Oklahoma

I couldn't find one story that had all the details, but a few stories add more. Eight accidents had occurred at this crossing, which was marked with a sign but no bells, lights, crossing gates, etc.

The railroad had already admitted that one of its old buildings blocked drivers' view of oncoming trains. But it made its lessee, a small family business, responsible for taking down the building. It took the family a few years to raise the $50k to demolish it. Of course, that would have been a drop in the bucket (and I wouldn't be surprised if it would be deductible) for the railroad.

Ironically, the driver was driving a big rig to carry the back hoe that was used to demolish the building.

Cases like this are meant to make companies do the right thing instead of make the common decision, which we've all seen before, to avoid paying a small price to avoid a big danger.