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Other names include railway level crossing, [1] railway crossing (chiefly international), grade crossing or railroad crossing (chiefly American), [2] road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated). There are more than 100,000 level crossings in Europe and more than 200,000 in North America.
. . . a state or local government can address grade-level railroad crossing issues in a manner that does not run afoul of federal law . . . But a statute that tells railroad companies how long they may stop their trains — for whatever ends — intrudes on the territory reserved to the ICCTA.
[1] 53% of all those level crossings are active level where users are protected from or warned of the approaching train by devices activated when it is unsafe for the user to traverse the crossing. [1] The remaining 47% of level crossings are unprotected. [2] 28% of railway fatalities are from level crossing related incidents.
[1]: 2 While operating through Bourbonnais, the Amtrak engineer observed a semi-trailer truck loaded with steel slowly crossing the tracks at a grade crossing. [1]: 3 When the engineer realized the truck was not going to clear the tracks in time, he initiated an emergency brake application. However, the train was traveling at 79 mph (127 km/h ...
GCOR 1.3.2 states that General Orders replace any rule, special instruction, or regulation that conflicts with the general order. [2] Some railroads will maintain what they call a "living rulebook." As amendments are released via general order or special instruction, they will update the specific page that was affected. [1]
Review the national Highway-Rail Crossing inventory with the Federal Railroad Administration to ensure that it meets the needs of highway users as well. To the Federal Railroad Administration: Update the national Highway-Rail Crossing inventory. Include, at a minimum, grade crossings having pre-emptive or interconnected signals.
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AREMA has 29 technical committees, organized in six functional groups. The committees, whose volunteer members come from the railroad industry, meet on a regular basis and use their expertise to come up with the best methods to maintain a railroad. [2] Structures Timber Structures (Committee 7) Concrete Structures & Foundations (Committee 8)