Elevated Railroad Crossings Cause Serious Damages in Texas, Georgia Accidents
(Crawford, Texas and Statham, Georgia – June 3, 2011) Over 1,000 miles separated two serious...
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History: The Great Teacher. Lessons of Railroad Crossing History
55th Anniversary of Eight-Fatality Crossing Accident Passes (Elyria, Ohio – May 20, 2011) It was...
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Louisiana PSC Calls Railroads to Task for Disregarding Crossing Safety
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana – May 16, 2011) Louisiana’s Public Service Commission summoned the 21 railroad...
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Investigation Into BNSF Triple Fatality Near Longview Will Take Months
(Kelso, Washington – April6, 2011) A myriad of state and federal regulatory agencies are participating...
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“Big Ten” States Start Calling Shots On Grade Crossing Safety Plans In August
(Washington, D.C., June 29. 2010) Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas the states with the most grade crossing accidents, on average, over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, have until August 27, 2011 to develop and implement their own (apart from the national) grade crossing safety plans which will then cover the next five years. The ruling was handed down by the USDOT's Federal Railroad Administration following a February 22, 2010 public hearing in Washington, after the U. S.
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22-Year-Old Killed At Unsignalized Crossing
A young Kansas man was killed when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive broadsided his...
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Unprotected Rural Railroad Crossing Kills Experienced Driver
(Lewellen, Nebraska – February 15, 2011) An 85-year-old, lifelong area resident died about 3:20 P.M....
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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE: RAILROAD CROSSING GETS LIGHTS, GATES AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT
(Oxford Township, Ohio – February 17, 2011) The railroad crossing of Taylor Road, where 83-year-old...
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Trucker Dies at Crossing with Erratic Crossing Signals
(Dunkirk, New York – Jan. 16, 2011) “On Wednesday morning, (Jan. 12) Texas tractor-trailer driver...
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