23 May, 2019 → by ClaimboUser729221
blocking traffic for several hours.
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The rail crossing gate, lights, and sirens were all going off for over four hours on 5/23/2019. Several commercial trucks were delayed causing drivers to run out of hours and be forced to spend the night or face ticketing by State Police. There have been several dozen instances where CSX has blocked the intersection for long periods of time, many of which appear to be due to the limited size of the rail yard, so they just block the intersection while changing, adding, or removing additional train cars. They pull forward then back up several times as they add or remove train cars. I would like for CSX to have more respect towards our tax payers freedom of travel. Stop preventing emergency vehicles from saving lives by trapping them just so CSX can change train cars. The needs of a private for profit entity should come second to the needs of private citizens who pay for the roads that are being blocked by CSX.