Semi Truck Stuck On Train Tracks With Train Coming! You Wont Believe This One!
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- Semi Truck Stuck On Train Tracks With Train Coming! You Wont Believe This One! 1Train in all in this action packed train video filmed in and around Dun Kirk NY on August 8th 2022.
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That was AMAZING!!
If you don't have one yo should check out a collapsable monopod. Really helpful and easier than a tripod.
You should have been in the Chicago - Milwaukee area last weekend. Soo Line 1003 steam train was on the main line running down to Metra in Chicago. On the way back it blew a gasket, they replaced it in a few hours and it finished the day under its own power. It didn't make it home, but it didn't matter with all that excitement. They have one hell of a team, with all of the planning they do and how they handle problems. I don't think I will ever get to witness that again.
As an old truck driver that's hauled many low beds put the PTO on get out on the gooseneck lift the hydraulics which raises the trailer about a good 8 inches, block it and then back off the tracks, then lower the hydraulics again and you're good to go It's basic trucker 101 knowledge if you drive a low boy.
Pretty sure this guy didn't have a clue what he was doing
@@chrisbennett3193 but he knew what he was doing
Had to do exactly what Steve said to do but the problem was the battery operated little engine for the hydraulics was dead you noticed when they finally jumped it they were able to jump it so they could get it lifted up and do exactly to raise the trailer.
A good time to have the lift fail but at least they got it
That old lowboy had a small gas engine to run the hydraulics, looks like they had to jump the battery to get it started then they raised the deck. I hate those trailers!
@@davidpatsel357 okay super trucker
@@tomgiorgini9154 no he didn't know it was dead
That was the shocker having to find someone to jump it quickly but luckily they stopped the train in time
Those batteries are so small and almost useless like a motorcycle battery
As a car hauler running a 9-car stinger rig here's a tip to help you guys out. If you get high centered like this, set your park brake, climb underneath your drive axles, unhook your leveling rod from your axle (it's typically attached to the pumpkin), and lift it all the way up. This will max out your airbags and will lift your drive axles 4-7 inches depending on where your bags ride static.
Thanks for the info!
They should know that Sir.
But after 38 Years of Truck Driving. It's hard to explain to them.
Heavy haul trucker here as well.
I was gonna say, till I read your comment.
Been there, done that.
Before he turns on his trailer gen, he burns off about 3 months worth of rubber.
Great video thanks for sharing
Good looking out friend, stay positive
Hey truck drivers, if this happens to you , don't try to fix it first thing. Call it in immediately. You never know when a train is due. They were lucky here as there was a good line of sight.
That's not always the case. Every crossing controlled or not has an emergency telephone number posted on a small blue sign. Use it.
In my area of the woods it could be a passenger train doing 190 km/h passing around a corner 1000 m away though in that case
a blocked barrier will means stop to the train and together with magnetic sensor cables in the road surface the probability for this is lower.
Read the signs and that's a lowboy trailer.too all that don't know that trailer sits very low.
But what about the SIDE Peice in the Pretty Red Dress LMAO !!
Thanks for the 411
Alternately each of those guys could grab a road flare and run as far as they can up the track, light it and drop it.
Just wanted to take a second and Thank You for getting involved and calling to warn the train company! With so much anger etc in our Country right now, its a blessing to see Good/Kind people watching out for other People!
Our pleasure! Thanks!
Totally agree from the UK. We have a lot of anger here too. Just spread kindness on the internet. There is no reason what so ever to spread anything other than kindness in my view. Life is hard enough as it is. Just enjoy trains ! All the best
agreed
Thank God no one was hurt and thank God no train was derailed thank God the trucker was not hurt .....all ahead full speed ahead
So glad I found your channel. I come from a railroad family. My Daddy was a locomotive engineer for Southern Railway (now Norfolk Southern) for 40 years. He told us many stories of people running around the crossing gates right in front of his train. People don’t realize the power and weight of freight trains. It can take a mile or more to stop one. He told us of one guy that pulled his car up on the track in front of my Daddy’s train. The guy got out and ran, but Daddy said he couldn’t stop in time. He said the car wrapped around the front of the engine and it was pushed almost a mile before Daddy could stop. It later was discovered this guy wanted insurance money so that’s why he pulled his car upon the track. Please folks, don’t go around crossing gates. They’re there for your protection.
Welcome aboard!
My fam is third gen rail road. My dad had a genius memory, and was only hired because a retiree pestered so much. My dad was illiterate, but "learned what to write"....Watsonville round house yard, tracks, switches, locomotive, everything. He retired from San Jose , Cal Train station. My brother and I worked as conductors, and my oldest is now aboard too. Its in the blood, if you let it.
