bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
bnsf wrote:
As a retired engineer l have noticed that the old timers still use the rules correctly, but the new hires are being told that they can vary the L S L blasts at crossings as long as the last blast is covering the crossing.
But what really makes me mad is that local cops want to enforce the law of blocking the crossing time limit. I remember we went on the ground and was waiting for equipment to get back on track when a local told us to get moving or we would be arrested for blocking intersection. Told him we are on the ground and cant move. Came back 20 minutes later arrested us and hauled to jail. Made two calls. Special agents railroad police met us at office along with yard master. Some police officer got his butt chewed out good by his boss for what he did..
Anybody have any other good railroad stories please post them.
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This post was recently on the weekly Trains Magazine Newsletter:
BNSF challenges Kansas law on blocked crossings - Subscriber only article
WICHITA, Kan. —BNSF Railway is challenging a Kansas law limiting how long trains can block intersections, saying only the federal government, not the states, has the authority to regulation the issue. A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of...
The argument as I understand it is that under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution local authorities are preempted from crossing blockage regulation because of the interstate commerce nature of railroads and that the Federal regulations preempt local control of such matters. The whole article was not available, but the headline tells the story.
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