The Minnesota Commerical has a spur that ends about a mile or so away from home here. As they work that spur, it crosses over a four lane highway at grade. Since this is a low traffic line, most motorists are oblivious to the fact that several hundred tons of iron would have the nerve to block the road. This leads to copious amounts of air horns being employed to alert the oblivious motorists. Of course I heard these events as I got in my car to head back to work after a quick lunch at home.
The horns from this operation are all the more obvious, as the BNSF which also runs within earshot of home now has the silent crossings.
I have seen the Commerical work this branch once they cross the highway, but I have never caught them in the act of crossing, even though I drove that road twice daily 5 days a week for three years. One day though.....
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