Railroad tracks on Carpenter Fire Station Rd east of 55

[lauradrops]

Originally Posted by DPK

There are signs. They are just the old-old cross-buck style ones:

I meant stop signs, the railroad sign is neither here nor there as far as I am concerned. It just points out the obvious that there are train tracks there. They are in no way a warning of an approaching train. Unfortunately some people have no common sense to watch out for a train and I don't think those signs will help them. But as a previous poster said, Darwin at work here.

[danielbmartin]

Originally Posted by lauradrops

Unfortunately some people have no common sense to watch out for a train ...

The train announces itself with blasts of its loud air horn. Unfortunately some people have no common sense to listen for a train ...

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[wizard-xyzzy]

That particular railroad line has a 10 mph speed limit for trains. You'd have to try hard to have an accident with a train on that line.

But like treeboy919 said, it's an anomaly. Trains run as fast as 79 mph elsewhere in the Triangle. Crossing signals and gates cost money, both to install and to maintain. There is a prioritization process for signals and gates; this one hasn't made the cut.

[DPK]

Originally Posted by lauradrops

I meant stop signs, the railroad sign is neither here nor there as far as I am concerned. It just points out the obvious that there are train tracks there. They are in no way a warning of an approaching train.

I'd argue that you should always assume that a train is approaching a crossing. Hence why school buses usually proceed with caution at them.