NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/railroad/8905

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Subject: Re: Why do New England Express trains slow down...
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Date: 15 Nov 92 16:55:19 -0600
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In article <[e-mail]>,
saevans@l_cae06.icaen.uiowa.edu (Scott A Evans,,,) writes, in part:
> From article <[e-mail]>, by [e-mail] (Ron Newman):
>> ....when passing through certain stations that they do
>> not stop at, such as Stamford and Bridgeport, Connecticut?
>
> Some towns have laws prohibiting trains from going through their
> borders at above a certain speed.  I guess that the rationalle for this
> is the decreased danger of major accidents and the reduced noise.

I just read somewhere (CTC Board, I think, in the Union Pacific
column) that the Supreme Court has overturned the rights of
communities to set speed limits for railroads.  As I recall the story,
there was a town in Idaho that set a 35 mph speed limit.  When the
Supreme Court made its decision, the UP promptly raised the limit to
60 mph for freights and 70 mph for passenger trains (or was it
50/60?), much to the dismay of the town.
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