@@peterruiz6117 My Papaw, two of my uncles, and myself were all railroaders. It’s a fascinating world. We’re from Knoxville Tennessee and I still get a thrill from seeing a powerful Norfolk Southern train.
@@WideWorldofTrains Railroaders have their own language. Back in my Daddy’s day there was a throttle on the engine and it had 8 notches on it. All computerized now I’m sure. But when leaving the yard limits he would use the number 1 or 2 position to get rolling and pull out the slack. As he gained maximum speed, he’d say “put ‘er in number 8 and hi-ball”. LOL. I live in Knoxville Tennessee; you should make a trip south one day and video some of our Norfolk Southern trains coming out of John Sevier Yard. God bless.
@@Debra.Justice Daddy? 😂🤣Does your daddy know that you are surfing on YT?🤣🤣🤣
*Driver was smart to smoke the tires, he knew the train operator would see the smoke further away and have time to stop. Better to ruin 4 drive tires than a whole rig!*
Oh yeah, he was really smart! Didn’t know enough to stay off of the tracks!
@@marlingood4556 well, the truck bottomed out on the crossing so that's all he could do other than call it in
As a lowboy operator this is my worst nightmare. The one thing I keep in mind when approaching a RR crossing is; observe the angle of approach. If it's a steep angle, slow to a creep. If the lowboy doesn't clear, it stops you before you're hung up, so you can back up. I bellied out once, but I was able to arch my gooseneck and back up. Always make sure you're going slow enough that it doesn't high-center you
But if you're a good Christian and do your prayers every day, God should protect you from these kind of things so you shouldn't need to observe your angle and other things like that.
But that's only if you're a good Christian, obviously... You're a good Christian, right?
@@Reth_Hard God doesn't promise to make everything easy for us, and do everything for us, but He does promise to be there for us. But we're still conscious creatures of choice, and responsible for our own lives
@@jeffouellette9946 in some scenarios it might work to slide your 5th wheel all the forward or backward. I never thought of that, but this could only make a very small difference, because when you get high-centered it takes weight off of the drives, which in turn let's air out of the bags (self leveling air suspension) which further decreases the weight on the drives, compounding your problem. I know this because, altho I never got high-centered on a railroad crossing, I've gotten high-centered in many other places. The best thing to do is arch your gooseneck, but that is only an option on trailers equipped with hydraulic detach (mine is) and judging by the zoomed in imagery, this guy had a mechanical detach, so he didn't have that option.
@@laynenewswanger1310
Ohhhhh OK...
So if what you said is true, that might actually explain a lot shit! 🤔
lol
@@jeffouellette9946 He had the deck low. The pony motor had to be jumpstarted by a pickup. If the pony had had a good battery, all the driver would've had to do was lift the bed like they did after the jumpstart. The driver did try to get dunnage under the rears but the trailer was too far over the tracks to get enough traction to get onto the dunnage. He did unlock the fifth wheel to try to slam the trailer backwards, but it didn't look like it lifted the trailer up. When the neck is bottomed out, it doesn't provide any lift onto the front of the deck. I don't run the deck all the way down unless I am high or heavy. I also check my routes carefully to try to avoid RR crossings I don't know.
WELL DONE FOR STOPPING THIS TRAIN!
That would have been catastrophic! U were there at the right time👏👏!!
19:50 These Lowboy trailers have a small gas or diesel motor in the neck (the part that sits above the truck's rear tires) that powers a set of hydraulic rams that allows the trailer neck to disconnect from the low slung flat section so the cargo can be easily driven on or off without having to climb up over the trailers tires at the rear. These Rams also adjust the ride height of the nose of the trailer.
The pick-up seems to be attempting to jump-start that small motor so the truck driver can then lift the trailer nose to get more ground clearance and hopefully be able to get himself unstuck from the tracks...
A separate engine for the gooseneck-hydraulics? Now I've heard it all lol! For at least 40 years swedish trucks has used the trucks hydraulic pump, the one that of course should be standard on every truck that pulls a trailer like this. And second why didn't he lifted the truck in the rear whit the airsuspension? Didn't he had that extremely common feature either? And third why didn't he locked all the difflocks on both drive axels? Didn't he had that feature either? Well then this had to be the most useless truck ever for this job.
@@MrJokkoma locking the axles on dry pavement is going to break a driveshaft or axle shaft. When axles and differentials are locked they need to slip as on snow ice or mud.
@@dand3975 Yes of course there's a risk for that. I'm mostly baffled by the fact that they doesn't even have hydraulics in the truck.
