Grade Crossing Accident - Hodgkins, Illinois - 2.August.1988
Packer Engineering of Naperville, IL was hired by The Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railwy Company to film a staged collision between a train
and an automobile at a grade crossing. This was to create several television
spots to promote rail crossing safety. The 67th Street crossing in Hodgkins,
IL was chosen to record the event.
The crossing is composed of wood surrounding the track and track bed,
with asphalt between sets of track.
The pictures below show the crossing gate with a 2 meter stick, crossing
gate with a red 1.0 meter stick, ties in the rail bed to the north of the
crossing with meter sticks for scale, and meter sticks going across the
roadway.
Available Images
Map of Hodgkins, IL
Gate and Scale
Pavement and Scale
1977 Delta88
Engine diagram
Ties and Scale
Rail Bed Rock 1
Rail Bed Rock 2
Rail Bed Rock 3
GP-35 type Locomotive
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