not prevent a pick-up truck from shooting across the tracks just before its arrival. It was a freight train travelling at considerable speed. I have read as an explanation for collisions that the public are more accustomed to the slower speed of freight trains and are taken unawares by the speed at which Amtrak services can operate. Again that does not explain the foolhardiness of taking risks at visibly signed positions. One can only sympathise with the stress caused to the locomotive drivers in such situations and also those in the police, fire and ambulance services who have to deal with the aftermath. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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