RR Crossing Funds. . .

[adams_aj]

Just thought I'd throw this out there. Doesn't seem like much money at all.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/loc ... -surfaces/

[Doktor No]

Looks like the 36th and Eastern GDLK crossings near Steelcase get an upgrade.

[kd_1014]

Glad to see the Plainfield Ave crossing on there. That crossing is ROUGH

[SD80MAC]

2 crossings on the GRE, Plainfield and Bradford. I had heard about 36th and Eastern last year.

[Raildudes dad]

RR's are 100% responsible for the crossings, 1 foot out side the tie to 1 foot outside the tie. The state legislature established a fund a few years ago to help repair rough crossings. A carrot if you will to encourage RR's to fix the driving surface. RR's apply with concurrence of the highway authority. They are ranked on various factors including condition, vehicle counts etc. and the top point getters get funded up to the annual appropriation amount. The idea is to get the number of rough crossings in the state reduced.
Plainfield and Leonard was completely rebuilt in 2000. Someone suggested the crossing be a MDOT 3-rail that the asphalt can be easily milled out and repaved but the same agency thought the rubber strip interface the RR suggested (Cheaper) was better for this high traffic crossing. (What would a guy from the county road commission know?) Between MDOT (It was BR 131 at the time, now their both city streets) and the RR they spent a whole lot of money rebuilding the crossing, paving all four ways, new traffic signal / RR signal wiring. It was a shame they didn't do the 3 rail system. If they did, some 8 hour period on a weeknight or during the weekend, put the signals on 4 way flash, mill and fill it 1/2 at a time while flagging car traffic and be done. I doubt it will go that quick this summer .
A certain RC feels so strongly about the 3-rail sysytem that if the RR rebuilds a crossing, they offer to provide the detour and all the paving if the RR puts in the 3-rail.

[chapmaja]

RR's are 100% responsible for the crossings, 1 foot out side the tie to 1 foot outside the tie. The state legislature established a fund a few years ago to help repair rough crossings. A carrot if you will to encourage RR's to fix the driving surface. RR's apply with concurrence of the highway authority. They are ranked on various factors including condition, vehicle counts etc. and the top point getters get funded up to the annual appropriation amount. The idea is to get the number of rough crossings in the state reduced.
Plainfield and Leonard was completely rebuilt in 2000. Someone suggested the crossing be a MDOT 3-rail that the asphalt can be easily milled out and repaved but the same agency thought the rubber strip interface the RR suggested (Cheaper) was better for this high traffic crossing. (What would a guy from the county road commission know?) Between MDOT (It was BR 131 at the time, now their both city streets) and the RR they spent a whole lot of money rebuilding the crossing, paving all four ways, new traffic signal / RR signal wiring. It was a shame they didn't do the 3 rail system. If they did, some 8 hour period on a weeknight or during the weekend, put the signals on 4 way flash, mill and fill it 1/2 at a time while flagging car traffic and be done. I doubt it will go that quick this summer .
A certain RC feels so strongly about the 3-rail sysytem that if the RR rebuilds a crossing, they offer to provide the detour and all the paving if the RR puts in the 3-rail.

So what exactly is a 3-rail crossing as opposed to the rubber strip system commonly seen?