@@dand3975 only if you are travelling and making a turn will locked diffs cause damage, dead straight line for a short push lock em up and don't smoke the tyres. Spinning the wheels till smoke comes out achieves exactly nothing. I would want a hydraulic lift on the tow plate if I was pulling those things.
@@MrJokkoma think there is a big difference between European and US trucks
That could have been way worse. Thanks for calling it in Mike and kudos to the engineers for paying attention and stopping in time. That could have been a full shutdown for days.
i wanna see it smoke the truck
Already plenty of those here on YT. We don’t need anymore.
Hours….
@@chooch1995 Not if the train derailed. It takes days to fix a double rail accident.
Knowing your equipment. Clearance and heights and widths.
Seen a truck driver get his rig stuck under a overpass once.. Creeping through let some air out of the tires and was able to get out.
Good to see you calling the railroad. For those of you reading: most rail crossings will have plaques on the control box/shed with phone numbers and crossing numbers printed on them. These phone numbers are connected directly to the local railroad dispatching office and they will take the necessary steps to stop any approaching trains if a truck or other vehicle is stuck on the crossing. Many people do not know this and will instead call 911/police/fire departments who may have the means to communicate directly with the railroad dispatchers, but not always.
Interesting, next time I come across a rail crossing I will pay attention if such a sign can be found in my country too. We had some serious train accidents in the last 2-3 years, not by stuck cars/trailers but by idiots who thought they were faster than the incoming train or didn’t pay attention on crossings without barriers 🙄
I am originally from Hawaii and now living in Arizona. Good info, thanks. We don't have true R-x-R crossings. Mahalo
The one time that a train stops just in time before disaster. Great video!
Holy crap! Good thing the truck wasn't stuck on both tracks! Wow! Thanks for sharing
It’s so good to see one of these situations NOT end in a crash for once! There are SOOO many videos on RUclips of semis getting stuck on train tracks and then getting hit, it’s ridiculous.
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Это не смешно,тётя.
Awesome coverage of this incident. So glad it all worked out and no one was hurt... stay safe out there
That is incredible that the train was able to safely stop. Kudos to the engineers for paying attention, and reacting swiftly.
15 years, WOW, that IS a lot of trains. Thanks for your dedication to sharing
with us.
Yes about 25000 trains, thanks
Wow what a catch. Nice job calling it in just to be on the safe side. Thankfully they were able to stop in time.
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
I really liked this video. It was nerve-wracking seeing the semi truck stuck on the tracks with the train coming. I am glad that the truck was able to move without any trains colliding with it!
You and me both!
Congratulations on 15 years.
Thirty years ago I drove a heavy duty tow truck. On incident where a tractor trailer made a U turn in a business parking lot. Many trucks that do this gets the trailer stuck on high pavement. The trucking company called the company I worked for instead of the local police in the town where it happened. The police arrived right after I did. I had a few planks of wood that I laid out next to his drive wheels. Had him disconnect the trailer and pull up. Cop on the scene knew me and said that will never work. You have to hook up to it with the tow truck and lift it off, he seen it done that was hundreds of times. I then had the driver back onto the wooden planks and he was able to back the trailer off the high pavement. Cop was amazed.
You Wont Believe This One! hahahahah lololololol. Yes I can believe this one.
Congratulations on your 15 years! Great job calling this in and sticking with filming.
That was cool. 👍 I lived outside of Pittsburgh, between another mill town. In the 50s & 60s, there were so many trains running from the mills & back, to the rivers & back & across country. 12 to 15 parallel tracks in a yard, splittin' different ways. One of those circle things to move the engines around. Tracks above the road, tracks below the road, tracks across the road. My Mom almost delivered me in the car because of a freight train. Trains dumping slag at night that would light up the entire sky. All that's gone now. Where there were 15 tracts, there's only one. Many left behind are overgrown & rusted. Their unused train bridges are falling into our 4 rivers. 🥺 I miss going to sleep at night without hearing them rumbling & squealing down the tracks & the horns in the distance. My fondest remembrance...the caboose. 🥰 It always brought a cheer from the backseat that the train was done. 🤗 Only to see another one coming the other way. 🤦♀
So sad. Not many cabooses in the USA now days. Used to stand in the backyard and wave to the Engineer and the guy in caboose. Trains had a different personality back then. Everything is so automated now. :(
Remember those days too and the old steam engines.could hear them building steam down at the round on east 18th. To quiet now!
2 Lokomotif dan 138 gerbong... MANTAAABE... 👍👍👍
Hallelujah!!! The truck driver got off the tracks after considerable work and worry. Pretty scary situation with a train heading his way.
Hi John how are you doing 😊
@@mariarusso1325 I'm doing just fine. Smile be happy.
