tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post3344654723606612220..comments2024-02-19T23:34:30.623-06:00Comments on POSTCARDY: the postcard explorer: Cross Crossings CautiouslyPostcardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-46985835739795811242015-05-24T09:19:22.865-05:002015-05-24T09:19:22.865-05:00Darn I knew what was coming by the end of that inc...Darn I knew what was coming by the end of that incredible should be seem especially by new drivers, video. There sure isn't anything like being a little dead. Concentrate on driving, that is the key to staying alive. Excellent video.21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-40138869127327162322015-05-19T12:05:59.084-05:002015-05-19T12:05:59.084-05:00I'm always shocked at the number of people who...I'm always shocked at the number of people who try to beat the train at the crossings.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-83697557281814310682015-05-18T19:32:35.316-05:002015-05-18T19:32:35.316-05:00The wonderful art work in the first postcard is dr...The wonderful art work in the first postcard is dramatic. It must have looked impressive as a poster.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-29034879160526804892015-05-18T18:17:41.281-05:002015-05-18T18:17:41.281-05:00Great illustrations. And could quite easily be re...Great illustrations. And could quite easily be referring to Australia as our country roads also have these kinds of crossings and the associated accidents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-69656391938540424692015-05-17T21:31:25.503-05:002015-05-17T21:31:25.503-05:00I particularly liked the stamp -- that sort of aba...I particularly liked the stamp -- that sort of abandon of dashing across the rxr crossing seemed almost incongruous. When I got the train crossing lecture from my dad, just before I turned 16, he couched it in terms of the law of gross tonnage --- and the vehicle always loses. Still sticks in my memory.<br />Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-49465747867887033762015-05-17T18:46:18.269-05:002015-05-17T18:46:18.269-05:00I notice that in all the images above, none of the...I notice that in all the images above, none of the tracks have crossing guards (if that's what they're called - the bars that lower to stop cars from crossing). I suppose in those days the sound of the train's whistle was the biggest alert that a train was approaching. There seems to be an increase in train accidents these days, most notably appropriate for this post is the one in which the driver of a van tried to cross the tracks before the bar hit her van. The van and driver didn't make it.<br /><br />At our local state fair this summer that there was a booth encouraging people to be more careful around train tracks. In the past it was just a booth. This year they were handing out fans and stickers.<br /><br />Do you remember when train tracks stood up from the surface of the road. I think they were at least 6 or more inches tall. It was an effort to go over them. Once over the first track, the wheels when down between the two and then had to go up and over again. I can't imagine anyone thinking they could race an oncoming train to get over them. As a kid we used to count the cars, and the superstition was that you would live as many more years as there were cars.<br /><br />Great images, Postcardy.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-3585846672816446802015-05-17T09:10:06.652-05:002015-05-17T09:10:06.652-05:00I'm not often around crossings where there are...I'm not often around crossings where there aren't lights and an arm coming across the road traffic whenever a train passes. But I do hear trains frequently and know many folks in our rush rush civilization are not happy to sit for 5 minutes waiting for the train. I always turn off the car engine and do something de-stressing for myself while waiting. Especially on days when I'm in a rush also!Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-88297104259734289042015-05-16T20:35:05.101-05:002015-05-16T20:35:05.101-05:00The art design for the first card is quite dramati...The art design for the first card is quite dramatic. The style of these public service warnings are classics of government media. The tongue twister alliteration is clever too.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-10623945223143746812015-05-16T12:43:24.094-05:002015-05-16T12:43:24.094-05:00Just this week a tractor driver has been killed wh...Just this week a tractor driver has been killed when his vehicle was sliced in half by a train at a level crossing. Still it happens.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-53200207729590170702015-05-16T05:29:46.424-05:002015-05-16T05:29:46.424-05:00A fascinating account of the campaign with strikin...A fascinating account of the campaign with striking images. This is still an issue in the UK and 90 years on we could do with something similar here. ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-52372089228448133792015-05-16T05:12:25.651-05:002015-05-16T05:12:25.651-05:00Quite fascinating. And despite all the warnings, p...Quite fascinating. And despite all the warnings, people are still regularly killed in crossing accidents in this country.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-33366711322338484602015-05-15T13:40:51.835-05:002015-05-15T13:40:51.835-05:00They are called grade crossings here, but I have a...They are called grade crossings here, but I have always just called them railroad crossings.<br /><br />level crossing<br />n<br />1. (Railways) Brit and Canadian a point at which a railway and a road cross, esp one with barriers that close the road when a train is scheduled to pass. US and Canadian name: grade crossing Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-91632272133987154242015-05-15T12:24:55.884-05:002015-05-15T12:24:55.884-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Nigel Aspdin (Derby, UK)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11287696605570389587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-6007633661971139052015-05-15T12:24:16.846-05:002015-05-15T12:24:16.846-05:00There is a fascination with accidents at rail cros...There is a fascination with accidents at rail crossings on Youtube, but somehow that 1950/60 video has more charm. We call rail crossings "Level crossings"....not sure how that expression developed, I suppose that it took time for the early rail pioneers to work out it was awkward taking your horse and cart over two raised iron rails !!Nigel Aspdin (Derby, UK)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11287696605570389587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-34218460396893069242015-05-14T23:08:29.391-05:002015-05-14T23:08:29.391-05:00Fortunately the trains around here aren't movi...Fortunately the trains around here aren't moving all that fast but I still feel just a tad uneasy crossing the tracks where there are no signals of any kind.La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-36596016869352397452015-05-14T17:35:31.360-05:002015-05-14T17:35:31.360-05:00They could do well with a reissue of the stamps an...They could do well with a reissue of the stamps and postcards here, as people are still beingkilled on railroad crossings with almost monotonous regularity. A "Cinderella stamp," I believe the term is.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.com