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[quote user="zugmann"] <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> Bucyrus:</div> <div></div> I see once again the crossing orthodoxy rears its head.  <div style="clear:both;"></div>   </blockquote> Can you refresh my memory and state that orthodoxy again? [/quote] I touched on the grade crossing orthodoxy in the first post of this thread entitled, “Dangerous Ideas.”  <o:p></o:p> <a href="http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/187934.aspx?PageIndex=1">http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/187934.aspx?PageIndex=1</a>  <o:p></o:p> Here is that first post:  <o:p></o:p> We have a whole list of rules to follow on this forum.  So when a thread that is complying with the rules generates enough interest to run to 16 pages, 237 posts, and almost 3000 views, and is locked with no explanation of why; I have to assume that it is because the ideas being expressed are offensive to either the moderators or forum members who cannot tolerate such ideas.   It is obvious that the problem with that thread is that it was running against the grade crossing orthodoxy.   It is perfectly fine to have a thread run on endlessly, dancing on the grave of some grade crossing victim.  This is the industry template, and most railfans embrace it.   But when the signals fail, it amounts to a fly in the ointment of this orthodoxy.  And that leads into dangerous ideas that challenge the orthodoxy.       If you want to see an example of this orthodoxy, look at the three pages of comments following this Chicago Tribune report:   <a href="http://discussions.chicagotribune.com/20/chinews/chibrknews-2-cars-crash-into-freight-train-on-south-side-4-injured-20110214/10?page=2">http://discussions.chicagotribune.com/20/chinews/chibrknews-2-cars-crash-into-freight-train-on-south-side-4-injured-20110214/10?page=2</a>  <o:p></o:p> <div style="border-bottom: windowtext 0.75pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in;">  <o:p></o:p> </div>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> By “dangerous ideas” I was referring to the ideas that challenge the crossing orthodoxy.   I started the thread in response to the earlier one that got locked due to its exploration of dangerous ideas.
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