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[quote user="alphas"]Another possibility for running into the side of a train in the case of a gateless crossing is that the driver accidentially hits the gas instead of the brake.    That's what happened to a women who was a friend of my wife's family.   (Her 2 children in the back survived OK but she perished.)     [/quote]That is a good point.  I had not thought about that possible cause.I was driving around in Shakopee, MN last weekend, and was amazed by their crossing layout for the UP Mankato Sub.  On a road very close and parallel to the mainline, I came to an intersection where I wanted to take a left, which would take me across the track.  There was a stop sign at the intersection, and another one on the post with an unlit crossbuck at the crossing.  When stopping at the first stop sign, I was looking at the crossbuck and second stop sign perfectly edgewise.  When making the left, I was on the tracks about half way through the 90 degree left turn.  So to a driver making this turn, although the tracks are obvious right beside him, the crossing signage is invisible. I guess it works because the trains run very slowly and blow their horn.  This kind of road runs right alongside the track, on both sides, for many blocks, so I assume that there are many crossing compromises like the one I mention.
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