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Originally Posted by shorty943
<snip>And, there ain't no such thing, in the entire universe as a, smooth, level, railroad crossing.
I just can't believe it. Nope, it don't exist.  <snip> |
Believe it or not, there is!
Crossings on major (for here) highways get high tech materials between the rails and down the sides. Those you can drive across at 30 and never know you crossed them. Most of these were built at ground level, probably due to building density not allowing the extra room for an embankment (and at one point, trains had to stop every block or so to unload cargo).
Side streets get paved between the rails. They count as smooth, but may or may not be elevated on an embankment (level). You know they're there, but they won't destroy your suspension unless you're going far too fast. They do this for a reasonable distance out into the boondocks.
Once you get into the boondocks, the highways get the paving between the rails and private roads (ones owned by the one-to-five families living on them) are what you probably think of as a "nice" crossing... low embankment, exposed rails, etc.