Concur. I can't tell ya how many times I've been in these same situations, sitting for an eternity with a damn train stopped in the intersection. A common problem out here with the mountains on one side and the desert on the other ... and a shit load of trains stopping and going all the time.

The State worked a deal with them out here. They don't blow their horns in cities, populated areas. Occasionally they slip up, but it actually works out well.