The Arizona Corporation Commission will hold a town hall meeting Wednesday (April 18) to talk about Union Pacific Railroad’s plans to expand by adding a second set of tracks in some parts of Arizona. Local officials and residents are invited to share comments and concerns. The ACC can’t dictate where a railroad runs, but it does oversee railroad safety. Through a relationship with the Federal Railroad Administration, the ACC oversees safe maintenance of signals, crossings, track, locomotives and cargo containers.
That’s the last thing we need in this town is more railroad traffic. I live in Marana, and there is a stretch of railroad about three or four miles where there are upwards of 7 crossings. The requirement is that trains blast their horns 4 times at each crossing. With up to 40 trains a day coming just in that area, that’s 7×4 x 40, or 1120 train horn blasts (at > 90db) a day. Plus, with limited underpasses, the traffic backs up for blocks and blocks every few minutes it seems.
— train-hater 04/16/2007 06:08 PM #
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— train-hater 04/16/2007 06:08 PM #