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It depends on the locality. I belonged to a department that did not ordinarily write traffic citations, but their policy in an instance like this was to have our dispatcher call the 1-800 number on a crossing. She would then state that the crossing had been blocked in violation of Alabama statute and that the train needed to be moved, or it would be cited. We were not allowed to go track down the engineer or any of the trainmen. The citation, if written, would be mailed to the NS legal folks... who usually would not dispute the ticket. (It would have required a company employee to show up in traffic court to answer the charge.) <br /> <br />About a year ago, if memory serves me correctly, there was an incident involving a police officer and a UP train blocking a crossing. Apparently, the crew ended up dead on the law and had left the train. In any event, the officer contacted UP dispatch and continued to write citation after citation... and UP ended up paying something like $100,000 in fines. (It must have been a REALLY slow day for that particular officer!) <br /> <br />Erik
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