Anyone remember a court decision some years ago where the court decreed that when the train's whistle sounded, the crossing became private railroad property and threw out the motorist's s suit against the railroad. Involved the GM&O Chicago-St. Louis line, and may have been pre-Amtrak. DJE
----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Weston To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 5:43 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} RR Crossings Quiet Zone in MD, Yikes We have some here in San Antonio. They have to have gates and concrete islands to keep people from driving around the gates. Charles Weston --- On Tue, 11/30/10, Michael & Linda Marmer <[email protected]> wrote: From: Michael & Linda Marmer <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} RR Crossings Quiet Zone in MD, Yikes To: "Toy Trains" <[email protected]>, "S Trains" <[email protected]>, "S Scale" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 1:56 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110304856.html Not sure if any of you know about this, but in Kensington, MD they have the first Quiet Zone ever for RR crossings in the state of MD. I am not sure if there are zones like this elsewhere in the US or anywhere else. I think this is sad, as the RR tracks have been here since the 1800s, as the people who moved here, knew about the trains coming by every day. I wonder what will happen when there is a accident between a motor vehicle and train which I hope does not happen, but it will someday, in my opinion due to the nature of people running crossings. Mike Marmer. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
