If you hit a cop car it would be a misdemeanor committed in the presence of the affected officer, so any arrest would be perfectly legal. Of course there would have to be a crime involved and since there is none committed by the train crew, no police officer anywhere would make such a nonsensical arrest. I have never heard of a police officer "trying this stunt", but I have heard of occasional citations issued for blocking intersections, almost always in locations where there have been long-going, frequent complaints and lack of cooperation by the railroad with the local jurisdiction involved.

Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> >Did they drag the train crew out of the
> locomotive and arrest them for hitting the cops (I
> mean taxpayers) vehicle?
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> The cops occasionally try this stunt, but it
> subjects them to false arrest suits because the
> locomotive is on private property and they weren't
> invited by the owner, the RR, to enter onto its
> property to make the "arrest".
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