Railroad Tracks on South Vine

I am wondering if anyone else has an issue with the RR tracks by 8th street on south Vine. Heading northbound is bad enough, with 1/2 a rail sticking up in the middle of the lane, but when heading southbound, even going across them at 5 mph, it rocks my vehicle back and forth. Who can people complain to about fixing this? My husband and mother have bad back problems, and mine is not doing so well in my current condition, and it kills us to pass the tracks, but we don't have much of a choice considering where we live.

Yes I do too! Me and my 16 year old were discussing it. We try and miss that stupid thing sticking up, it looks like if someone with a very bald tire went over it, they would be screwed.

If you complain on here long enough, the city will do something. They finally paved my street, kinda...

they attempted to pave reservation road too - looks like they slathered asphalt on the road, and left it to be flattened by the cars running down the street. There is already grooves starting and its only been a week.

SG - Buff saw some guy hit it head on with his truck - said it bout took the tire off the truck.

Look on the bright side.

We have the HCVB..

and those pretty trees by Walmart in the middle of the road!!!

Have you ever seen such sick looking plantings like the ones in the middle of Vine Street
from 27th Street on North. I've had out ot town friends riding with me asking if someone had sprayed them with a killer as they looked so awful.

I informed them they look much better this year than last year so all the community is awaiting the year of 2010 hoping they'll learn how to keep and care for plantings by then??
The visitors found that very funny. They were the same visitors that asked why most homes have a small Porta Pot curbside. They were wondering if we had sewer problems or what.....

gilbert scheck wrote:

Have you ever seen such sick looking plantings like the ones in the middle of Vine Street
from 27th Street on North. I've had out ot town friends riding with me asking if someone had sprayed them with a killer as they looked so awful.

I informed them they look much better this year than last year so all the community is awaiting the year of 2010 hoping they'll learn how to keep and care for plantings by then??
The visitors found that very funny. They were the same visitors that asked why most homes have a small Porta Pot curbside. They were wondering if we had sewer problems or what.....

sounds to me like you need smarter friends

nobodysbusiness wrote:

I am wondering if anyone else has an issue with the RR tracks by 8th street on south Vine. Heading northbound is bad enough, with 1/2 a rail sticking up in the middle of the lane, but when heading southbound, even going across them at 5 mph, it rocks my vehicle back and forth. Who can people complain to about fixing this? My husband and mother have bad back problems, and mine is not doing so well in my current condition, and it kills us to pass the tracks, but we don't have much of a choice considering where we live.

I agree its a terrible crossing. The problem is, it's going to have o be fixed by the railroad.

We noticed how rough the tracks were while we were back in town too.

Toby Dougherty was appointed to the position of Hays City Manager on August 1, 2007 and is eager to contact the railroad for you. Toby and his wife Karen have two children, Robyn and Thomas. Toby can be reached at (785) 628-7320, or tdougherty@haysusa.com.

What in the world does it matter what his wife and childrens names are? Oh, you forgot to mention their ages and address.

it may have been one of his "sellers" publicly made that he has a 'well-rounded" family

plowboy wrote:

What in the world does it matter what his wife and childrens names are? Oh, you forgot to mention their ages and address.

Justoo was only quoting the Hays City website. You can read all about Toby here.

from what I have seen in general, the area of south Hays from the tracks gets treated like a bastard step-child that no one wants to admit exists, especially south vine.

The Washington street crossing in Ellis was real bad. If you bitch loudly enough UP will fix it in as few as 5 or 10 years.

plowboy wrote:

What in the world does it matter what his wife and childrens names are? Oh, you forgot to mention their ages and address.

I could piss you off by saying "Good morning" , couldn't I?

Ratzilla wrote:

The Washington street crossing in Ellis was real bad. If you bitch loudly enough UP will fix it in as few as 5 or 10 years.

You mean that is fixed??? I thought they made it into a jump ramp for stunt cars...... if they make it any higher it will be a dike separating the south side from the north

LukeTHr wrote:

from what I have seen in general, the area of south Hays from the tracks gets treated like a bastard step-child that no one wants to admit exists, especially south vine.

BINGO!

LukeTHr wrote:

Ratzilla wrote:

The Washington street crossing in Ellis was real bad. If you bitch loudly enough UP will fix it in as few as 5 or 10 years.

You mean that is fixed??? I thought they made it into a jump ramp for stunt cars...... if they make it any higher it will be a dike separating the south side from the north

I suppose I got used to it.

I don't live on the south side but i think the people there are more normal and honest and friendlier then the up turned nosed, crack heads that do no wrong people on the north side of the tracks.........wish the county or city or state would light up the highway south of town like they did up north so it isnt so damn blinding coming in to town

oh and the tracks. just go real fast, your suspension will do the rest. you go up then come down. so who fixed the tracks on canterbury

some vehicles cant handle that tho - ive tried it.. lol

NB, are you trying to have that baby?

oh I havent done it for a few months.... and as much as Id like to go now - I still have almost two months

yeah you better take it easy!!!

went to the doc today, all is well (except my weight) and im ready to go.... this heat is killing me.

ANYHOW.... I just need to contact UP??

nobodysbusiness wrote:

went to the doc today, all is well (except my weight) and im ready to go.... this heat is killing me.

ANYHOW.... I just need to contact UP??

You'll need to complain to the city. It took a long time for UP to get around to installing crossing guards on Dorrance and Cottonwood in Ellis even after a lady was killed by the train on Dorrance. They (UP) suggested we close those streets off instead, even though it'd have left all of Ellis with only one crossing. So don't expect UP to act fast. Not sure how they determine priorities.

hehe, when you said you need to contact UP I thought you were talking about underestimated prophet a.k.a .......................UP!!!

duh, i got it figured out now!

jessks75 wrote:

hehe, when you said you need to contact UP I thought you were talking about underestimated prophet a.k.a .......................UP!!!

duh, i got it figured out now!

I am still here just in a different name

Ratzilla wrote:

So don't expect UP to act fast. Not sure how they determine priorities.

As soon as there's a lawsuit involving the tracks in question, it will become a priority. Unless one of their executives has to cross the tracks every day, then it will get done yesterday.

I know I was just saying, you know what i was saying!

The Other One wrote:

Ratzilla wrote:

So don't expect UP to act fast. Not sure how they determine priorities.

As soon as there's a lawsuit involving the tracks in question, it will become a priority. Unless one of their executives has to cross the tracks every day, then it will get done yesterday.

Yeah, keeping the trains rolling is always top priority otherwise. Getting a train stopped in an emergency isn't even always easy.

plowboy wrote:

What in the world does it matter what his wife and childrens names are? Oh, you forgot to mention their ages and address.

Justoo wrote:

I could piss you off by saying "Good morning" , couldn't I?

As Elpato was fond of saying, "No good deed goes unpunished," eh, Justoo? It was good info, regardless of the sophomoric, petty reply.

Interesting.