Former WRVA and The Blaze Conservative talk host Doc Thompson was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Haltom City, Texas. The Texas Eagle runs from San Antonio to\/from Chicago. The Northbound train goes through DFW around 3:30, using tracks owned by Trinity Rail, the commuter rail service. Amtrak rerouted their trains in 2014 to use this route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But something important changed. About a month ago, a new commuter rail service named Texrail https:\/\/ridetrinitymetro.org\/texrail\/<\/a> was started running from the DFW airport to downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because of the much more frequent rail traffic, the city of Haltom City decided to designate the rail line as a “quiet zone” where trains are prohibited from sounding their horns at crossings<\/p>\n\n\n\n City Notice: https:\/\/www.haltomcitytx.com\/public-works-news-events\/2872-texrail-railroad-crossing-tests<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Because this track was lightly used before the new TexRail service, and it is owned by a government agency, the crossing is pretty inadequate. The Fire chief said he doesn’t know how someone could not hear the train. I guess he didn’t get the memo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former WRVA and The Blaze Conservative talk host Doc Thompson was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Haltom City, Texas. The Texas Eagle runs from San Antonio to\/from Chicago. The Northbound train goes through DFW around 3:30, using … Continue reading