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crossings.
Train traffic tripled in some areas, leading to congestion
that forced the railroads to park trains on crossings.
During the first six months following the CSX, Conrail,
Norfolk Southern merger, Huron county officials had
about 400 reports of blocked crossings. "The
message was we're not going to tolerate it," Armbruster
said. "In the beginning they were very
obstinate."
The money will go to the general budgets in the townships
and counties. Some counties have suggested using this
money for helping to fund future grade crossing upgrade
projects. One northern Ohio suburb received about
$90,000 in fines from the railroad last year alone.
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