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BNSF BLAMED FOR CROSSING CRASH
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>If I had to guess what happened, I would guess that the gates were down and the driver tried to beat the train.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That was what was reported after the crash in 2003.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That is what the police concluded.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But still, the signals <I>could</I> have failed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a possibility, no matter how remote.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would even tend to dismiss the possibility of signal failure because it is so remote, and at least one witness said the signals were working.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>But here is the biggest problem that I have in dismissing signal failure: </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>If BNSF had data that would establish that the signals were working, how could they have possibly failed to produce it?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I can’t get around that point.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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