CROSSING CONCERNS 466 MILES OF TRACK - 455 OBSTACLES TO HIGH-SPEED TRAINS.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: October 8, 1998| Author: Foster, George | COPYRIGHT 1998 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The rail crossing gate at Sixth Street in this tiny Thurston County town has been mysteriously lowering when there's no train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe track. Motorists have learned to wait, then cautiously drive around the red-and-white wooden crossing bar.

``The problem is we have one crossing to enter and exit out of town, and it has never functioned properly since they put it in back in the 1970s,'' said David Christensen, the deputy town clerk. ``Particula...

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