Re: Reporting Rail-related emergencies

["Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au>]

>I did think of that - having clear signs at railway crossings identifying
>the crossing and providing emergency numbers would be helpful, especially
>having CONSISTENT signage, like the silhouette of a man with a red line
>across inside a red circle for no-go areas, and perhaps even signs to
>indicate the distance and location of the nearest legitimate pedestrian
>crossing points.
>
CSX in America are spending a million dollars doing something very similar
in terms of labelling clearly each crossing with a 24 hour freecall number
and a code to quote. This is to prevent accidents with vehicles stuck on
level crossings and anything else which may happen (source: Danger Ahead
http://danger.ahead.railfan.net I think)