QUOTE: Originally posted by rvos1979 QUOTE: Originally posted by rrandb A slightly off topic but related question. Can you cut the train for the crossing and just set the wheel brakes on a few cars to hold the brakes?? I don't know if this is still done or not, but at Rugby Jct., near Richfield and Slinger, Wisconsin, there was (is?) a hose installed under the Pioneer Rd crossing, in case a long train needed to be parked on the siding for extended periods (the pass is about 8000 feet long total, Pioneer road is right in the middle of the pass). I believe the proceedure is pull in, cut crossing, apply handbrakes on tail end of train to hold it, and then connect hose between the two parts of the train to keep the air test good. If this hose wasn't there, the next crew could have the fun task of air testing the rear portion of the train after coupling up, blocking the crossing in the process. Randy
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrandb A slightly off topic but related question. Can you cut the train for the crossing and just set the wheel brakes on a few cars to hold the brakes??
QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68 In defense of the motorists, I can see a gripe if they are being held up consistantly at a given crossing, as opposed to the sitgation n_stephenson points out where there was a bona fide problem. Alternate routes notwithstanding, most of the times I've heard of problems between towns and railroads with regard to crossings did involve repeated cases of such blockages, and an occasional cavalier attitude on the part of the railroad.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomasHow can they ticket the conductor?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas Does this stick in court or does the judge usualy thow it out?
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