From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 2/20/2015 1:51 PM, Joseph D. Korman wrote:   
   > On 2/15/2015 9:06 PM, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   >> On 2/13/2015 6:17 PM, 866013149e wrote:   
   >>> "conklin"  writes:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The woman was obviously confused.  Her cafr was dinted, so she looked   
   >>>> at the   
   >>>> damange and then decided to go forward rather than back.  Or stay   
   >>>> put.  And   
   >>>> why was that third rail traveling along the roof the cars where you   
   >>>> could   
   >>>> see it as it went between car 1 and 2?   
   >>>   
   >>> There are highwaye grade crossings on railroad tracks with third rail   
   >>> power? As in anyone can walk right up to the third rail and get fried?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> umar   
   >>>   
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   >>   
   >> There are dozens of such crossings on the LIRR and Metro-North.  Also,   
   >> as mentioned, CTA in Chicago.   
   >>   
   >> There was a crossing on PATH just west of Journal Square until the early   
   >> 70's, and I think the last crossings on the Canarsie Line were closed in   
   >> the late 60's or early 70's.   
   >>   
   >> Michael Finfer   
   >> Bridgewater, NJ   
   >   
   > When the NTSB spokesman first talked about the under-running contact   
   > third rail for the MNRR as unique, I said, Philadelphia's   
   > Market-Frankford line has that system too.  Then I realized that the   
   > MFSE line has no public grade crossings.   
   >   
   > I did a very quick check of MNRR's lines and couldn't find any grade   
   > crossings on the ex-NYC lines south (railroad east) of Croton-Harmon and   
   > White Plains.  Is that correct?   
   >   
   > If that's so, all of the crossings are relatively new compared to the   
   > original electrification.  What is the accident history of the "new"   
   > parts?  I know there were two incidents where drivers following GPS   
   > instructions turned onto MNRR tracks rather than the street just on the   
   > other side of the crossing.   
   >   
      
   If you have a smart phone, get the FRA crossing app, you can get the   
   history of every crossing in the country going back to the '70's,   
   complete with accident reports.   
      
   The crossing in question has had two other accidents over the years, and   
   a nearby crossing has had ten.   
      
   There are indeed no crossings between Grand Central and North White   
   Plains and Croton-Harmon.  All of the crossings on the Harlem Line in   
   electrified territory are in areas that were electrified in the '80's.   
   There is one crossing in electrified territory at Croton North, but MU's   
   have not run up there in many years, and the station there was closed   
   years ago.  The third rail there is, I believe, still in place, but,   
   because it is not used, it is possible that it is not energized.  Only a   
   Metro-North employee would know in all likelihood.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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