@@jtrojan Thank you John nice to hear from you. I’m looking for someone to talk to, that’s why I wrote you so if you don’t mind 😉
@@mariarusso1325 Hi Maria So are you a rail fan and watch a few videos put out by the WWoT? If so, where do you live and how did you get interested in trains. If your comfortable doing so, ask any questions you may have. I don't know how often we can correspond on WWoT's site so we'll see how it goes.
@@jtrojan Yes i watch few videos put out by the WWoT. I live in LA. I’m a jeweler by profession and have a small shop here in the LA district. Well, It would be nice to know you more and maybe we could share some common interests. I know it’s strange how we met but strange things happen and sometimes they become the best we least expect. Looking forward to hear from you soon 😊
Low boy trailers are low to get heavy equipment loaded easier but they get stuck. Getting stuck on a train track is on another level!
I can't imagine the stress situation for these two guys trying to fix the problem... in the end it was a great job from everyone.
This was a great video. And everything filmed perfect. Thanks to
what a great camera you have.!!
@4:23 "That guy isn't stuck on the tracks, is he?"
NOO! I think he felt the urge to take a nap! lol
It's pretty cool seeing NS and CSX running parallel like that.
Waits to make phone call after train shows up 😅 👌
I like how he keeps changing his tactics and does multiple burnouts at different times, lol omg
I bet CSX 5301 with Manifest M368 is thinking, “What is that truck doing on the tracks?” Even the M364’s Lead engine is asking that question because it can see the truck.
Fr dude
Yes. The truck driver smoking his tires was possibly a clever way to alert the train person from a long distance. Lots of truck drivers are very smart.
He's just spinning his wheels.
@@orange_cat ....if the driver was that smart, he probably would have ensured during his (mandatory) Daily Vehicle Inspection of the trailer that its Pony-Motor was in fact operational !!!
It was a lowboy trailer and it bottomed out on the rise of the track. Not a smart move by the driver. Gotta think ahead, not think of shortcuts.
And the engineer honks the train horn twice, break release. That's cool 😎
Brake...BRAKE!
Thanks for sharing, it's amazing how they lifted the trailer just those few extra inches to get over the tracks.
You were in the right place, right time.
Yes it was!
August 8 is my wife's birthday. Lol. Awesome video! That truck might need new tires now .
Happy birthday! Yes lots of rubber left on the road lol
@@WideWorldofTrains While you were filming this I took my wife to a restaurant for her birthday. A train came in the middle of the meal and I had to leave real quick to film it since it was a southbound on the north train and had 4 classic locos LOl
Oh wow! That semi truck is stuck, at least that engineer had enough site to see that on the tracks. Thank God he wasn't traveling at 50mph, that would have been terrible, close call for sure
Agree
I live in Cincinnati. I love watching trains go by. For some reason it's so soothing
I feel for guys in the truck. That's a pile of pressure. Glad the train could stop safely.
In that situation, I’d have tried to unhook and save the tractor as soon as I heard the train.
It's a good thing that truck was sending up smoke signals for the train.😄
The guy who made this video did a awesome job... Plus he called it in ... Today he was a hero .... Keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much 😀
Truck: I'm stuck ☹️
Train: oooooooh get out of my way 😱
That was a pretty impressive burnout, but that was potentially very bad. Often with trucks being hit by trains on crossings, it's the trailer that gets stranded, and being lightly constructed the train just punches right through it. A big tractor unit with a lowboy trailer with an asphalt machine on it would be a very different story. The first thing that driver should have done was to use the emergency phone to notify the despatcher
Or 911 as an alternative
He also should have engaged his other set of duals
@@robertmoreau9382 Sometimes they have only one powered axil
@@strobx1 they have a power divider switch on the dash that makes them all turn
@@joshuaparshall1409 SOMETIMES.
This film should be shown to all driver training classes
nice catch and great work by all involved for preventing a crash and saving uncounltess lives in the process
10:41 At least that six-engine NS monster didn't have to stop for this issue all of a sudden...
5:25 Track looks like spaghetti. It's as if you travel a hundred years back in time, overhead electricity wires, stop signs everywhere, incomprehensible AM radio traffic.
I love it.
I had a similar situation happen years ago, I disconnected the air ride level adjustment rod and raised the ride height to it’s maximum. I made it off the tracks shortly before a train came through.
exactly what I would've done, to start with,
Happy 15th! Hope you have another 15 in you!!! Great catch. Naturally as a former truck driver and railfan, this episode had a double interest. I am so glad the engineer saw the truck and was able to safely ✋ his train in time. And that no one was hurt. Also glad to know that when you see a problem, you call it in. I think it ought to be a railfan rule that when they see a potential problem of any kind, they ought to call it in. There can never be too many eyes on the railroads.
