Railroad Crossings

Stop

 

Stop at an exempt and the locals know the rules and you may be rear ended.
If a track ends it is considered an exempt due to same into a silo, refinery, etc. Read the regs
Smoking in the cab ( unless you don't), what the hell like that will really hurt anything. Maybe at a plant but not going down the road.
#### just remembered a spur, no stop.
Depends on industrial park, if protected by lights overhead, no need to stop, if you need to stop between rails, but still have your ### over a set,,, hammer on. So another words I may stop at first and continue on the remaining, even if they are spaced.

 

Industrial parks(Feeder rails) no need to stop, Its in the FMCSA green book.
But I always stop anyways, even exempt crossings.
I figure stopping is easier than trying to explain it Johnny law. just a good habit to have.
I believe if your caught running a crossing with Hazmat there's a suspension Involved 1st time 90 days?

 

Keep in mind we are coming off harvest and any length of rail, even if it is not in use makes for a good storage site.

We usually stopped. when you are raised near the Amtrak Line in the Corridor where whispering death is approaching at upwards of 150 you do well to double check.

To this day I don't know why we lumber along at 150 wasting time when everyone else has breached 300 long ago and is aiming for 400+ statue miles a hour service in competition with short haul airliners.

 

Before they tore down the Ford plant in Edison, there was a rail line crossing route one that was marked exempt as soon as Ford stopped shipping and receiving by rail due to the immense traffic volumes.

Exempt is Exempt; easier to fight a ticket than deal with harry the hapless commuter burred under the back!

Industrial areas are also considered exempt. Some chemical plants have so many crossings inside and outside that traffic wouldn't move if everyone had to stop at each one....