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<DIV>I saw this today also and it was scary as</DIV>
<DIV>the cars just pile up on the tracks instead</DIV>
<DIV>of waiting till the tracks are clear before</DIV>
<DIV>proceeding across. They are in such a </DIV>
<DIV>hurry - and it is only a matter of time. Why</DIV>
<DIV>do people always think they can beat the</DIV>
<DIV>train. So dangerous. Em</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/28/2009 9:55:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dlynch@garretroomstudios.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Today I
witnessed the most outrageous event that I have seen in a long
<BR>time.<BR><BR>CSX replaced the RR ties across the Queensbury
crossing.<BR><BR>No, that's not the event.<BR><BR>During this operation they
disabled the RR crossing gate and cars tried to <BR>figure out if it was OK to
cross after the specialized maintenance cars <BR>crossed over Queensbury
Rd.<BR><BR>Then it gets worse.<BR><BR>When they were done, CSX forgot to
enable the crossing gate!<BR><BR>I did not notice this until I was working at
the Farmers Market and saw a <BR>MARC train speed past the crossing without
the gates down.<BR><BR>We called the police department and they said they
would contact CSX, but <BR>it took more time than I would have considered
reasonable before a police <BR>car arrived at the crossing. The car parked
next to the crossing but the <BR>officer didn't get out of his car and left
before this situation was <BR>resolved.<BR><BR>What I mean by that is CSX
showed up and enabled the gates but shortly <BR>thereafter cars were actually
stuck in between the gates and on the <BR>tracks!<BR><BR>So the basic question
is: Did the police department know that CSX was going <BR>to disable the
crossing gate today?<BR><BR>It is shocking that trains were traveling at a
high rate of speed through <BR>that crossing without anyone in authority
knowing about it.<BR><BR>I made a comment when the bus was hit that the train
didn't seem to have <BR>the ability to see the bus and stop in time and no one
one this list made a <BR>comment.<BR><BR>Well, I think CSX should not be
allowed to travel through our town at a <BR>rate faster than the speed limit
on Queensbury Rd.<BR><BR>Its only a matter of
time...<BR><BR>Don<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TownTalk
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