Speed

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

Jim Holland wrote:


> - ALL of this is backyard running in very close quarters.  You may stop
> cars with crossarms but there are children all over the place - will they
> stop for crossarms?  It is far too congested an area.
>         Then you have the Beechview Streets - Broadway.
>         Then you have three long trestles, downgrade, long blind curves
> and several stops.  You can't get going 40 mph in case you have to stop
> at one of the stops and you can't see clearly around the curves.  Signals
> won't prevent hitting something else on the tracks and the tracks have
> been common ground to many people for most of the century!

Jim's common sense prevails to end my argument!!! I am embarrassed to
admit I am a safety officer at a county hospital. I have to admit, the
residents near the tracks never entered my mind. Thanks for bringing me
to my senses, Jim. But your rebuttal adds to my contention that the line
is way, way overbuilt. Ken J.