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Is Amtrak Crash Nevada’s Fault?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a drawing of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Active Advance Warning Signals</span> installation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This set of signals could be placed about 1000 feet from the Nevada crossing in order to give extra distance warning for the 70 mph highway traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would activate at the same time as the signals at the crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nevada DOT has not yet announced the results of their safety review of their grade crossings on roads with speed limits above 60 mph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expect they will decide to add this type of active advance warning to these crossings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ron Kaminkow, the engineer of the Amtrak train hit in the 6/24/11 crash has called for this type of added safety measure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He considers the existing crossing protection to be inadequate, and he does not want to see any more railroaders killed at that crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce353/lec09/tcdh/tcdh31.gif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce353/lec09/tcdh/tcdh31.gif</span></span></a></span></p>
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