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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ValleyX Wish you'd got that railroad job, you could have gotten another perspective. [/quote] I fully appreciate your side as well.. I'm sure you see some stupid stunts, and know some co-workers who will carry emotional scars from peoples carelessness at crossings. And, I have zero empathy for people who try and cheat the crossing I always enjoy seeing a crossing go into action, it means I get to stop and do some train watching. I've even been known to slow down in hopes that an approaching train will activate the crossing in time for me to stop. I just chose to play devils advocate on this thread, as I have seen this as well as similar threads turn into serial bashing threads with (potentially) inaccurate assumptions based upon "why did they buy a house next to the tracks if they didn't wanna hear train horns? etc. because there are a few variables that have changed from the rail side of the equation, over the past several decades. I'll tell ya what I've noticed that surprises me, I like to take lots of walks, and tend to walk towards the old Wabash, with the earlier mentioned grade crossing being west of me. I walk north towards the track, and OFTEN my first indication of an eastbound freight will be to see it rolling past me, obviously having already gone through the nearby crossing without blowing it's horn. Not a complaint, per se...just that when I know a train is coming, I'll usually walk to a vantage with a good view. But when they don't blow first, and I see it just roll on by without giving any chance to prepare, it makes me wonder "how'd this happen"?
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