Amtrak Train Derailment After Hitting Dump Truck

The railroads do NOT pay for the crossing signals
The county or the state has to pay for them .
Is about a quarter million per crossing to instal the signals and arms

never gonna happen on a dirt road .

they usually install arms after two fatal accidents at the same crossing .
Sadly , that’s the criteria that is normally used to decide which crossings get the quarter million dollar arms .

 

I won't argue with what your saying but why does the RR have to maintain the gates & signals and not the county ? .. because I've seen the BNR replace & repair the gates & signals
Or is it that since it's a county road they have to buy them but the RR maintains them because of liability reasons ?

 

What a mess..dump truck driver family suing the county and bnsf for negligence and bnsf & amtrak suing the dump truck company and families on the train suing amtrak…

 

It will come down to what ever the NTSB finds in their investigation..
Which we all know it will come back inconclusive.. but they will make sure the BNSF has no fault because one hand wash's the other
Personally hope the court awards the dump truck driver's family millions and each passenger on Amtrack 100k
And the court forces BNSF to update the crossing and hopefully Amtrack is forced to file bankruptcy due to the settlement

 

Problem with amtrak is, they’re primarily taxpayer funded..

 

Give it some time once the law firms start digging..im sure they’ll be more than obliged to add them at later date..