Why are these not carried on trains, maintenance vehicles, or all company vehicles so the people on the railroad can file sight obstructions, missing active equipment, etc… etc… etc…
[quote]
QUOTE: The report is intended to provide guidance to assist engineers in selection of traffic control devices or other measures at highway-rail grade crossings. It is not to be interpreted as policy or standards. Any requirements that may be noted in this guidance are taken from the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or other document identified by footnotes. These authorities should be followed. This guide merely tries to incorporate some of the requirements found in those documents. A number of measures are included which may not have been supported by quantitative research, but are being used by States and local agencies. These are included to inform practitioners of an array of tools used or being explored.
The goal is to provide a guidance document for users who understand general engineering and operational concepts of highway-rail grade c
Well if you insist. The state of Washington statute sucks. A 60 mph train is going 88 feet per second so they say here take 100 feet which is good for what 1. 12 seconds? That’s why the FRA needs to be brought up on multiple counts of negligient homicide alond with the railroad, state, county, and cities who allow the killings to go on.
…WASHINGTON
Every railroad operating within the State of Washington is required to keep its right-of-way clear of
all brush and timber in the vicinity of a railroad grade crossing with a county road for a distance of one
hundred feet from the crossing so as to allow a person an unobstructed view in both directions of an
approaching train. Likewise, the county legislative authority shall keep their right-of-way clear for one
hundred feet in both directions. Wash. Rev. Code § 36.86.100 (1999).
Every railroad is required to keep its right-of-way clear of all brush and timber in the vicinity of a
railroad grade crossing with a state highway for a distance of one hundred feet from the crossing so as to
allow a person an unobstructed view in both directions of an approaching train. Likewise, the Washington
Transportation Department is responsible to clear their right-of-way in the same manner and for the same
distance. Wash. Rev. Code § 47.32.140 (1999)…
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CHAPTER 12: VEGETATION CLEARANCE
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter is intended to present an overview of laws and regulations covering responsibility for
the removal of brush, shrubbery, and trees from the railroad right of way within a reasonable distance from
the crossing.
If the relevant statute prescribes a penalty, it is listed here. As in other chapters, the relevant
citations are listed in the narrative.
STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS
ALABAMA
Alabama has no such regulation.
ALASKA
Alaska has no such regulation.
ARIZONA
Arizona has no such regulation.
ARKA
Mr.Pines,I live in Ohio…Let me assure you that the State does not enforce those rules…Infact here is what the State did…They help install stop/yield signs at unprotected rail crossings…Now if a dummy pulls out in front of a train and lives to tell about it he/she will be sited for failure to yield just as they would if they pulled out into traffic and got hit by another car/truck…BTW if you are caught going though the flashing red lights at a rail crossing you will be fined…If you go around the gates and get caught you will be fined as well…Both can carry up to 30 days in jail…
Missouri, It is apparent, by the lenth and persistents of your postings that you feel very strongly on crossing safty. Unfortunatly the method and language you have used up till know has been less then desireable. You have refered to railroad workers as cold hearted murders and greedy money grubbing people. Not a good way to get respect on this sight.
If you wi***o continue your campaign here I suggest that you first come clean with the Ladies and Gentlmen on this sight. Identify and explain yourself as to why you feel so strongly about this subject. You will find some very inteligent and educated people reside here.
I read some were ( and the person who said it slips my mind know) “If you want to get a point across you must first gain the respect of the people”.
TIM A
Missouri, Tim is exactly on point! Identify who you are and, more importantly, who you are so passionate about this subject and perhaps you will get some respect that has eluded you so far on this site. Anyone who takes the time, and lots and lots of time, to type in the thousands of words of regulations as you have, must either have a specific purpose in mind or you are as looney as a jaybird, and I sense the latter is not the case but perhaps I am wrong about that. Please come clean, as Tim puts it, and let’s see what reaction you get in this forum.
Missouri, you finally figured it out! It’s the individual State laws that govern rail crossings. If you want tougher guidelines on crossing sightlines and such, you need to contact the State legislators. They are the ones who make the laws. Unless a member here IS a state legislator, there is no one on this forum that can change the law. Most state websites have email address to their respective legislators. You need to be emailing them, not ranting and raving on this forum.
