Guess all grade crossing need the center line barriers installed. ( 50 to 100 feet going back from tracks ) Will not completely stop idiots but will make it harder.
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west point wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:13 pm Guess all grade crossing need the center line barriers installed. ( 50 to 100 feet going back from tracks ) Will not completely stop idiots but will make it harder.From the DOT Grade Crossing Guidelines:
High-speed Rail at Grade CrossingI would like to.see:
• For 110 mph or less: Grade crossings are permitted. States and railroads cooperate to determine the needed warning devices, including passive crossbucks, flashing lights, two quadrant gates (close only entering' lanes of road), long gate arms, median barriers, and various combinations. Lights and/or gates
are activated by circuits wired to the track (track circuits). FRA advocates the use of a “Sealed Corridor” approach so that every crossing is evaluated and treated appropriately.
• For 111-125 mph: FRA permits crossings only if an "impenetrable barrier" blocks highway traffic when train approaches.
• Above 125 mph, no crossings will be permitted
swist wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:37 pm Doesn't help that the Concord Coach has a similar problem. First NB bus at noon. First SB bus at 9:50.Are you sure about that? I know an awful lot of people who use Concord Coach in the early morning. Between 3:15 AM and 9:30 AM, they have 11 southbound departures from Portland. Half of those go to South Station and the other half go to Logan. Between 5:45 AM and 9:35 AM they have four northbound departures from South Station and/or Logan.
gokeefe wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:29 pm The costs associated with laying over in Boston are unsustainable. That's why it's never happened.Is there anywhere between, say, Haverhill and Woburn that a DE trainset could potentially sit overnight? Boston proper might be a no-go but what if a small layover was built in Lawrence Yard, for example? (I know everyone is cringing at Lawrence but let's leave the potential crime issues out of the equation for now and assume it's an enclosed train shed with doors that lock)