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  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
    In traffic control: Conventional control techniques

    These areas, called rail-highway grade crossings, pose particular control and safety problems. Because rail trains are of substantial mass and often travel at high speeds, any collision with a road vehicle is likely to severely damage the road vehicle and injure or kill its occupant(s). Because trains cannot…

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