Topic: Regulations (Standards) http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TA/ProgMgt/Grants/Sight_Eng.pdf I’m driveing my truck and there’s hundreds of railroad crossings failing the FHWA sight distance triangles which the FRA has rediculous speed limits set too high for the trains. The Federal Railroad Administration is worthless as teets on a bore hog and won’t do anything about it.
Highway deaths were 1 about every 67 million miles traveled last year.
2002 TOTALS for the major railroads. These 5 accounted for 739 of the 951
total reported deaths last year. 78%.
Amtrak-- 39,652,480 train miles… Killed 124— 41 at crossings—1 person
killed every 319,778 miles traveled.
BNSF–161,813,974 train miles… Killed 148—68 at crossings—1 person
killed every 1,093,338 miles traveled.
CSX----109,901,185 train miles… Killed 120— 39 at crossings—1 person
killed every 915,843 miles traveled.
NS------ 92,214,833 train miles… Killed —126—58 at crossings–1person
killed every 731,863 miles traveled.
UP------186,750,216 train miles… Killed—221—69 at crossings—1 person
killed every 845,024 miles traveled
Then Clem railroad worker is out in his t-shirt with no stop/slow sign paddle, no vest, no advance warning signs that Clem is going to be direction traffic ahead. Nothing but Clem with his bare hands. Talking about pathetic. No wonder railroads get away with almost a 1000 murders a year.
Submit Date: 09-JUN-03 10:45:05 PM
OSHA Response(s)
Thank you for your inquiry to OSHA. The information you request is not handled by OSHA and the Department of Labor. We have provided the internet address and/or information number for an Agency that we believe handles this topic.
Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation
Website: www.fra.dot.gov
In reading between the lines I see their response
is LOOK, LISTEN, AND LIVE approach all railroad
crossings with caution, expect a train anytime.
you didnt need to contact anyone for this information, as we’ve been trying to tell you this all along.
Nah—Their message was to contact the mob bosses. We will see because I don’t work for the railroad so their rules don’t mean diddly squat on a public/private road.
So you wrote OSHA about railroad grade crossing accidents? And seriously expected a response? Ha HA HA HA HA …wow, how bright can your get?Isn’t that like writing NASA to complain your street light is out? Wait a minute, that would makes a lot of sense to you. Hey, why dont you write NASA about your street lights not working, and while you have their attention, see what they can do about railroads? If you want, I will send you the address to JSC, here in Houston, all you have to do is tell me your address, real name, and where you work.
Or does mommy not let you tell people your address?
Ed
( how do mike and missouri change a light bulb?
they cant, it didnt come with instructions!)
If you truely sent this Data to OSHA they are probably still laughing at it. Your data is skewed. Do you realize more people die from cigerette smoking in one month, then from train crossings all year? Why don’t you go bother the Marolbro man?
TIM A
LOL… i won’t say anyhting more… for those of you who havn’t seen check the topic called "Advocate Railraod crossings, posting @ 4:31 pm on 6/12/03
LOL
detour kev…
you sure you e-mailed OSHA? you have e-mailed OSHAMA by accident… if your wonderign why they havn’t replied… you probobly mailed OSHAMA instead of OSHA… LOL
Why are you running into brick walls and not getting answers. Its so simple even your mother could probley figure this out. The railroads are not govermed by the fhwa ( that is trucks and buses and cars) the fra is the only governing body for railroads. osha dont have any control over the railroads and the work practices that are in place. if a man gets hurt on the railroad and things need to be changed for saftey reasons its not osha who does these changes or investigates. nothing public that you have access to will come on railroad property.
But i guess this is why you get mad cause nothing you do helps your cause. If you would quit acting like a bully and ask for help we would help you but the bully keeps getting beat up and running back to mamma why cause you to stupid to look in the right places. the sight triangle in which you refer is for trucks and bussses not trains and does not and will not ever have this formula. if you saw a case won by this it was due to all the jury members was like you no idea what was presented to you but a lawyer said it it must be true. and all this lawyer wanted was to win his case. with wrong information. but that is a lawyer he gets paid to lie.
wow
you’ve said some strange things before clown.you write the gov’t and say they are contacting mob bosses?You better pray momma dont answer the door and the fbi cia secrect sevice atf don’t come in and take away your computer.that would be a shame.Are you sure Jimmy Hoffa is dead?
The giafones are out of buisness?I’d be looking over your shoulder clown if I were you.
stop look listen and live
joe
Exactly. That’s how I know the FRA is in the railroads pocket because there are no sight requirements for trains Mandatory. The part that makes them murderers.
I think both. The FRA for sitting track speeds KNOWING the crossing equipment sucks and the railroads for running their trains KNOWING the crossing equipment sucks.
If they put it where I think they put most things, I will be happy to provide 600 volts, d/c to light up their life…just need jumper cables.
The Unihead
Ed
M&M clown,Man you’re really dense…You have no idea what OHSA does…LOL.You best stay away from the Government agencies till you find out what each one does…Perhaps you need that Iraqian spokesman-naw at least he tried to make sense with his propaganda…Perhaps you need to take lessons from him?
yep your right the fra is in the railroads pocket. 25,000 dollar fine for a crew to work 12hrs and 01min to the crew unless instructed by the carrier. then the carrier gets the fine. Build a train not having the haz-mat buried another 50-100k to the crew and carrier. Oh yes here is another on improperly billing a train with wrong haz-mat so the crew dont know yes close to a million.
Oh and here is a good one inside the fra is several differant offices who the officers in each office specialize in differant fields some in train operations some hours of service som in haz-mat others in proper building and proper air brake testing now i know i didnt state the names right. I had a fra man on my train he was checking the haz-mat in the train. I ask him a question about interlockings and the operations there of. he gave me a number of another agent who is specialized in that feild of the operations. in other words he knew nothing about that his field was haz-mat. so when you call the fra missouri make sure you go to the correct office or you might find yourself still wondering why nobody listens or cares what you are saying.
I think those are the same people who put this Computer Chip in my head. They track me everywhere I go. It started about the same time all those satellite dishes went up in my area. (Everybody said it was the high cable prices) The goverment is out to get us! Rumour has it, you are safe down in Texas. Everybody wears Cowboy hats and it blocks out the transmitter.
TIM A
The FRAs fines were like $6 million total for 300,000 or 400,000 safety violations last year. Comes out to like 10 bucks apiece or $5 hr per one of the 300 FRA inspectors to come in and inspect so the railroad can send their $80 inspectors home.