03-10-2016, 05:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-10-2016, 05:19 PM by isUsername.)
(03-10-2016, 03:31 PM)Canard Wrote: Trains in an urban environment do not blow their horns. They're not supposed to - unless someone is crossing illegally. I live within sight of the tracks and once or twice a week, sure enough, I hear a VIA or GO train blast its horn, because some idiot crossed in front of it illegally and almost got killed.
So, the reason why Waterloo St. is now a dangerous crossing is because a) the signals are disabled, which would otherwise warn you, and b) the trains aren't blowing their horn.
...So it's not at all comparable to in the country where a non-active signal is ok - because there, the train blows its horn.
Sorry - grew up in a train family and Operation Lifesaver was drilled into my head from a very, very early age. I respect these machines - they have no respect for me!
The railway that crosses Queen St. S. near Mill St. and goes by Victoria Park has at least three movements on most days. There's also a pedestrian crossing a few hundred meters up where the tracks cross the Iron Horse Trail. These trains don't normally blow their horns, either.
The horn isn't the only audible warning device. Trains also have bells, and the trains ring their bells at the road crossing and at the Iron Horse Trail crossing.
A crossing seems to be acceptable in this case, despite what is probably more interaction between trains and pedestrians/cyclists than would be on Waterloo St.