Pondering on grade crossings

摘要

If you enjoy dealing with public controversy, there are few places to find such work in our industry that rival grade crossings. When motorists roll over the tracks, any bumpiness means that the lazy, cheap old railroad is making life hard for them. If I have a nickel for every photo of a rough crossing that included a caption with the words "war zone," I could have retired comfortably years ago. And crossing blockage has to rank right up there with selling drugs in the public eye. Very few things will get people off their couches to storm public meetings and badger public officials than a proposed increase in crossing blockage time.