Wow. I can't think of any crossings on a major street that don't have flashers. She must have been going pretty slow to hit a train and the airbags don't go off. Do they flag unprotected crossings?
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690 wrote:Generally speaking, no, you wouldn't have to flag for a crossing protected with just crossbucks, unless it's a shove move. The crossbucks are the "protection" for that crossing, and it's up to motorists to use their judgement to cross safely.Depends on the particular crossing and the railroad's particular rules or practices, I suppose...? PAR stops-and-flags the crossings on the Saco Industrial Track, which are protected with crossbucks, even when the locomotive is leading. On the other hand, there were some mainline crossings in southern Maine that only had crossbucks before the Downeaster track rebuild, and they didn't stop-and-flag those. Could be because there were multiple trains a day and motorists always knew to expect a train, whereas the Saco IT is seldom used and more likely to surprise people.
Safetee wrote:In the Cape world of well heeled, me first, smart phone laden nimbys..... gates. lights, crossbucks, not to mention bells and whistles are meaningless anachronisms.I would say that description fits anywhere in this world, not just the Cape. There are incidents daily all over the world where people think they can beat the train for some stupid reason, don't pay attention for a long list of excuses and end up paying for it with there lives over it. Some people have to learn the hard way unfortunately, as shown in the links below.
Falmouth Secondary to Otis wrote:Mass Coastal trash train in route to or from Yarmouth transfer station was hit by a car at around 4 PM yesterday on West Yarmouth road near the intersection of Elisha's Pond road which has crossbuck warning signs only. Probably paying attention to a phone instead of driving as the trash train is slow moving target, pretty hard not to miss that approaching ! Found video below that was posted about the incident
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MEC407 wrote:To clarify (for Pan Am, anyway), any main track that has crossbucks for a crossing generally doesn't need to be flagged, unless specifically noted within the TT, or instructed to do so in a Line 12. On other than main track (such as the Saco IT) you're supposed to flag crossings because you're operating at restricted speed, and one of the key parts of that is being able to stop within one half the range of vision short of obstructions in the track (ie a vehicle crossing).690 wrote:Generally speaking, no, you wouldn't have to flag for a crossing protected with just crossbucks, unless it's a shove move. The crossbucks are the "protection" for that crossing, and it's up to motorists to use their judgement to cross safely.Depends on the particular crossing and the railroad's particular rules or practices, I suppose...? PAR stops-and-flags the crossings on the Saco Industrial Track, which are protected with crossbucks, even when the locomotive is leading. On the other hand, there were some mainline crossings in southern Maine that only had crossbucks before the Downeaster track rebuild, and they didn't stop-and-flag those. Could be because there were multiple trains a day and motorists always knew to expect a train, whereas the Saco IT is seldom used and more likely to surprise people.