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Big Train/Auto Accident at a Grade Crossing

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Big Train/Auto Accident at a Grade Crossing
Posted by spbed on Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:03 AM
Reported on ABCTV they said maybe 16 autos invovled. Some serious hurt but no deaths so far. [:(]

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Posted by THayman on Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:10 AM
Any more info, photos maybe?

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Posted by spbed on Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:19 AM
Sorry all the TV has reported is it occurred in the Chicago area & that the autos were waiting on the track for the traffic lite to change when the commuter train hit the cars. Supposely the crossing gates were operating OK.
[:(]
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Posted by spbed on Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:22 AM
I found this thru a Yahoo search of Chicago Newspapers

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-crash24.html

[:(]

Originally posted by THayman

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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:35 AM
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=2&TOPIC_ID=50432
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Posted by jchnhtfd on Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:38 AM
At the risk of sounding like the grinch that stole Christmas (or Thanksgiving)

There are signs that say 'don't stop on the crossing'.

There is a law that says 'do not block intersections'.

There is also a law that says 'do not top or park on railroad crossings'.

I don't get it. Darwin time.
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Posted by spbed on Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:44 AM
Goes to prove that when god said come forth brains some came fifth[:(]

Originally posted by jchnhtfd
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Posted by spbed on Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:09 AM
ABCTV has had pix

[:(]

QUOTE: Originally posted by THayman

Any more info, photos maybe?

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Posted by BNSFNUT on Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:29 AM
CNN.com had vidio and report on its web site, Looked bad.
Crossing gates, build them and they will drive around them.

There is no such thing as a bad day of railfanning. So many trains, so little time.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 25, 2005 4:07 PM
Gee it look liked those folks really did catch the train, however not the way they would like to. The gates go down, Don't go around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 25, 2005 4:19 PM
Please see also another TRAINS post, "Metra vs Multiple Cars."
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 25, 2005 6:23 PM
The people just need to learn that if the lights are flashing/gates down or some other indicator is on, do not go across the tracks
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Posted by fuzzybroken on Saturday, November 26, 2005 10:25 AM
Welllll....

Most of these cars were stuck at a red light, they didn't go around the gates. They were lined up (or "queued" as they said in an Australian railway-safety ad) on the tracks, and had no place to go! They still shouldn't have been there, although I'm sure none of them expected that a train would come through until after they were through the intersection. But they still should have heeded the Boy Scout motto, "Be prepared!!!"
-Fuzzy Fuzzy World 3

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