LEVEL CROSSINGS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Posted on 02 October 2009
“Electronic files of Southern California’s rail system can be downloaded from the Federal Railroad Administration’s website,” the Los Angeles Times says, “but are riddled with errors, placing hundreds of rail crossings at points far from any railroad tracks. Many are shown in the Pacific Ocean.
““Last March, Metrolink’s environmental contractor billed more than $3,200 to clean the remains of two people who were on the tracks in Fullerton and Norwalk. Metrolink’s records show two pedestrian deaths in March but say one of them occurred in San Clemente and the other in either La Mirada or Norwalk. “According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, Liber Quinones, a 22-year-old from Baldwin Park, was killed by a Metrolink train on 30 July. No Metrolink database reveals an accident on that date. In more than 100 cases, Metrolink records had differing dates, times or victim names for what appeared to be the same accident.” Attempts to resolve apparently duplicate entries were often frustrated because the location or other key information was missing.
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