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[quote user="zugmann"] [quote user="BNSFwatcher"] H*ll with the cab signals.  They won't tell you the Texaco truck is high-centered on the grade crossing.  I'd slow down to a reasonable speed, considering visibility. Hays [/quote]    That is not the point of cab signals.  Any person will slow down if they see a truck high-centered on the crossing (and any sane person would probably dump the train).   But I could give you a list of grade crossings over hills or around bends that you can't see until you are on top of them.  Are we supposed to run prepared to stop short of every crossing?  [/quote] You say any prudent person would slow down if they see a truck stalled on a crossing.  But isn’t the point of this thread whether or not it is required or necessary to run slower in limited visibility when they can't see ahead, even though cab signals are clear?   <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> The prevailing point of view seems to be that it is not necessary to run slow under such circumstances because there is no hazard that running slow could prevent. <o:p></o:p> I think that one could compile a long list of track or right of way contingencies capable of causing death or injury to the crew that could be avoided by direct sight ahead, or by running slower if the sight ahead is limited by fog or other obstructing weather conditions.  I am surprised that anyone could conclude otherwise.   Cab signals cannot possibly guarantee that the way ahead is safe to run blind.
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