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SB: Passenger trains too? <br /> K: No passenger trains <br /> SB: Where is the nearest next access across your railroad track? <br /> K: I think a public crossing is probably a mile or so, <br /> SB: Well , uh wouldn' t it be to your advantage working with the community there <br /> to put in a good safe crossin g there for the people in this county. <br /> K: I think that a good safe crossing should be put in but I don' t feel that it is <br /> the railroad's repsonsiblity right now it is a cattle crossing it is not set <br /> up for public crossing, and where a lot of heavily laden vehicles like this oculd <br /> prove very dangerous we've never had any problems with them before. <br /> SB: But evidently there's a need for a crossing there or someplace close <br /> K: There is to this one particular ranch, access is the main thing <br /> SB: It seems to me it 'd be just good public relations between you and the county <br /> or the people involved to put in a good crossing. <br /> K: I don ' t think that we could put in a crossing say at the expense of putting in <br /> the signals and so on at every private crossin g that people would have to have <br /> access to into their property we do give them permission to cross our tracks <br /> on these particular ones, but it is very very limited. <br /> RW: Have you given Nottingham permission to use this access? <br /> K: No we have not <br /> RW: Is there a problem, a what I hear you saying in a sense is that you at this <br /> point don' t wish to go to th-e extent of tearing that road down which might <br /> be the railroad' s right to eliminate passage on that road <br /> K: There was that consideration given yes, <br /> RW: But that you were hoping that something could be worked out that would make that <br /> a useful. road with proper safety measures. <br /> K: That ' s correct <br /> RW: Is there on the part of the ranch you have given the ranch I presume they hav <br /> permission to use the limited way of the road <br /> K: Yes, they do it' s been in existence for a long time <br /> SB: What is the county status on the approach to the crossing, is this county considered <br /> a county road? <br /> K: It's not considered a county road, no. <br /> SB: It 's private road <br /> K: Yes it is <br /> JS: Does Nottingham have the right to use this road, one of the things that disturbs <br /> me on this Mr. Chairman is actually it seems to me that this is outside of the <br /> Permit application. <br /> RW: Yes, that 'w what Mark recommended, I think <br /> K: Well , what I would like to stress that I think you consider the impact that <br /> it could have on the ecology, environment , so on, I would like to say that an <br /> accident a serious derailment here could have a very very serious impact on <br /> the ecology and environment carrier we carry a number of things <br /> you can' t pick and choose what you carry, you can go about any direction I dont ' <br /> want to say that something will happen there's a very great possibility that it <br /> could happen <br /> RW: I think that Mr. Sullivan is conveying is the idea that there is a certain point <br /> beyond which we have no authority and the reason so we have no responsiblity in <br /> a sense what we' re presented with here is the approximate nature of the particular <br />