The struggle to make the grade at crossings

摘要

Bourbonnais was a wake-up call the transportation world shouldn't have needed. But the tragedy has triggered dialogue on what it'll take to prevent more train-truck collisions. Bourbonnais. Just the mention of its name recalls images of an Amtrak train scattered across the Illinois countryside in flames, derailed by an iron-laden truck across the tracks. On March 15, 13 people died and more than 100 were injured when Amtrak's City of New Orleans struck the truck at an Illinois Central Railroad grade crossing.