Originally Posted by
moondog
Secondly, about once every two weeks, I get held up at a particular intersection in SE Portland for ~20 minutes because an enormous train passes by at around 10:10a. Since the road in question is fairly busy, I always wonder why the train company doesn't reschedule it to run at a less inconvenient time, and who I could possibly complain to about its shear existence.
Maybe it is a road up or down the line that is considered more important than yours.
More likely, however, is that the train is scheduled based on when it can get on the tracks and when it can get between the places it needs to be in a timely manner with very little attention paid to the impact on road crossings at any point along the way.