Well said
@@WideWorldofTrains I concur.
@@deanstrand4260 so far Mike, you and 13 others have given me the thumbs-up. I asked the "tie Spiker " if he reports things that he sees and films, that are wrong, such as loose rails or malfunctioning crossing lights. His response was that "they already know. " It is refreshing to know that there are others who agree with me. Thank you!
They already know?? How the hell are they going to know if someone doesn't tell them?
@@shariys1 They do have to do track inspections. Especially on the rails that carry passenger trains. But they can't see everything. They also can't be everywhere all the time. So yes they can't always know. If they did, derailments would not happen anymore. Railfans, especially those who got the cameras, can see the bad rails or the malfunctioning crossing lights. If the railroads didn't want or need the help, they wouldn't put up the little blue signs with their phone number.
Wow, close call here! Fantastic video. Well done on the video and your channel. High-quality content.
Wow, thanks! I appreciate that
This may have been mentioned in the comments but I didnt see it. The air bags on the truck were used as a jack. By letting them down , it made room for a 4x4 between the truck frame and trailer neck. Reinflating raised the trailer and put more pressure on the drive tires. The result was positive. Nice video!
Hi how are you doing 😊
Why the hell did it take so long? That's the first thing I would have thought of. Either that or arch the lowboy up as high as it would go.
I'm pretty sure the hinged "lever-arm" hitch of the trailer was lifted to an angle that was higher than its normal towing position to raise the front of the trailer. That kind of hitch is hinged and is designed to lower the front of the trailer to the ground and then to be completely disconnect from the trailer, staying hooked onto the 5th wheel hitch of the truck in the meantime while the truck gets out of the way to provide space for loading construction equipment on and off the front of the trailer. When the trailer is raised back up to the standard towing position, enormous latches engage within the lever arm of the hitch to keep it rigid, but in other positions there's no such locking device, and if you look closely, it seems that the guys are placing pieces of lumber below the lever arm to temporarily support it in that higher-than-normal position. The raising and lowering of the hitch's lever arm is hydraulic, with the hydraulic pump being powered by a small gasoline engine that's mounted in the front of the trailer. That engine apparently had a dead battery, hence the need for using a pickup truck for jump starting. I could be wrong, but I've seen these hitches being operated numerous times for loading/unloading the trailer, and though I never looked extremely closely at how they work, my rough description covers the basics. This is my interpretation of what I could see happening here, to the best that the image detail allows.
Now I see that some comments farther down the page address these same points.
Hey WWOT. Congratulations on 15 years. That’s a milestone. This video was a good one. That poor truck drivers nerves are probably all shot to pieces. Being stuck like that. That could have been very bad. I’m glad they got it off the tracks. 👍👍👍❤️
You probably saved their lives! His truck and the equipment, the train and the engineer! Everything domino effect!
Could be
Glad to see that the truck was able to back out of it.
I can't believe how broken those rails are at the beginning. I worked for CN rail during University and the US trains would always exceed the speed limit on the CASO sub between Detroit and Buffalo. We told them the track was not rated for that speed and they would reply that it was the smoothest rail along their route.
Railroads are cheap asses Burlington Northern has a train trestle Crossing the Union Slough through Marysville Washington the pilings are dilapidated heavy Freight moves through this 24/7 someday the train is going to drop down into the Union Slough city of Everett Washington fought Burlington Northern for years to replace a overpass of their railroad line that was in a dilapidated state unbelievable needs to be more oversight with these railroads corporate greed putting everybody at risk thank you Edward just wanted to add to your comment
@@joeblow4566 Funny I remember hearing that when Maine & Atlantic lost their chemical train in Lake Megantic in 2013. The findings were that the head units were poorly maintained and a lawsuit would be fruitless because the M&A kept all of its tiny acquisition companies and held each rail section inside of these empty shells to minimize exposure at the parent company level. The government had to revoke the transport license for the segment effectively cutting their line in two in order to get corporate to cover damages
@made-in-the80s Not at all. Look at the outside rail in front of the white railroad truck at 20 seconds. You can see how broken the rail is. If anything, a telephoto shot will hide imperfections. Besides, straight rail is straight as far as you can see. When you have to lay your head on the rail and still do not see where an imperfection is, it may still be off spec. We had Sperry trains laser measure the rail and even ultrasound for cavities in the web.
Driver should've known. This type of "oops" is a career ender.
Wow, this could’ve been ugly if not for your heads up call and the train crews clean line of site. Of course the truck driver had to know he couldn’t clear the crossing I don’t know but it was very stupid and dangerous. Thankfully it was just an annoyance for everyone, and nothing worse. Good job WWOT for calling this in, just holy crap that’s nuts.👍🏼🚂😎
Thanks again!
