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Yes, and in most crossing crashes, the stopping distance of the train is irrelevant.  It is always trumpeted as the number one issue by safety advisers, but it seldom matters in grade crossing crashes.  Most vehicles that are struck are in the process of driving past the front of the locomotive.  So even if the train could stop in 100 feet, it would not prevent the crash.  The only time the train stopping distance might matter is for vehicles stalled on the crossing where an engineer might see the situation from a significant distance and take preemptive action.  Long stopping distance matters when a danger ahead becomes obvious enough for an engineer to try to stop short of it.
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