[PRCo] Re: Fwd: [EastPennTraction] Fwd: Upper Darby, Pa. - SEPTA to remove LRT crossing gates

[Herb Brannon]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Dennis Fred Cramer
<trombone at windstream.net>wrote:
> The railroads will always be the culprits, even though we know better.
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> Listen to the news;  "local car struck by train".  Any of us who have
> operated a rail vehicle across a highway will tell you the first time
> jitters of seeing a large vehicle coming at you and you suddenly realize
> that you are on rails and have absolutely no where to go other than forward
> or stop.
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> Dennis F. Cramer
>      Trombone
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Interesting is the fact that while SEPTA is removing all the crossing gates
on the 101 line, the rail line between Akron and Cleveland is getting new
gates installed at EVERY crossing between downtown Akron and Steelyard
Commons near downtown Cleveland. The money for this project, which got
underway last week, is being provided through Economic Stimulus Package
money. Just in one week, new rail, concrete ties and signal equipment boxes
(large ones), have been placed all along the rail right of way. A company
called "Railworks" has the contract. I suppose SEPTA could use some of that
same money to remove their crossing gates.

-- 
Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast