NARF and Grade Crossing Safety:
In addition to our support of Tom Armstrong
and his presentations on railroad grade crossing safety,
over the past few years, NARF has been working hard to help
address physical railroad grade crossing safety in the U.S.
and Canada. We have been working with the Public Utility
Commission of Ohio in a pilot program to help local communities
upgrade grade crossing warnings by installing new lights
and gates in addition to existing crossbucks and painted
warnings. These improvements are win-win-win ventures for
NARF in that: Communities and citizens are safer, there is
a lesser financial burden on the communities to proceed with
the safety improvements and last but not least the Railroaders
who travel through the area are a bit safer. You may know
of, or have traveled on, some of the crossings we have helped,
or are going to help, make these improvements on:
The West Central Ohio Port Authority; Ohio; State Route
56 in Champaign County, State Route 323 in Madison County
and
Bloomingburg-New Holland Road in Fayette County; all Indiana & Ohio
Railroad track.
The Village of Wellington;
Lorain County; Ohio; Prospect Street; Wheeling and Lake Erie
Tracks.
The Medina County Railroad Safety Task
Force; Medina; Ohio; Beach, Garman and Branch Roads; Wheeling
and Lake
Erie
Tracks.
Pleasant Township; Marion County; Ohio; Newmans Cardington
Road Crossing; CSX Track.
The City of Pataskala;
Licking County; Ohio; Summit Road Intersection; CSX Track.
The City of Oregon; Lucas County; Ohio; Bury Road
Intersection; NS Track.
The City of Springfield; Clark County; Ohio; New
Love Road, Buena Vista and Stewart Road Intersections;
NS
Tracks.
The City of Shelby; Richland County; Ohio; East
Smiley Road; Ashland Railway Tracks.
Springfield Township; Clark County; Ohio; Leffel
Lane Crossing and Hilldale Road Crossing;
Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad.
The Medina County Railroad Safety Task
Force; Medina; Ohio; State, Neff and Eastlake Roads; CSX
and Wheeling and Lake Erie Tracks.
We are working hard to expand this program
and to help communities in all states and
provinces as our
resources
will allow and
as we are welcome to do so.
