by Angus202
This same pre-warning scheme is installed on Eisenhower(?) Parkway before the M&E crosses it at grade. There is a stiff hill and a short descent just before the tracks; going ~50MPH and having to slam on ones breaks in about 100 feet of roadway would make for many accidents. The crews cross rt. 10 & 46 with only lights - the conductor sometimes wont even get on the ground at these locations, just hang off the front of the engine with a flag and wave the engineer foward -much safer IMHO-