White chevy jerm seen yall
The crossing grade looks pretty much level even for a lowboy to cross over safely. Maybe the railroad company will put up some signs warning trucks of the low clearance.
Most trucks that carry heavy loads like that are routed by state permits and told which route to travel
@@allenjordan5248 Local hauls like he was doing are not controlled that way. You have to get the construction equpt. where the job is and many times the job is on small country roads. I am guessing he was hauling that paver locally and NOT just taking a short cut on a long haul job.
I can’t imagine how far the truck had to back up to get out of this situation and The delays of these trains now to get it all started back up and on the move lol
For the driver Poor Bastard and Lucky Bastard. That’s an ego crushing day.
To the poster/cameraman… good stuff. The train had a great line of sight, hats off for being alert and underpaid.
I'm surprised they didn't pull the cotter pin on the leveling valve. They could have raised the trucks air bags 4-6" and probably cleared. Just my input.
Right! Why not raise the suspension?
That double drop trailer has a feature to raise the gooseneck and add ground clearance. Always easier to comment in hindsight but the tractor operators should’ve raised it up along with the rear air bags (although it’s certainly not a given it has bags). Many times those pony motors are not in the best of shape which looks like the case here. The 2x4 trick might’ve worked had they used 4x4s and maybe some mudflaps but a lot of times the suspension just flexes and shoots the wood out the other end of it can even grab. Cheers to the train for stopping in time and good work on everyone getting the tractor out of the way, I’m sure they’ll keep an eye out way more from now on for that type of issue.
As a driver you should know not all trailers are hydro…..and if you look at that truck….it has no wet system….
@@Meow2024. I'm no trucker but I've seen dozens of those trailers with the hitch being operated for loading/unloading. In all cases that I remember seeing, the hitch was hydraulically powered, often with the pump being run by a small gasoline engine that's mounted within the front of the trailer. A dead battery for that engine is almost certainly why they didn't do any raising of the hitch until that pickup truck arrived for jump starting, and I'm pretty sure that's what neilpatel was referring to when he said that it's common for the pony motor to "not be in the best shape". The hitch only locks and becomes rigid when in the standard towing configuration, so raising it higher than that position precludes using the latches, and that is most likely why just before the truck backed up, you could see them poking pieces of lumber into the hinging part of the hitch.
Edit: Now I see that some commenters have said this same thing, farther down in the comment string.
God Bless You Sir. Even if the Train Saw the Truck you still saved that poor Driver his Life just by Trying even though I think you waited a little to long to make the call.Again TY for your effort to Help.
Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the video
Unfortunately the issue with the truck is all too common especially with gooseneck trailers. On conventional trailers the landing gear tends to hang up hence all the truck/train collision videos. A very dramatic situation plus a nice surprise meet with some vintage power. CSX should give you a medal for this save. Looks like a black top paver on the trailer, they have a 4-2-0 wheel arrangement with a big hopper up front over the 4 small wheels. Absolutely awesome video!
Slob drivers have a higher incident of "problems" all caused by incompetence.
Great videos. Grew up next to track and got to know quite a few engineers or the years. One my favorite things was when it was time to see them grind the tracks, especially at night! With tracks on one side and lumber yard on other I watched a lot of trains. AT eight years old while watching them in lumber yard, the engineer called me over and helped me up in to train and actually showed me and let me drive the train, one of the best childhood memories ever!!! Seen a lot of stuff during those years during late 60's-70's. Also got to get ride on what I always called was a put-put, track inspection little cart. At one point I was looking to go work for the train company but went a different route. Always, always love trains and when moved away from track it took a long time to get back to sleep cause missing the trains, their horns and the house shaking. Keep up the good videos and will be watching.
I had a similar exciting experience I got to ride in a firetruck and to top it off I got to man the hose wow it is something I'll never forget
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Your story sounds like a blast of a good time
25:30 " Get off from under the train Jesse !! "
" .. The railways are clear again .. hurry up jesse ! "
WOW! What a great catch. Not so much for the truck driver though. Glad you stayed until the truck was able move off of the tracks. 👍👍
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More and more I see the problems caused by trucks having problems keeping their rigs out of trouble. Pity. I love the train videos.
didnt stay for their 2nd try...
@@patriciaschuster1371 Slob truck drivers seem to be more and more frequent. It just occurred to me this driver was on a "side road" with an oversized, overweight load. He was trying to avoid State Patrol scales and he probably had no permits, among other probable deficiencies in CDL requirements.
Is it me or does it seem like these fellers are hustling I mean in overdrive!
