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1. Feds trump state train horn laws.
2. Train horns whistle whip people into submission.
3. Railroad comes in and makes a fortune in overcharges and stolen signal equipment (OURS).
4.Somebody (not railroads) has to pay for ridiculous priced liability insurance so railroad is hold harmless.
5.The crossings for GPS crew-less trains hid behind the curtains not a problem for railroads.
6. Warren Buffett starts his 41st vault of silver.
Also a corrupt US Supreme Court says if WE pay $1 for these POS signs the rail,roads are hold harmless. The problem ---The railroads/state have lost the old records thus this criminal fraud.
Where is the law that says the old POS signs aren't any good so we pay $800 a crossing to these RR thieves with NO bids taken as required by law.
Here is a list of train killings, from Dec. 9 - Dec. 16:
• Dec. 10: Man, 55, fatally struck by a CSX train in Tiffin, Ohio.
• Dec. 10: Man, 37, fatally struck by CSX train in Barberton, Ohio. The two deaths in Ohio on this one day took place about five hours and 90 miles apart.
• Dec. 10: Man, 51, fatally struck by Union Pacific train in Eugene, Ore. Witnesses told police the man placed himself in front of the train. This was at least the third pedestrian railroad accident in Eugene this year. In September, a 49-year-old bicyclist was fatally struck by an Amtrak train, in what was determined to be an accident. In May, another man was fatally struck by a Union Pacific train.
• Dec. 11: Boy, 16, killed by Canadian Pacific train in New Milford, Pa., as he apparently was walking to school along the tracks.
• Dec. 12: Person fatally struck by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in Bristol, Pa.
• Dec. 12: Man killed by CSX train in Haverstraw, N.Y.
• Dec. 12: Man fatally struck by Union Pacific train near Shabbona, Ill.
• Dec. 12: Man, 46, fatally struck by Metra commuter train near Rogers Park station near Chicago, Ill.
• Dec. 13: Woman critically injured by Metra commuter train in Naperville, Ill.
• Dec. 14: Person killed by Amtrak train near Titlow Beach in Tacoma, Wash. In August 2010, an 18-year-old woman was killed and a man injured when they were struck by an Amtrak train in the same area.
• Dec. 14: Woman, 29, fatally struck by CSX train in Montgomery, W.Va. In March 2011, a man, 22, was fatally struck by an Amtrak train in the same small town.
• Dec. 14: A woman was fatally struck by a MBTA train in Concord, Mass.
• Dec. 15: Person fatally struck by Metra train in Morton Grove, Ill. In July, a 38-year-old man was killed by a Metra train in the same town.
• Dec. 15: Person fatally struck by Caltrain in San Mateo, Calif.
• Dec. 16: A person was struck by an Amtrak train in Lafayette, Ind. In December 2011, a man, 20, was fatally struck by an Amtrak train in the same town.
• Dec. 16: A person was fatally struck by an Amtrak train near Haywood, Calif.
Look at the cameras not along the tracks
Think how stupid railroads are.
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/30/business/csx-will-pay-whistle-blower-1.18-million.html
Talking to Mr. Nelson ex-CSX head of signals he says the big bosses use to laugh and call people killed scrapes.
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/reports/rwservlet?standard_web+inc_seq=1034017
The bottom dwelling railroad reported trespasser like a 8 year old kid can spell trespasser much less be one.
http://www.in.gov/indot/div/projects/ClineAvenueInfo/pubs/TechMemo1_4-26-10FNL.pdf
The state shows 0 trains a day here.
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http://www.streetinsider.com/Insider+Trades/Union+Pacific+(UNP)+Chairman+Young+Sells+$7.5M+Shares/7955451.html
Union Pacific (UNP) Chairman Young Sells $7.5M Shares
According to a Form 4 filed with the U.S. SEC, Chairman James Young sold 60,000 shares held indirectly by his trust on December 17, 2012. The shares were sold for an average price of $124.9973 per share for gross proceeds of $7,499,838.
Following the sale, Young holds 13,281 shares in his Trust. He also holds 418,380 directly.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590
DEC 19 2012
Dear Mr. Pines:
This letter is in response to your repeated complaints to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regarding highway-rail grade crossing incidents and railroad track conditions during the last year. You have made these complaints using the Alleged Violation Reporting Form on the FRA Web site. FRA staff members have been diligent in their efforts to investigate your complaints and in communicating our findings; however, FRA has consistently found the complaints to be without merit.
