The Missouri Department of Transportation and BNSF Railway on Tuesday revealed conflicting stories regarding the process to bring safety improvements to a train crossing at the site of Monday's fatal Amtrak derailment in northern Missouri.Just hours after Monday's derailment, KMBC 9 Investigates uncovered the crossing was on a statewide plan for safety improvements from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Those upgrades included installation of lights, gates, and roadway improvements at the crossing. Chariton County resident Mike Spencer told KMBC on Monday he's tried for the last two or three years "to get the railroad to fix the approach."MoDOT communications director Linda Horn told KMBC 9 Investigates state highway commissioners last year approved the plan to fund improvements at the intersection. The plan budgeted the cost for safety improvements at $400,000. Horn said MoDOT staff reached out to BNSF to being the process of a diagnostic review of the crossing in early 2022, however, the actual review had not started.Asked why, Horn said the work had just not happened yet.A BNSF spokeswoman's depiction conflicted with MoDOT's version about work planned at the crossing."We were not aware that that crossing had been put on the state's list," said BNSF spokeswoman Lena Kent. Kent said BNSF officials also understood MoDOT commissioners had not approved the plan for funding the crossing improvements. Contacted later about the discrepancy between the MoDOT and BNSF stories, Kent clarified saying that "MoDOT did reach out to begin the process on multiple crossings at the end of March, however, no date had been set for the diagnostic reviews by MoDOT. It is a process and MoDOT would be the lead agency to coordinate with all the parties. We could not move forward with additional crossing warning devices until a diagnostic had been set up and all parties agreed to what warning devices would be installed. Once that is determined, then the devices would need to be designed, built and installed. All work to the approaches (roads) would be in the county's jurisdiction."KMBC 9 Investigates is still working to uncover why construction for safety improvements for the crossing had not started.Trains can travel upwards of 90 mph through the crossing, according to a United States Department of Transportation Crossing Inventory Form."All of the eyewitness reports from the people who would travel through this crossing on a daily basis indicated that there were blind spots and that visibility was a challenge," said attorney Jeff Goodman, who has represented clients in Amtrak crashes across the country. Goodman's firm also represented families in the duck boat sinking on Table Rock lake in 2018."That is exactly the type of crossing that needs extra protections," Goodman said.Twenty-nine trains traveled through the crossing between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. in 2019. An identical number crossed the intersection from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., according to the form.Amtrak passenger trains cross twice per day at the crossing, according to the FRA data.