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could have here both to life both to the ecology and the environment <br /> if such a thing would occur now sometimes just taking and sayint that <br /> diesel locomotives , themselves , they carry on the average say it was a long <br /> train they could have as much as ten thousand gallons of diesel fuel in those <br /> engines if they were full saying that maybe in that area they were load-d at <br /> Pueblo or Salt Lake they might have 5 to 6 thousand gallons whish if an accident <br /> would occur the tanks would burst it could be spurt out into the environment <br /> into the Eagle River as far as that goes and I think you can go up from there as <br /> to what could happen, there's also the impact that it couldhave on the lives <br /> of our engineers, lives of the truck drivers and so on now we did upgrade <br /> this crossing because these trucks werr going across and we were afraid that our <br /> rails would be actually torn apart. There was an actual occurrence from where one <br /> of the trucks pulling off the highway into this area here about a year ago .got <br /> hung up on the trac,k and one of our track people, I think it was the track super- <br /> visor came along, luckily there was no accident that occurred but they did have <br /> to stop the train I know that they have said well why Do, Eagle County has <br /> suggested that they put in flagmen well we know for a fact that on many times <br /> there are no flagment there and we have advocated and if I may quote from my lette <br /> here that no vehicles or personnel of Brush Creek or EagleRiver Co. , Nottingham' s <br /> or any other company or individuaIsworking for Brush Creek, Nottingham on <br /> the coals mining operation be allowed to enter upon or cross our right of way excep <br /> at established protected public crossings , type of protection to be determined <br /> by the Colo. Public Utilities Commission now we have been in correspondence with <br /> earlier Brush Cree, Nottingham on this subject andwe have more or less agreed <br /> that they will go to the expense of putting in these crossing signals, we would <br /> be willing to work out some sort of contract. But to date we hadn ' t had <br /> any real concrete agreement with them or any concurrence at all that they would <br /> be willing to enter upon any such agreement with us. <br /> RW: A signal that this particular crossing is on? <br /> K: This particular crossing, yes. <br /> RW: That would be a flag kind of <br /> K: Yes, we would like to since there are 2 tracks there the main line track and <br /> a passing track we would like to put in a crossing protection arms at this <br /> particular crossing and these trucks hwen they are fully loaded not just say <br /> an accident could occur , could occur from the railroad hitting the truck, <br /> lot of times these trucks are carrying gasoline I would imagine possibly <br /> explosives , a lot of things that could be -very dangerous , and I would respectfully <br /> submit to you gentlemen _that you consider this i n your approval of this appli- <br /> cation. We feel that before the mining operation commences that some agreement <br /> should be made with our railroad abou t this crossing. <br /> RW: I was just going to ask not being a lawyer and if it 's your right of way <br /> It occurred to me that you have the right to exclude crossing of that from basically <br /> K: We have the right but people cross it just the same. We've been in correspondence <br /> with these Nottingham Brush Creek and so one we have told them that this is <br /> not a public crossing but they've been still been using it. <br /> RW: Sherman <br /> SB: How many trains pass thru there daily? <br /> K: I would say on the average of about 5 or 6 in each direction. <br /> SB: Are they coal traisn? <br /> K: Vaeious types <br />