Yes, I seriously hope it never happens, but, our of curiosity, why has it not been enclosed in one? I would imagine it would have been one of the first QZs when the practice was adopted, but it remains joyfully free of one. [8D]
they tried 3 years ago but Galesburg council decided not to make it a QZ…yet. If it was to take effect it would have this year. As a side note they are now thinking about overpasses on 5 busy crossings. Busy as refered to car travel not train. I wouldnt be surprised if they did make it a QZ eventually though.
Galesburg has something on the order of a couple dozen streets crossing the BNSF at grade. If the city were to install 4 quadrant gate systems to meet the FRA requirements to establish a QZ, those would cost $300,000 to $500,000 per installation.
So-It’s either noise from train horns or additional taxes. Someone elses call on that, because I don’t live there.
Over/underpasses are nice, but they run many millions each.
Overpasses? Damn, what a rip that would be for railfans. But for residents, it would be a dream come true.
City wont help BNSF pay for the upgrades needed for a QZ. So they thought about over and under passes.Still an engineering nightmare and a money pit.
When I was working the Burg I tried to be as nice as I could but when the FRA changed its whistle requirements, all bets were off!.
I heard that the Outlaws MC would have drinking games to the whistles.You hear one then drink.So I am pretty sure there were a few livers begging for mercy over there [:P]
It could get loud with a load moving from the Ottumwa to the Mendota sub being passed by an MTY and then two on the transcon.It was pretty crazy some days.But like one person posted, with all the crossings it would be a huge cost. So let the whistles blow or they could at least get a 11 pm to 7 am whistle abatement I think.
The overpasses are only for 5 crossings not every single one only the busier roads the 2 Main St. crossings, 1 or both Henderson’s, and Seminary.(which is my guess definetely Main though). It’s to make car traffic flow easier. Nothing to do with noise.
However, from what I’ve read, the overpass projects will require the closure (either by necessity or by agreement) of some of the many grade crossings on the ex-ATSF line, and that ought to make things a little quieter. Pat and I stayed at a B&B in Galesburg last year, and heard plenty of horn, particularly on the ex-ATSF line, which was a few short blocks away.
It would be less noise but the noise isnt the objective to the overpasses in this case from what I’ve heard. Yea I stayed right on the tracks in June plenty loud. Seemed louder at night than daytime. Especially when a pretty new ACe came roaring through on the ex-SF on an empty coal in the middle of the night. Got VERY LITTLE SLEEP.
Try sleeping next to a diamond…
Mty coal on the Chilli???I would have woke up to see that.
yea there is on empty coals on the chilli from Chicago to Cameron where it hops on to the Ottumwa sub. I even seen a WC GP40 leading on Empty on the Chilli sub in April
Strange.Bet the Chilli East DS LOVES having that in his hair lol.