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Ten or twelve years ago one objection to electrifying the Chicago - Detroit route and trying to bring it up to mid-Sixties "Metroliner" standards (when there were indeed grade crossings in Maryland), was that supposedly the crossbuck and gate couldn't recognize the difference between a passenger train going 90-110 mph or the more typical freight going at half that speed, 45-55 mph. <br /> <br />In this day of global positioning, cab signalling, CTC, etc., I simply refuse to believe that a gate can't be in connection with SOMETHING that would put it into operation twice the distance for a passenger train as for a freight, with the result that the waiting interval before either train enters the crossing would be the same -- 30 seconds or whatever. <br /> <br />This country has a real "can't do" mentality when it comes to improving its rails, especially passenger. The Japanese solved problems during LBJ's administration that are supposedly insoluable today. BULL! [8]
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