Quote Originally Posted by Catty1
I wonder if a billboard or large sign near crossings would help: "Slow trains take 1/2 mile to STOP."
I don't think so ... at least not around here ... you know how Chicago is the Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler ... I know intuitively that trains need a long stopping distance, but that doesn't come to mind when I'm late and the gate is descending. When the tracks were laid there was not as much auto traffic, of course. People are more cautious for awhile after serious accidents like this, and then they start slacking off again. One thing that might help is more bridges and/or viaducts so that the trains can keep moving and the auto traffic can too.