Looks like 7 collisions at 5 crossings in Scott Co. since 1975. The two injuries being at the same public crossing under two different road #s. 644398Y was private one year than public the next. 4 of the 7 were stalled vehicles which could happen at a quad gated crossing. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TA/ProgMgt/Grants/Sight_Eng.pdf the one truck hit at the private crossing almost guaranteed that the FHWA sight requirements were not there and the view of the track was obstructed. A couple of the reports are showing the wrong county and wrong RR but the crossing #s are listed as CSX. http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ CSX has 49 private crossings, 7 public at grade crossings, and 11 overpasses/underpasses in Scott Co. according to the FRA data. CSX trains killed 120 people last year and injured close to 200 looks like they would be busy fixing those trouble spots. I wonder if there is 11 under/overpasses or 11 over/underpasses that have been paid for by the DOT?
Crossing ID 243876N-Private -Stalled vehicle-no injuries
Crossing ID 243904P- Public-1 injured-SR 619 road
Crossing ID 243900M - Private - Truck
Crossing ID 243904P-Public- 1 injured-RT.72 road.
Crossing ID 243911A- Private- Stalled vehicle- no injuries
Crossing ID 644398Y-Private- Stalled vehicle- no injuries
Crossing ID 644398Y- Public -Stalled vehicle -KEY HOLE CROSSING - no injuries
=====Accident 1===== RR report P4185 ===== Crossing ID 243876N ===== On Mar 25, 1975 a FREIGHT TRAIN operated by CSX Transportation [CSX ] hit a CAR at approximately 7:15PM in Virginia in SCOTT county on PRIVATE CROSSING road.
NEWS FROM UNION PACIFIC R.R.
In a attempt to reduce costs on all its long haul frieght trains. The Union Pacific R.R. in a bold experiment removed all its conductors from those trains and replaced them with talking canary birds. All the canary birds had to do was repeat track warrants back to dispatchers.
The experiment was a failure though. It seems the Canaries stayed awake through out the trip causing annoyance to the train Engineers. “The darn things won’t go to sleep” said one Engineer. After numerous complaints from the engineers and there union the birds were removed and conductors returned to service.
Said one Engineer, “It will be nice to get back to those long quiet train runs were the only thing you have to worry about is getting teamed up with is a loud snoring conductor.” Several attempts were made to contact the conductors for a reply but it was there nap time.
One Union Pacific official was heard shaking his head “If we can only find a animal that sleeps as long as a Conductor.”
TIM A
The state legislators from KY has announced that they are going to remove all crossing signals and all warning signs from all public crossings immediately. Do to budget shortfalls and IDIOTS trying to beat trains they figure this could save the state millions.
One state legislator was quoted as saying,“After reading the posts on the Trains.com website forums by two people thinking it was the railroads fault for hitting people at crossings, we come to the conclusion that they didn’t know their butts from a hole in the ground. But thanks to them bringing us to the attention of FRA reports that people disregard railroad crossing devices to save two minutes, we have decided to take down all crossing devices and warning signs immediately.”
The legislators while in meeting said why put up all these crossing warnings if everyone feels that they can just go across the crossing anyway. They feel that the money could be better spent also by paying off the two people that keep starting crap on this website and letting people get back to what this website was intended for. “The joys of railroading.”
The governor had no comment but his aides were said to have commented that if people were dumb enough to run a crossing and get hurt then why have the protection. Give the money back to the railroad employees in pay raises, that the state would save.
Just a little humor. Only intended for fun.
Hey Mike and Missouri-YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME WITH US NOW. ALL WE ARE DOING NOW ARE HAVING FUN WITH THESE LITTLE THREADS THAT YOU MAKE. YOU HAVE YET TO PROVE A POINT TO ANYONE THAT GIVES A CRAP.
Hey, pal! What’s your hardon for conductors? I don’t sleep. I check to make sure that the (MY) train is in compliance (T.O.B., Hazmat, temp restrictions, speed restrictions, permanent speed restrictions, form As, form Bs, setouts, pickups, and placement of the pickups and setouts for tonnage and hazmat, and yes track warrants in TWC and ABS). What do you think happens when we do a pickup? We just tie on and go! Nope! What if more than 1/3 of the tonnage is in the rear 1/4 of my train? Outta compliance! What if I am gonna pick up on the head end, but the pick up has a hazmat within the first 6 cars of the engine consist? Every time i pickup or setout I refigure everything. Even down to axle count and update my wheel accordingly. Will my train fit between the crossing at MP286.5 and 287.2? I know the answer. Do I need to cut the West crossing at Akron if my train is 5500 feet? I could tell you. What if I get a KEY train? What restrictions apply? What’s a KEY 1, KEY 5, KEY 20? Do you know the answers to these questions? I do. What is the restrictions for empties in my train? What qualifies a five packer well as a load or empty? What is the speed restriction if my train is over 100 T.O.B. and the ambient temp is 91 degrees? I can answer that. Can you? If you can’t then don’t bag on my craft!!! Have you ever spot or pulled cars? Have you ever been on duty for 14:00 hrs, and be in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever tied down a coal load (train) on a 1.4% grade in a snow storm when it is 5 degrees out? I have! Don’t talk crap about something that you know very little about. You read about it snug at home while many of us live it while you and your wife/girlfriend are bundled up in bed. My girlfriend is out doing who knows what while I am moving the goods that you use every day! Why don’t you tell me what you do for a living. I’m sure that I can sissify it too! You have got my asshairs up now.
Ken
After removed the equipment will be resold back to the railroads at the same rediculous prices that where charged the tax-payers and then replaced with 400% more equipment which will be bought and installed WITHOUT A PROFIT.
Gee ken get a grip. i thought the joke was great that tim wrote. You take your job to serous. becouse i was a conductor. the haz-mat train you talk about most conductors dont have any idea what they are. they dont know if they are a key train or if the restrictions apply or anything. but they do know how to sleep.
…and possibly buy safety equipment to keep crossings open…So they know safety equipment is missing. The property owners should go back now and demand crossing gates be put in since it’s up to the railroad.
CSX official, landowners optimistic after talks
Friday, June 13, 2003
By Kevin Castle
Times-News
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DUNGANNON - A group of Dungannon residents was planning a rally this weekend to show opposition to CSX Transportation’s planned closure of private rail crossings.
The rally is off.
Possible legal action against CSX has also been put on hold following negotiations between the company and landowners earlier this week.
Dungannon resident Danny Mann and CSX Vice President Robert Shinn both voiced optimism Thursday as a result of a meeting between the parties involved in a nearly monthlong debate over company and landowners’ rights.
"I certainly feel a little more positive about things after we sat down with Mr. Shinn on Tuesday,‘’ said Mann. "Although he acknowledged that the deed language (in our deed) states the railroad is responsible for the crossing, we are still looking for something in writing.‘’
Shinn viewed the meeting and the entire trip to Scott County earlier this week as “positive” and said he believes a resolution that will please all parties involved is soon to follow.
"Going out there and seeing the crossings and talking face to face with individuals and hearing their
Buy the way, did you know that in missouri, it’s illeagl to shoot your mule on sunday? But I guess the other six days its ok.
So, whos has monday open?
Ed
So let me break this down so even you can understand it. The private crossing in which they are refering to never needed any protection it was a means of letting a farmer get in his fields there is no law in which a railroad has to put up safty devices on private crossings. What the people are trying to do is keep the land from being land locked. if the railroad closes a crossing then they never haft to reopen it. this is what the people are trying to keep from happening. the blitz they are talking about is probly a T&S gang in which they will rip out all crossing and resurface the tracks, then put crossing back in now what the railroad dont want is to put in crossings at every field when there is other ways in there if the public wants it that way they can pay to have it. and i will tell you this oncee they can justify that a man can get to his fields from a differant crossing then one of the other crossings is gone.
But J,
That would require mossouri to do at least three things we know he is incapable of.
1: Read, as in read the entire law, not just the part that seems to uphold his screwed up view of the real world.
2: Cut and paste the entire notation, not just the parts that upholds his screwed view of the real world.
3: Make sense, instead of his screwd up version
of whatever he read from the real world.
Oh and I forgot #4
4: Live in the real world in the first place.
Hey, missouri, has your momma decided to allow you to play with the big kids yet?
Whats your real name?
Ed
Get a life in the real world and stop making a world class fool of yourself…
STOP! LOOK! lISTEN! LIVE!
INSTEAD OF GO AND DON’T LOOK!
NEVER MIND THE FLASHERS FLASHING! NEVER MIND THE GATES BEING DOWN! JUST GO! NEVER MIND THE BLARING HORN AND THE FLASHING LIGHTS ON THE LOCOMOTIVE! GO MAN GO!
Get the big picture now?
If not here:
AS FAST TRAIN
NEARED HE
NEVER SLOWED
DEATH DID NOT
DRAFT HIM
HE VOLUNTEER!
They took down all the “DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS” signs from the rairoad crossing light posts
and put up a new sign
a Capitol “P” enclosed around a Green cirlce, and underneith is says: 2 Minutes Maximim.
so, for missouri only…
the new logo hopefolly all railways will adopt…
Don’t stop, ignore gates, and speed up…
so missouri… if you wqnt to screw your life up really bad, (todd, cover your eyes) wind up crushed, in peices, with blood spattered all over the place… (sorry kids, it’s the REALITY OF BEING HIT BY A TRAIN!)do like missouri…
play chicken with trains… become another statistic… but the penalty of loosing is severe…
ask missouris 43 year old friend…
OH SHOOT, you can’t… and why’s that? he went the way the old junk hit when he played dumb *** with a train.
or play it the smart like any thing in this world with anyhting bigger then a 1/4 oz. brain…