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<p>I have talked to the operations director of a short line here in Georgia about fouling crossings. The railroad has a unique relationship with the communities along their main line. When their volunteer fire departments get called out, their dispatchers come up on the radio frequency of the railroad. The crews have standing orders to break trains or stay clear of crossings when a call comes out. </p><p>The reason for the anti fouling laws is simply to allow emergency vehicles the ability to cross tracks on their way to calls and from calls. </p><p>In my hometown here in Georgia, there is a branch line of the NS that runs down the middle of a city street, right in front of the main fire station. The trains, mostly local freights, maintain an even and steady speed. I have seen them stop for fire trucks departing on calls.</p><p>It is unnessecary for the railroads to be seen as the bad guys, and locals to be seen as anti-railroad, if both sides recognize why laws are the way they are and work fairly (and equitably) to a solution.</p><p>By the way, as a former Deputy, I would have big time problems with anyone laying hands on me. I might not be in the right by being in the cab of a locomotive, but the engineer that tries to "throw me off" by force is equally wrong and in Alabama, is subject to five years state prison time. </p><p>Erik</p>
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