Not because they got the train held up but seems like they wanna get over them tracks and rolling before the law inevitably shows up.
I used to have a trailer just like that and always kept 4 one inch thick steel blocks up in the neck just in case. I mainly used them to get out of fields hauling tractors and such but used them on a few RR crossing that were pretty steep. I was always scared about getting stuck on the tracks.
Good thing he didn't break the king pin off. I've seen that happen before. Luckily no one was injured and nothing destroyed.
rare moment to see that happen on newer "normal" trailers, now the specialized trailers ,it can happen.
This is a good training video for young drivers as to what not to do in this type of situation.
All you need now is to see a jumbo jet make an emergency landing on the NYS Thruway & then you’ve seen it all.😳🚂✈️
1st the 747, then the A380 2 weeks apart geese strike!
Great video, thumbs up love your channel, I liked to watch the trains in St. Louis MO
That Ken
Congratulations on your 15-years of doing these great videos
Man, if that train wasn’t able to stop in time
Glad you like them!
The dudes could run out fe the train, but the truck would be gone and perhaps some injury to the machinist?
Well that certainly was unlucky for the trucker. Great to see that u stood there for that long just to film the whole experience for us. Self determination part 2
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Anniversary tripod ?
Unlucky and lucky. If that had been a place where the train was traveling 50 MPH the trucker would have been much more unlucky.
Not unlucky, just poorly designed road.
I looked up at americans long time ago.
But as I see, bureaucracy and idiots there as in the rest of the world.
The driver is not the victim of bad luck. He is a victim of a system that approved that crossing too steep. Sure the embankment should be high, but in order to avoid these situations the incline should be a lot less steep and start way further of the rail. One severe accident for sure costs more than few hundred more trucks of rock needed to raise the road on each side of the rail.
@@ehombane why not hire a driver who knows how to lift the trailer? Why not hire a driver who knows which roads to travel with specialty loads? So you suggest raising everyone's taxes to fix the roads to suit one or two stupid drivers.
Many thanks.I LOVE trains.Its amazing how something that big is completely silent until it passes,unless they blow the horn.Great video.I took a train from Missouri to California and back in1983.I was 17.Took almost 2 days and it was THE MOST FUN I ever had traveling. Met some great people on it.Traveling by train is the best.ALOT of freedom.
Very cool
I've just become interested in trains through Train Sim World 2. If the braking in the game is even .001% acurate, I get the stress of it. (Downhill on the Sand Patch is no joke. I now know what a dynamic brake is...lol) We owe as much to the train crews as we do the farmers. Great video!
Tsw2 is awesome! It’s a pretty accurate game to real life too!
@@dylanstechreviewz6857 Don't forget, TSW 3 is coming out
@@metronorthrailfan2244 I seen that just yesterday I think I’m super hyped
@@dylanstechreviewz6857 Oh me too. I bet you are excited for Cajon Pass? I for one am excited for not just that but especially the BNSF ES44C4
@@metronorthrailfan2244 YESSIRRR I’m so ready for it
That poor truck driver will be hearing train horns in his nightmares for quite a while after that. As soon as I seen the gates drop and the wig wags on the train start I was like oh shit, the train still hasn't stopped. Poor guy probably thought he was going to get hit when he was trying to get it off those tracks. Glad it all worked out.
Ahem the wig wags are called ditch lights
Those locos sounded like they were in Notch 25 LOL. Almost louder than the horn
Congratulations on the Anniversary!!!! Great that you took the time to make sure that there were no accidents. Great Job.
They had to jumpstart the hydraulic pump engine on the trailer to try lift the trailer up with the on board hydraulics.
Since they were able to disconnect from the trailer, it should have been easy to get off the tracks.
Disconnect from the trailer.
Drop the airbags.
Put that board on the fifth wheel.
Air the suspension back up. That would lift the trailer the few inches they needed.
Slowly back off the tracks.
Unless it was all spring suspension. But that truck looked new enough, that it should have air ride.
@@bobh6728 Retired 18 wheeler here, you are correct. The train engineer blowing his air horn for over half a minute 8:36 to 9:07 while the train was stopped probably had the truck driver not thinking straight.
@@bobh6728 ....they could have arrived at the same result just by adjusting the load-levelling valve on the tractor's suspension....that would have raised the air-suspension about 3", enough to clear the tracks at the front of the low-bed.
Your idea could have worked too, but the 5th wheel king-pin could not have been engaged properly with the board on top of the 5th wheel-plate.
If the goose-neck of the trailer were to slip off-of the 5th wheel plate, you would have a heck of a time to raise it again for a proper hook-up (been there, done that...lol).
@@andrep8287 I like your idea. Maybe that truck didn’t have air bags.
