It operated from 1903 to 1933 using a third rail and had no grade crossings.
The boys knew of two grade crossings some miles out of town and now headed for them.
Local people note, too, that there are 54 public grade crossings along the train's route.
In all, more than 3,000 accidents occurred at grade crossings last year - about one every three hours.
Safety board officials at the news conference said about 600 people died at grade crossings through the country last year.
The track is still there, providing a handful of the city's few remaining grade crossings.
After this station there are two more grade crossings.
Yet at thousands of grade crossings across America, every day, that is precisely what happens.
There is a solid record of continuous improvement at the nation's 252,000 grade crossings.
They don't like the high number of grade crossings (14 on the initial 10-mile stretch).
It was the spot where the highway took an easy, sweeping arc to make the grade crossing at the near side of the high trestle.
The little car kept sweeping ahead, toward the grade crossing a hundred yards away.
Midway between town and that grade crossing you came over.
"There's the grade crossing you talked about," the conductor remarked.
One man - the murderer - had hurried from the grade crossing to gain a car parked on the old road.
This is the last grade crossing the railroad encounters until Silverton.
A grade crossing on the tracks allows passengers to cross from one platform to the other.
Like Brewster, there is a grade crossing adjacent, just to the south of the station.
This is now the only grade crossing on the Northern Running Track.
They may also cause the warning systems at a grade crossing to fail to activate.