im on train 353 in b.c. on the front end w.b. to chicago. i have witnessed the engineer of this train violate a couple different rules. 1) multiple crossings that the horn was not blown, blown very late, or improperly. 2) highway crossing just west of hammond, In station fouled without gates even being a qtr. way down. should i make a complaint (heads up) of this and if so, to who?
You were not in the cab, so you did not "witness" anything.
Since you were not in the cab, you could not possibly see the signs up ahead indicating when it was time to whistle (or not whistle, if in a quiet zone). You also could not see any signals. If you did see those signs/signals as a passenger, they were seconds/moments later, when it's moot.
I'm not sure which "highway" crossing just west of the Hammond station you are talking about. The next road west, in front of the casino, has large, rolling gates on either side of the tracks, which prevent traffic from entering that area. Then the train goes
under Casino Center Drive and continues
under U.S. 12. The train then travels alongside the Skyway, nowhere near traffic, before it crosses the Calumet River and continues
above traffic all the way to Union Station.
Depending on where you boarded, you may not have had the same engineer on the entire route. If memory serves me correctly, you're from Jackson. Battle Creek is a crew change point. If these supposed violations occurred throughout your entire trip, then it was not the same engineer.