Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
QUOTE: Originally posted by 88gta350 Forgot to mention, the speed limit of the street at the crossing is 40 mph. One other question: If the townships decides not to further protect the crossing, is there an orginization (like Operation Lifesaver) that could provide the township with signage, for free or at a reasonable cost, to place at the crossing to encourage people to pay more attention, not try to beat the train, etc?
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Larry: The $10,000 night add the gate arms.....$125,000 for crossing protection from scratch, $160,000+ for 4-Quad system. You are not seing the engineering and fabrication costs inside the signal bungalows. This does NOT include the maintenance and testing costs that the railroad usually pays for for the life of the crossing.
QUOTE: Originally posted by jchnhtfd At least 50K; more for really effective (quad) gates. The cost would be borne by the township or state, whoever 'owns' the road, although the railroad does the maintenance. This should be addressed to the town or state, although as Larry says the funding must compete with other crossings -- and other priorities. As to the wood crossing planks, they aren't such a bad choice, really. There have been other threads which have addressed crossing planks... but I always liked wood.
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