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[quote user="tree68"] I'm only finding one crossing on Ferry Street in Anoka, and it's <A title="http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=45.20965,-93.39018&z=17&t=H&marker0=43.73522%2C-74.97893%2C43%2044'6.8%22N%2074%2058'44.1%22%20W&marker1=43.72466%2C-74.99079%2C43%2043'28.8%22N%2074%2059'26.8%22%20W&marker2=44.13861%2C-76.06574%2CDepauville%5C%2C%20NY&marker3=43.04857%2C-76.14928%2C305%20Montgomery%20Street%5C%2C%20Syracuse%5C%2C%20NY&marker4=42.89212%2C-76.10541%2CLafayette%5C%2C%20NY&marker5=43.32415%2C-75.19237%2CRemsen%5C%2C%20NY&marker6=38.88420%2C-77.02584%2CL'Enfant%20Plaza%5C%2C%20Washington%5C%2C%20DC&marker7=43.70062%2C-75.00258%2CThendara%5C%2C%20NY&marker8=38.80784%2C-76.96506%2C2501%20Corning%20Ave%5C%2C%20prince%20georges%20county%5C%2C%20MD&marker9=42.63846%2C-79.02768%2CAngola%5C%2C%20NY&marker10=42.91066%2C-78.70485%2CDepew%5C%2C%20NY&marker11=37.75665%2C-89.45110%2Cgrimsby%5C%2C%20MO&marker12=41.95514%2C-75.28755%2Chancock%5C%2C%20NY&marker13=49.81335%2C18.24076%2CN%2039d%2048'%2058.84%22&marker14=49.81335%2C-104.00001%2CN%2049.81335%20W%20104d%2058'%2010.35%22&marker15=48.08001%2C58.17250%2C49.81335%20-104d%2058'%2010.35%22&marker16=39.73917%2C-104.98417%2CDenver%20CO&marker17=43.10012%2C-75.24470%2CUtica%5C%2C%20NY&marker18=24.99999%2C7.99999%2C25%2008'19.25''%20N%20and%2055%2005'51.77''%20E&marker19=25.13868%2C55.09771%2C25%2008'19.25''%20N%2055%2005'51.77''%20E&marker20=43.78667%2C-75.49224%2CLowville%5C%2C%20NY&marker21=43.61512%2C-75.36802%2Clyons%20falls%5C%2C%20ny&marker22=41.87954%2C-87.62433%2CChicago%5C%2C%20IL&marker23=38.89191%2C-76.81283%2C87%20herrington%5C%2C%20kettering%5C%2C%20md&marker24=44.19977%2C-75.61590%2Cantwerp%5C%2C%20NY&marker25=45.19778%2C-93.38694%2CAnoka%20MN" href="http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=45.20965,-93.39018&z=17&t=H&marker0=43.73522%2C-74.97893%2C43%2044'6.8%22N%2074%2058'44.1%22%20W&marker1=43.72466%2C-74.99079%2C43%2043'28.8%22N%2074%2059'26.8%22%20W&marker2=44.13861%2C-76.06574%2CDepauville%5C%2C%20NY&marker3=43.04857%2C-76.14928%2C305%20Montgomery%20Street%5C%2C%20Syracuse%5C%2C%20NY&marker4=42.89212%2C-76.10541%2CLafayette%5C%2C%20NY&marker5=43.32415%2C-75.19237%2CRemsen%5C%2C%20NY&marker6=38.88420%2C-77.02584%2CL'Enfant%20Plaza%5C%2C%20Washington%5C%2C%20DC&marker7=43.70062%2C-75.00258%2CThendara%5C%2C%20NY&marker8=38.80784%2C-76.96506%2C2501%20Corning%20Ave%5C%2C%20prince%20georges%20county%5C%2C%20MD&marker9=42.63846%2C-79.02768%2CAngola%5C%2C%20NY&marker10=42.91066%2C-78.70485%2CDepew%5C%2C%20NY&marker11=37.75665%2C-89.45110%2Cgrimsby%5C%2C%20MO&marker12=41.95514%2C-75.28755%2Chancock%5C%2C%20NY&marker13=49.81335%2C18.24076%2CN%2039d%2048'%2058.84%22&marker14=49.81335%2C-104.00001%2CN%2049.81335%20W%20104d%2058'%2010.35%22&marker15=48.08001%2C58.17250%2C49.81335%20-104d%2058'%2010.35%22&marker16=39.73917%2C-104.98417%2CDenver%20CO&marker17=43.10012%2C-75.24470%2CUtica%5C%2C%20NY&marker18=24.99999%2C7.99999%2C25%2008'19.25''%20N%20and%2055%2005'51.77''%20E&marker19=25.13868%2C55.09771%2C25%2008'19.25''%20N%2055%2005'51.77''%20E&marker20=43.78667%2C-75.49224%2CLowville%5C%2C%20NY&marker21=43.61512%2C-75.36802%2Clyons%20falls%5C%2C%20ny&marker22=41.87954%2C-87.62433%2CChicago%5C%2C%20IL&marker23=38.89191%2C-76.81283%2C87%20herrington%5C%2C%20kettering%5C%2C%20md&marker24=44.19977%2C-75.61590%2Cantwerp%5C%2C%20NY&marker25=45.19778%2C-93.38694%2CAnoka%20MN" target=_blank>this one</A>.  You might have to click on satellite or hybrid to see the image and not a map.  Assuming that this is the crossing, and that the gates drop perpendicular to the road, I'm of the opinion that it would be very easy to swing around the gates, at the speed limit. Again, if the tracks showed there were centered up on the track when they got hit, those tracks should have also shown if they weren't in their lane. There are two tracks there, again assuming that this is the crossing, which would have been in use? [/quote] I am not sure which way the train was going, but that is the crossing.  It does look like the gates may be as much as 120 feet apart, so I agree that it would be easy to make the zigzag swerve to get around them at 28 mph.  Apparently, the police concluded that the car ran around the lowered gates, but the stories do not specify the evidence that led the police to that conclusion.
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