[PRCo] Re: Red Signal Lights

[Fred Schneider]

I've seen automobiles hit by trains.  I recall a guy's Ford that was  
hit by a Pennsy GG-1 west of here and east of Mount Joy.  I know it  
was a Ford because I found a 4 x 5 inch piece of the transmission  
case on the ground with the name Ford on it after the swept the rest  
of the car into the waste basket and hauled it away.

You may but I don't.   I have never seen a railroad rule book that  
did not include a phrase similar to "in case of doubt the most  
restrictive course of action shall apply."     I spent just shy of  
ten years working under railroad retirement.
The result is, when I see a railroad cross buck with two lights, they  
have only two possible aspects:  red or broken.   If they are not  
red, then I want to be able to see down the track in both directions  
far enough to know nothing is coming and if I can't, damn it all, I  
stop.   Windows Open.   Radio Off.   This world is filled with beauty  
and I'd like to keep my eyes open a little longer.    (And if the guy  
behind me is POed, so be it.)

On Sep 28, 2005, at 4:02 PM, James B. Holland wrote:

> Agree with your comments but Also Note that at this time it is Not  
> Clear
> if the crossing gates were working - we depend upon them to be working
> and assume that if they are up that It Is Clear To Pass.
>