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Posted by j trainloco on Fri Feb 6 22:03:56 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by WillD on Fri Feb 6 16:59:01 2015. The LIRR has had its share of grade crossing accidents without the catastrophic outcome seen here.And MNRR hasn't? In fact, apparently, there was an accident at this intersection 30 years ago. It didn't result in the kind of catastrophe that happened this week. Safety statistics indicate that MNRR has a small number of incidents every year. In sure some of them happened in third rail territory. reelectrify with high voltage AC OHLE and order M8 style dual voltage EMUs. That's knee jerk. It would probably be cheaper to eliminate grade crossings. But I'm sure there are measures even cheaper that would be just as effective as changing to overhead wire. |
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