Thanks for the info.
Rob McNay
Chicago IL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 4:50 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Question on Current General Rail Operations
>
> Federal law provides that crossing signals activate twenty seconds
> before the train reachs the crossing. There is no distance requirement,
> however in Illinois the whisle must sounded within 1200 feet of the
> crossing. Many signal systems are set up so that the signal activates
> at the proper time regardless of the speed of the train, i.e. further
> away for faster moving trains.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert McNay <CptMatt@ameritech.net>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 3:58 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Question on Current General Rail Operations
>
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have question about current operating rules or standards. Is there a
> rule
> or standard distance for when crossing gates activate?
>
> I ask because, most times, I see crossing bucks and lights activate,
> the
> train is usually still a good distance down the track. Until today.
>
> I was filling up at a gas station at the intersection of Irving Park
> and
> York Roads (I think that's Bensenville IL, just southwest of O'Hare). I
> looked up and noticed across York, just to the south, a coal unit train
> coming from the east, heading around the curve to go north on the
> tracks
> that parallel York Road on the western edge of the airport. It
> surprised me
> because, the train was maybe only 1000 feet from the Irving Park Road
> crossing and nothing had activated. I kept watch, it kept getting
> closer
> with nothing happening. Then, finally, when it was only about 200 feet
> from
> the crossing, the lights started blinking, the bell sounded and the
> gates
> dropped. (I'm sure of that distance because the streetlights are 50
> feet
> apart and it reached the 4th one from the intersection before the
> signals
> started).
>
> I was worried a bit because they are in the process of relocating the
> tracks
> and had built an overpass for Irving Park, so there is a lot of rail
> construction happening. I was beginning to wonder if the construction
> crews
> had screwed up the system.
>
> Rob McNay
> Chicago IL
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