GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A national organization committed to reducing accidents at railroad crossings visited Green Bay Monday.
Operation Lifesaver made a stop at the city’s National Railroad Museum during Rail Safety Week in Wisconsin.
An investigator with the state railroad commission, Tom Clauder, explains the mission of the group.
“It’s an organization that promotes train safety though out the country, not just here in Wisconsin.”
Clauder says trespassing on train tracks are a big problem and many people may not be aware they are doing it.”
“People will walk their dog on a track. People will walk down the tracks. People will walk too close to the tracks. People have fished off railroad tracks. Believe it or not trespassing is something where we do have fatalities.”
He also reminds high school students not to take their senior pictures around train tracks.
The organization will be making several stops around the state this week; Tuesday in Wisconsin Rapids, Wednesday in La Crosse, Thursday in Madison and Friday in Milwaukee.
Wisconsin has 4,300 railroad crossings in the state.
About every 3 hours, a person is hit by a train in the United States.
Read more about Operation Lifesaver’s “See Tracks? Think Train” campaign at www.oli.org.
