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<br />"!#+'2/5.$ <br />Rail crossings in the Eugene area can be divided into three major groups: the Union Pacific mainline <br />through downtown and along Northwest Expressway, the Portland & Western line running north- <br />south parallel to Highway 99, and the combination of Union Pacific and Coos Bay Line running <br />through the industrial portions of west Eugene. This report focuses on the 10 at-grade crossings of <br />the UP mainline between Hilyard and Van Buren Street. <br /> <br />Within the Eugene urban growth boundary there are 25 mainline at-grade public rail crossings with <br />multiple daily train crossings, 14 minor at-grade public crossings with occasional weekly or <br />monthly train crossings and over two dozen private at-grade crossings. Of the mainline at-grade <br />crossings, 18 are under City jurisdict <br />crossings are used very little, some to the point of appearing abandoned or not having been used in <br />years. <br /> <br />By far the majority of trains are operated on the Union Pacific mainline tracks. Together with <br />Amtrak trains and including three Lane County crossings, the Union Pacific mainline is responsible <br />for over 90% of the routine crossings horns within the urban growth boundary. <br /> <br />5­¨®­ 0 ¢¨¥¨¢ - ¨­«¨­¤ <br />The Union Pacific mainline is the busiest rail corridor in Eugene, with 19 to 23 trains per day. This <br />²¤¤ map <br />1.5-mile-long segment () has the greatest number of crossings where horns are required to <br />be sounded, the greatest percentage of train horn sounding (with almost 70% of routine train horn <br />sounding for public crossings in Eugene is generated at these 10 crossings), and the greatest <br />density of homes and businesses near the tracks. The six central crossings in this segment are one <br />block apart with crossings at Lincoln, Lawrence, Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. <br /> <br />Outside the downtown segment, the Union Pacific mainline extends north along Northwest <br />Expressway and south through Glenwood. South of 8 and Hilyard there are no at-grade crossings <br />th <br />in the city, thus no requirement to sound train horns. The closest at-grade crossing south of Eugene <br />is outside the urban growth boundary at 19 in Glenwood. North of Van Buren to the urban growth <br />th <br />boundary, the Union Pacific mainline has three at-grade crossings, all under Lane County <br />jurisdiction. These three - Irving Road, Irvington Road and Awbrey Lane - are all equipped with <br />standard actuated entry crossing gates which close as a train approaches. Over 20% of the <br />additional routine train horn sounding is generated at these three Lane County crossings. <br /> <br />&¨±²³ 0§ ²¤ ®¥ #¨³¸ȃ7¨£¤ 2 ¨«±® £ 1´¨¤³ :®­¤ <br />The 10 crossings on the Union Pacific mainline between 8/Hilyard and Van Buren constitute the <br />th <br />first phase of a city-wide railroad quiet zone (RRQZ). The 10 crossings include 8Avenue/Hilyard <br />th <br />Street, High Street, Pearl Street, Lincoln Street, Lawrence Street, Washington Street, Jefferson <br />Street, Madison Street, Monroe Street, and Van Buren Street. These 10 crossings were <br />recommended as the first phase because of the concentration of crossings and the potential to <br />reduce almost 70 percent of the routine train horn sounding in Eugene. In addition, all of the <br />crossings are in City jurisdiction and only the Union Pacific Railroad is involved. <br /> <br />#®®±£¨­ ³¨®­ ®¥ 4§±¤¤ 2 ¨« 0±®©¤¢³² <br />In addition to the RRQZ, there are two separate rail projects proposed for portions of the Union <br />Pacific mainline. The two projects and the relationship to the RRQZ are discussed in the following <br />paragraphs: <br /> <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br /> <br />