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Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Feb 5 17:14:12 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by MainR3664 on Thu Feb 5 13:16:48 2015. "...eliminating grade crossings on heavily used lines in busy urban/suburban areas should, IMO, be a long-term goal"Agreed, but that will never happen, not in our lifetimes anyway. Even if the $$$ was available, the suburban NIMBYs with dough & clout would never go for it. Case in point: on the LIRR main line, from New Hyde Park to Hicksville,(MAS 80mph on that strech I believe) there are several heavily trafficked grade crossings. There were proposals to eliminate all the grade crossings. One was to elevate the line the way they did it on the Babylon Line. No good. The locals didn't want an elevated line running thru their back yards. The other proposal was to relocate the line in an open cut, similar to the Pt Washington Line in the Bayside area. Again the NIMBYS screamed like hell being upset with the construction disruption that would ensue & THAT idea was scrapped So whats going to happen?? Nothing, unless someone from a politically connected family gets killed. Thats preceisely what happened at the Herricks Rd Mineola grade crossing accident several years ago that killed 6 kids. Nowadays Herricks Rd runs under the tracks. |
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