I dont read your post word for word they are to long and i wont take the time. as probley most people here do. after a paragraph i get the just of it. no need for more. but again what you want is already done. See i dont haft to carry those forms cause if i see something wrong i report it too the dispatcher who informs who everit may be a signal maintainer, for improper adjustment of signal, i have never seen a rusted rail on a main track.
to brake it down for you everything you listed is codes of failures after the problem is fixed.and these problems are recorded and kept for described amount of time. if there is a problem and the maintainer has not showed up to fix it. then trains are restricted to slower speeds. through that stretch of railroad. shor tof having a man stationed at every bungalo to make sure nothing goes wrong 24 hrs a day it is not nessesary to do this.or cost effective.
the fra requires that all signals will have a inspection every 90days. that is roadcrossing and block signals. it sound to me that you like to have one of those manual signal jobs they did away with decades ago. where there was a man to lower the gates everytime a train approached the crossing. but those jobs are gone for ever. and the railroads are safe if the public would stop look listen and live then things would be great. but until then they will get killed as ussual. it makes me wonder who taught some of these people i can pull up to a crossing turn my lights down and wait people will race up to the crossing slam the brakes on and wait until they look at us and see we are waving them thru. but let me be comming at them at 60mph and they will try and beat you every time.
the schools need to be more responsible for teaching to young drivers the rules of the road. And the laws need to be changed so that train crews can have the power to have law breakers ticketed for breaking the law going around the gates. it would change things .
Why are these not carried on trains, maintenance vehicles, or all company vehicles so the people on the railroad can file sight obstructions, missing active equipment, etc… etc… etc…
[quote]
QUOTE: The report is intended to provide guidance to assist engineers in selection of traffic control devices or other measures at highway-rail grade crossings. It is not to be interpreted as policy or standards. Any requirements that may be noted in this guidance are taken from the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or other document identified by footnotes. These authorities should be followed. This guide merely tries to incorporate some of the requirements found in those documents. A number of measures are included which may not have been supported by quantitative research, but are being used by States and local agencies. These are included to inform practitioners of an array of tools used or being explored.
The goal is to provide a guidance document for users who understand general engineering and operational concepts of highway-rail grade c
Well if you insist. The state of Washington statute sucks. A 60 mph train is going 88 feet per second so they say here take 100 feet which is good for what 1. 12 seconds? That’s why the FRA needs to be brought up on multiple counts of negligient homicide alond with the railroad, state, county, and cities who allow the killings to go on.
…WASHINGTON
Every railroad operating within the State of Washington is required to keep its right-of-way clear of
all brush and timber in the vicinity of a railroad grade crossing with a county road for a distance of one
hundred feet from the crossing so as to allow a person an unobstructed view in both directions of an
approaching train. Likewise, the county legislative authority shall keep their right-of-way clear for one
hundred feet in both directions. Wash. Rev. Code § 36.86.100 (1999).
Every railroad is required to keep its right-of-way clear of all brush and timber in the vicinity of a
railroad grade crossing with a state highway for a distance of one hundred feet from the crossing so as to
allow a person an unobstructed view in both directions of an approaching train. Likewise, the Washington
Transportation Department is responsible to clear their right-of-way in the same manner and for the same
distance. Wash. Rev. Code § 47.32.140 (1999)…
12-1
CHAPTER 12: VEGETATION CLEARANCE
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter is intended to present an overview of laws and regulations covering responsibility for
the removal of brush, shrubbery, and trees from the railroad right of way within a reasonable distance from
the crossing.
If the relevant statute prescribes a penalty, it is listed here. As in other chapters, the relevant
citations are listed in the narrative.
STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS
ALABAMA
Alabama has no such regulation.
ALASKA
Alaska has no such regulation.
ARIZONA
Arizona has no such regulation.
ARKA
Mr.Pines,I live in Ohio…Let me assure you that the State does not enforce those rules…Infact here is what the State did…They help install stop/yield signs at unprotected rail crossings…Now if a dummy pulls out in front of a train and lives to tell about it he/she will be sited for failure to yield just as they would if they pulled out into traffic and got hit by another car/truck…BTW if you are caught going though the flashing red lights at a rail crossing you will be fined…If you go around the gates and get caught you will be fined as well…Both can carry up to 30 days in jail…
Missouri, It is apparent, by the lenth and persistents of your postings that you feel very strongly on crossing safty. Unfortunatly the method and language you have used up till know has been less then desireable. You have refered to railroad workers as cold hearted murders and greedy money grubbing people. Not a good way to get respect on this sight.
If you wi***o continue your campaign here I suggest that you first come clean with the Ladies and Gentlmen on this sight. Identify and explain yourself as to why you feel so strongly about this subject. You will find some very inteligent and educated people reside here.
I read some were ( and the person who said it slips my mind know) “If you want to get a point across you must first gain the respect of the people”.
TIM A
Missouri, Tim is exactly on point! Identify who you are and, more importantly, who you are so passionate about this subject and perhaps you will get some respect that has eluded you so far on this site. Anyone who takes the time, and lots and lots of time, to type in the thousands of words of regulations as you have, must either have a specific purpose in mind or you are as looney as a jaybird, and I sense the latter is not the case but perhaps I am wrong about that. Please come clean, as Tim puts it, and let’s see what reaction you get in this forum.