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I recently hit a train on a level grade crossing. There were no lights and no barriers and sun was setting, the train was coming from the west, and they did not blow their whistle. I did not hear or see the train until I was almost into the side of it. My Chev Blazer hit the train twice (once in the front, then the second time on the driver's side as I hit the crossing sign post and it slammed me back into the train) and I thought I was going to die. However, the truck flipped over and ended up on the roof in the adjacent swamp. I am totally freaked out, but otherwise I walked away without a scratch. I am now trying to find out why they did not blow their whistle. The crossing does not meet the quidelines set out by Transport Canada's "Guidelines and Procedures for Elminating Whistle Blowing on Public Crossings". I have asked the City of Ottawa for a copy of the submission request and for the subsequent approval to have the whistle blowing removed from a very dangerous level crossing. The crossing is on Stonecrest Rd in the former West Carleton Township, now the City of Ottawa and it's the Ottawa Central Railyway that runs the train over those tracks. I never knew they were allowed to eliminate the whistles, and I am really surprised they would let them do it on a rural and unprotected level crossing. Trish
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