138 wagons !! Impressionnant !
The power behind trains, is simply mesmerizing.
I had to remind myself to breath, seeing that truck stuck on the tracks.
The railroad can sue the trucking company for trains delayed. Can beasily $8,000/hr or more.
4:55 Got a crossing near here that’s famous for this same scenario. Signs way before the tracks telling trucks to avoid it. Several times a year you can count on a Low Boy hung up on it…
I can only imagine the feelings of panic that driver had to be feeling.
Panic? The driver had zero pep in his step the entire time. If he was panicking there, maybe he was on Xanax because there was no sign that he realized trains come and go on train tracks.
@@lt1459 Well, I know how I would have felt, and my sense of urgency would have been off the scale. If I were a truck driver, I think that would be my worst nightmare.
@@fredgeitner713 Yeah, there just wasn't any indication that driver was aware of reality. He got lucky as to line of sight by the train operator.
Fred Geitner If that were me or someone in my family I would have horrible anxiety for good.
@@johnwilliams6200 I think we have all seen enough videos to know what happens when a train hits a truck. That would have been going through my head as soon as I realized I was stuck.
Those low boy trailers are designed to disconnect where the flatbed of the trailer is. It has hydraulics to lift and lower the trailer to be able to load and unload whatever is on it. I think they can lift the trailer a bit more and I think the hydraulics work off of a gas engine on the trailer and it's battery was probably dead which is why they probably couldn't raise the trailer to begin with. If the pickup wasn't their, you probably could've watched the trailer raising itself up. If you look closely at 24:00, the trailer is now raised higher which will allow them to back the truck off of the tracks. I think the machine on the trailer is a pave machine.
It does appear to be a paver, but the interesting thing is it appears to be on tires. Most of the pavers I've seen are on tracks.
I'd also venture to say there's probably a skid loader and a few rollers on the trailer as well.
I think the wet pack engine on the trailer had a dead battery, and they could not start it to power the hydraulics to raise the trailer. That is in the black box on the toungue of the trailer. In my experience, always raise the trailer as high as possible to go over tracks.
Finally after a big ticket, and new set of tires everything back to normal,
WOW ! If I counted correctly, there was two engines followed by 137 cars.
Good job man, you saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and perhaps the lives of those involved.
That truck driver was very lucky to have the train not hit him!
Well I think I just got educated reading some of these comments. My Daddy had a footing company so we towed the tractor on a trailer behind a dump truck. The first thing I thought was, unload the equipment to make your trailer weigh less and you can go. But after reading the comments maybe it's different because it's a semi with a different type of trailer. But right here at 16 minutes in I was yelling at the TV for them to unload that thing so they could get off the tracks!
I bet this premiere will be awesome
I miss home in upstate New York but since I found this I feel better watching my old home state thank you for the videos
The reason the pickup trucked pulled up with the hood up is to jump-start the Pony motor on the transport trailer. Most of those trailers have a hydraulic disconnecting neck to load/unload equipment and can also raise/lower the neck and trailer for different ride heights. His battery was probably dead for the 13 hp Briggs and Stratton pony motor. I bet he went to the nearest place for a fresh set of underwear and I bet he keeps a fresh battery in that trailer at all times now! LOL
You really want to bet about that fresh battery for the pony-motor? I bet not....since it's nicely tucked away in that tool-box type contraption on the goose-neck, the ol' preventive-maintenance rule applied, i.e. "out-of-signt, out-of-mind" ;-)
I've seen it far too many times, that when drivers of such combos are in need of the pony, it's on a permanent vacation....lol.
I live close to Dunkirk, N.Y. In this video, the track before and after the crossing looks horrible with dips and humps. I can't believe CXS would have track like that. It must be a slow speed track. If the train were highballing at 60 mph, it would not have got stopped. Nice video.
Interesting video. Glad it worked out without an accident. Well done...
Phil
NYC / Jersey Shore Area
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@@WideWorldofTrains I am a very big model railroad person (HO Scale large mountain layout under construction) and of course that's because I love trains, so your video really caught my eye.
I will confess I am more of a Steam Era person, but all trains are interesting and cool. That was pretty scary for a while and you did an admirable thing by alerting them via phone.
Note: I used to own a quite a few diesels, and still have a few diesel models from the 1950s era...Very glad they got that semi off the tracks. Thanks...
Phil
@@uptownphotography Very cool, Phil
Congratulations on your achievement of 15 years. Just subbed. Thanks for sharing. Love from Australia!.
Wow that’s crazy, glad they were ok but that’s a scary situation of being stuck on the tracks.
thats definitely a tough situation to be in, especially with a low trailer like that
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