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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Surprised mudchicken didnt point this out before, so here goes. A: Railroads dont get to chose where the crossing goes, in fact, almost every at grade crossing is the result of a local or state lawsuit, where the railroad was sued to gain access across their private property. The city wants a road across UPs Clinton branch line, they have to sue UP to get across. B: Railroads dont design the crossings, or decide what kind of crossing protection is installed. The State DOT, or local street dept do make those decisions. One the other hand, railroads do, (here in Texas) have to pay 75% of the construction cost, and 100% of the maintainance. So, if these Angels want to gripe, then they should complain to the people how desige the crossing, not thoses of us who have to use it every day, and hope the driving public, which sued us to cross our tracks in the first place, stop in time. Ed [/quote] You serious ED? Up here, Railroads TELL the town what kind of Railroad crossing Equipment to Establish, ands if they say gates, sometimes you can get away with just putting lights, but there will be a tussle over it, and each side will come out scared, but the town usually wins. If the RR jsut sais Lights, and the town wants to put a friggin' stick with a bib X, if the Railroad doesn't like that, they'll deny the right to the crossing, too bad, until the town complies. When the device is constructef, the Town pays 80-100%, the maintenace done by the Railroad, btu the cost is 100% paid by the town. No If and's or But's about. If the town doesn't like it, they don't get to cross private property. Owner of the land Rules All.
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