It appears your recent complaints were made without first-hand knowledge of the incidents that you referenced, but, instead, were based solely on media reports regarding incidents that occurred in various locations around the country. Often, media reports are preliminary in nature and may not contain all of the relevant information regarding a particular incident. Addressing complaints has consumed a disproportionate amount of FRA's regulatory oversight resources.
It is FRA's longstanding practice to investigate any safety complaint irrespective of its origin or source. To that end, FRA receives and responds to numerous credible safety complaints each year. Given that FRA has limited resources, we must necessarily focus on addressing those complaints that reveal actual safety conditions necessitating timely FRA oversight and/or enforcement action.
FRA appreciates your concern in railroad safety;however, to most effectively fulfill our safety responsibilities, we cannot commit to investigate any further complaints that you raise.
Sincerely,
Jo Strang
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/Chief Safety Officer
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http://www.streetinsider.com/Insider+Trades/Union+Pacific+(UNP)+Chairman+Young+Sells+$7.5M+Shares/7955451.html
Union Pacific (UNP) Chairman Young Sells $7.5M Shares
According to a Form 4 filed with the U.S. SEC, Chairman James Young sold 60,000 shares held indirectly by his trust on December 17, 2012. The shares were sold for an average price of $124.9973 per share for gross proceeds of $7,499,838.
Following the sale, Young holds 13,281 shares in his Trust. He also holds 418,380 directly.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590
DEC 19 2012
Dear Mr. P:
This letter is in response to your repeated complaints to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regarding highway-rail grade crossing incidents and railroad track conditions during the last year. You have made these complaints using the Alleged Violation Reporting Form on the FRA Web site. FRA staff members have been diligent in their efforts to investigate your complaints and in communicating our findings; however, FRA has consistently found the complaints to be without merit.
It appears your recent complaints were made without first-hand knowledge of the incidents that you referenced, but, instead, were based solely on media reports regarding incidents that occurred in various locations around the country. Often, media reports are preliminary in nature and may not contain all of the relevant information regarding a particular incident. Addressing complaints has consumed a disproportionate amount of FRA's regulatory oversight resources.
It is FRA's longstanding practice to investigate any safety complaint irrespective of its origin or source. To that end, FRA receives and responds to numerous credible safety complaints each year. Given that FRA has limited resources, we must necessarily focus on addressing those complaints that reveal actual safety conditions necessitating timely FRA oversight and/or enforcement action.
FRA appreciates your concern in railroad safety;however, to most effectively fulfill our safety responsibilities, we cannot commit to investigate any further complaints that you raise.
Sincerely,
Jo Strang
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/Chief Safety Officer
...Amtrak trains would kill 2,983 people in the same 917,431,119 miles traveled.
...BNSF Amtrak trains would kill 679 people in the same 917,431,119 vehicle miles traveled.
...CSX trains would kill 1,354 people in the same 917,431,119 vehicle miles traveled.
...Norfolk Southern trains would kill 674 people in the same 917,431,119 vehicle miles traveled.
...Union Pacific trains would kill 755 people in the same 917,431,119 vehicle miles traveled.
Secretary Ray LaHood also said he was covering the railroads mass trail of death and destruction.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/PR/NHTSA-05-11
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood """ with 1.09 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled"""
one death in 917,431,119 miles traveled
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2010
1.03 - Overview Charts By Railroad
CSX---78.6 million total train miles
116 deaths
1 death every every 677,586 miles traveled
CSX in 917,431,119 train miles has 1354 deaths.
Amtrak ---40.6 million total train miles
132 deaths
1 death per 307,575 miles traveled
Amtrak in 917,431,119 train miles has 2983 deaths.
BNSF---169 million total train miles
125 deaths
1 death per 1,352,000 miles traveled
BNSF in 917,431,119 train miles has 679 deaths.
Norfolk Southern ---91.1 million total train miles.
67 deaths
1 death per 1,359,701 train miles traveled
Norfolk Southern in 917,431,119 train miles has 674 deaths.
Union Pacific --- 160.3 million train miles
113 deaths
1 death per 1,214,394 train miles traveled
Union Pacific in 917,431,119 train miles has 755 deaths.