Silence on the Rails: No More Train Horns in Tinley
Soon, you won't be hearing train engines wail through Tinley Park along the Rock Island corridor. What does that mean for the village? For safety? We're letting you know.
Come July, you won't hear train horns blaring as engines approach any of Tinley Park's six railroad crossings. The Federal Railroad Administration approved this week a request from local officials to make Tinley Park a "quiet zone." The 24-7 mandate will span six at-grade crossings along the Metra Rock Island corridor. It includes Central Avenue, 167th Street, 66th Court, Oak Park Avenue, 80th Avenue and 183rd Street. The village has budgeted $250,000 for improvements that will be necessary to legally eliminate the routine sounding of train horns in those areas—safety barriers, signage and signals. All construction must be done by the time the new zone takes effect this summer. READ Tinley Trains Could Go Silent: The Gist "We began the …
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6:36 pm on Sunday, April 8, 2012
How about this, when the gates are down stay away from the tracks? To blame any railroad for an equipment move is NOT taking personal responsibility! Trains go slow and trains go fast trains can be on any track, but they do stay on the track so what does that tell us? Stay off the tracks!!! I was a witness to the man who got hit at Oak Park ave. with his bike and I can tell you this, he was on … more ›