Boing Boing on MSN

"STOP – DEATH – STOP" a gloriously excessive 1930s railroad crossing signal

In the mid-1930s, a dangerous Illinois Central railroad crossing in Grenada, Mississippi, had claimed too many lives. Local ...
Yahoo

Railroad Xing: Here’s how often Treasure Coast crossing signals have failed to activate

Should you hear the horn and feel the rumble of an oncoming train, yet fail to see a railroad crossing signal activate, would you know what to do? Getting out of harm’s way may seem the obvious answer ...
The Durango Herald

Single-vehicle crash smashes railroad crossing signal box in Hermosa

Commuters along U.S. Highway 550 through Hermosa north of Durango might notice flaggers where the highway and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks intersect just north of Hermosa Depot ...
Citizen's Voice

New railroad crossing signals in Wilkes-Barre to enhance safety

The Luzerne County Rail Corporation and R.J. Corman Railroad Group, the short line rail operator, have installed new railroad crossing signals on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and on North Main Street in ...
KERO-TV

City to activate 'HAWK' pedestrian crossing signal on 24th street

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The City will activate its new High-Intensity Activated crossWalK pedestrian signal on Monday. The HAWK signal is a traffic control device used to stop traffic on a roadway to ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Railroad Xing: Here’s how often Treasure Coast crossing signals have failed to activate

Few Florida signal failures linked to highway-rail grade accidents Duval County had plurality of state activation failures 1995-2023 Use Emergency Notification System to report crossing dangers Should ...