Know some areas has railroads in world but this is only one I knew for long time is Alabama and cannot forget. I have friend who lives in Illinois does have railroad in small town that I can remember my old time in hometown. You know some are not safety because of no railroad crossing signs. Mostly does have the signs.

Let’s go back to my old time at my granny’s street that does not have RR crossing sign but has rails across street. I always get to watch it when it passed us. No sounds….of course I am DEAF but feel vibration when close to it. It always come on daytime shift and nighttime shift. Yes, there was night time shift because I can see flashing on train that comes passing us. We always sit beside of hill from railroad tracks. Sometimes, I and my cousins ran across the rail to play the court near. My dad was once kid and saw friend kills without warning. He lives same place I grew up in. One of my cousins told me, he saw his friend kills by train, too. I can’t imagine how they ended up killed. When I was become as adult and learned that couple of my friends who had accident by train and survived. There was no signs or no warning.

I lived in Texas and when I first moved to my own apartment in my early 20s. I had seen trains and always enjoyed watch them while parking and waiting for railroad crossing ends. Other time while waiting and other vehicle beside me, we all counted all cars and laughed together.

Not often seen since till moved to Missouri and Illinois across border was interesting because of hourly changed and not see them. We all can see the RR Crossing signs along the rails across. I rode on train (BUS/SUBWAY) in town like Oregon or Missouri with friends or myself. I never think would ride in Texas myself because habit rode on bus with friends.

Now I am back to my home state, Alabama. When I was kid, lived in City and there is almost no railroads around but when I moved back and live in small town. Guess what? There is lot of trains and tracks. People HATE to waiting for railroads crossing ends because it would stops at middle of street!!!! I been there and had to drive around back to another street to crossing the rails. That was so crazy! Each time, I looked at time when trains comes and stops then I would go back way street to go work. It happens at 3pm and told me that they finally moved in about an hour or so! I have to pay attention the time and which street go to without stopping middle of street. Oh yeah, I have met one of railroads has no warning sign! That made me nervous because my friends who had accidents that does not have warn signs on railroad crossing. Keep look both sides before crossing the tracks.

Always listen and watch out for trains!

~ DW