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Mikejf wrote:The signals would eliminate the stop signs that no one pays attention to. This road has had an increase of traffic due primarily to the Pine Land redevelopment, and GPS telling everyone it is a short cut to somewhere.Makes sense to me. Pineland Farms certainly has been growing!
Morning Sentinel wrote:FAIRFIELD — After years of fielding complaints about a series of railroad crossings that have banged up car tires and shocks, Fairfield’s municipal leaders have something to be happy about.Read the rest of the article at: http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Pan_ ... ings_.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
“Every day, I have to take a little detour to drive over them, just to smile,” Josh Reny, town manager, said about recently completed renovations of railroad crossings at Burrill and Summit streets.
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The town chose to close two crossings, at Willow and Elm streets, which generated enough money to get a larger project moving.
Under the plan, crossings at Lawrence and Western avenues will also be repaired, and the railroad is taking the opportunity to upgrade its track and signal system at the same time.
The newly installed panels underneath the road at the crossings should last for about 30 years, and the pavement on top of it should last a decade or more.
MEC407 wrote:From the Morning Sentinel:Does anyone know what the signal system improvements are? Is this just a reference to grade crossing signals?
Morning Sentinel wrote:FAIRFIELD — After years of fielding complaints about a series of railroad crossings that have banged up car tires and shocks, Fairfield’s municipal leaders have something to be happy about.Read the rest of the article at: http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Pan_ ... ings_.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
“Every day, I have to take a little detour to drive over them, just to smile,” Josh Reny, town manager, said about recently completed renovations of railroad crossings at Burrill and Summit streets.
. . .
The town chose to close two crossings, at Willow and Elm streets, which generated enough money to get a larger project moving.
Under the plan, crossings at Lawrence and Western avenues will also be repaired, and the railroad is taking the opportunity to upgrade its track and signal system at the same time.
The newly installed panels underneath the road at the crossings should last for about 30 years, and the pavement on top of it should last a decade or more.
CentralMaine.com wrote:FAIRFIELD — Motorist fears of flat tires and broken shock absorbers from driving over Fairfield’s railroad crossings may finally be coming to an end.Read the rest of the article at: http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/07/29/ ... -be-fixed/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Beginning next week, the railroad’s parent company, Pam Am Railways, will begin repairing and replacing three track crossings and will close two other crossings, one at Elm Street and one at Willow Street.
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The fix includes replacing the rail itself, placing panels under the road, then paving the road. The new panels under the road at the crossings should last for about 30 years and the pavement on top of it should last a decade or more. Reny said a railroad train car will be run over each section of track where repairs are made to compact the rails before paving is done.
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Under the deal, the Fairfield crossings at Elm Street and Willow streets will permanently be closed to traffic and landscaped by the transportation department to form the dead ends. The agreement for Pan Am Railways to receive the federal safety money called for rebuilding two railroad crossings for each crossing that is closed.
690 wrote:A stack of ties has been dropped by the crossing at MP 128 (Belgrade). Not sure if these are actually being used for a crossing, but it seems likely, since there aren't really enough to do anything else with them.Makes sense that crossing was in terrible shape last year when I was up in that area often.
