Rail-Safety Education
Support rail-safety presentations and educational outreach for schools, community organizations, drivers, pedestrians, and others who interact with railroad crossings and infrastructure.
Safety Resources →
Community Engagement
Local railroad. Local relationships.
B&H is locally owned and operated, and our employees are part of the communities we serve. We support those communities through rail-safety education, emergency-response coordination, local partnerships, events, and educational outreach.
Community Safety
Rail-Safety Education
Crossing awareness, track safety, public education, and Operation Lifesaver resources.
Public Safety Partners
Emergency-Response Coordination
Railroad awareness and practical coordination for fire, police, dispatchers, and first responders.
Community Involvement
Events & Local Organizations
Support local events, nonprofits, historical groups, and community initiatives when practical.
Education & Outreach
Connect With B&H
Reach out about an event, safety program, educational opportunity, or local project involving the railroad.
Part of the Communities We Serve
A local railroad is more than trains and track.
B&H operates through communities across Steuben County and the Southern Tier. Railroad employees, customers, emergency responders, public agencies, schools, neighbors, businesses, and local organizations all interact with the railroad in different ways.
Community engagement helps build safer crossings, stronger relationships, better understanding of freight-rail operations, and practical coordination when local projects or events involve B&H.
Good railroad-community relationships start locally. We want the
communities along B&H to know how to reach us and where to find
the right safety, visitor, development, and public-information resources.
How We Get Involved
Education, preparedness, local support, and railroad history.
Participation depends on the specific opportunity, audience, timing, staffing, safety requirements, and railroad operating conditions.
Emergency-Response Coordination
Work with local fire, police, dispatch centers, and other emergency partners to improve railroad awareness, communications, and preparedness around tracks and crossings.
Emergency Guidance →Events & Local Organizations
Support local events, nonprofit organizations, community initiatives, and historical rail groups when the opportunity is a practical fit for B&H and the communities we serve.
Discuss an Opportunity →Educational Visits & Railroad History
B&H may support approved educational visits, open houses, tours, or railroad-learning opportunities when access, operating conditions, safety requirements, and staffing allow.
Visitor Policy →Community Safety
Understanding the railroad helps communities interact with it safely.
Public education is one of the most useful ways a railroad can engage with the communities along its tracks. These resources cover crossings, railroad property, emergency situations, and public rail-safety awareness.
B&H Safety Hub
Railroad Safety
Public safety, crossings, railroad property, visitors, contractor access, and B&H's safety approach.
→ Drivers & PedestriansRail Crossing FAQs
Crossings, warning devices, ENS signs, stalled vehicles, blocked crossings, quiet zones, and common questions.
→ Immediate GuidanceCrossing Emergency
What to do if a vehicle becomes stuck on the tracks and how to use the blue-and-white ENS sign.
→ National Rail-Safety PartnerOperation Lifesaver
Rail-safety education and outreach for communities, schools, drivers, professional audiences, and first responders.
↗Partner With B&H
Have a community idea that involves the railroad?
Send the basic information and we can determine whether B&H is the right partner and what type of involvement may be practical.
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Tell us who is involved.
Include the organization, school, municipality, nonprofit, emergency-services agency, historical group, or other community partner.
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Describe the opportunity.
Explain the event, safety program, educational request, community project, historical initiative, or proposed partnership.
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Include timing & location.
Provide the date, location, audience, expected attendance, and any requested railroad participation or access.
Railroad participation, site access, tours, photography, equipment
displays, employee availability, donations, sponsorships, and other
forms of involvement are evaluated case by case and remain subject
to safety, operating, staffing, insurance, property, and business considerations.
Stay Connected
Learn more about the railroad and its role in the Southern Tier.
Learn More About B&H
Learn about B&H's operating territory, local freight service, Southern Tier corridor, and place within the LA&L family of regional railroads.
About B&H →Commitments
Explore B&H's approach to safety, integrity, service, infrastructure, employees, customers, communities, and responsible operations.
Our Commitments →Industrial Development
See how freight rail, rail-served properties, infrastructure, transload, and local partnerships can support employers and long-term industrial investment.
Industrial Development →Start a Community Conversation
Have an event, educational program, safety initiative, or local project to discuss?
Contact B&H with the organization, location, timing, audience, and type of involvement you have in mind. We will help determine the right next step.