Freight is definitely a whole another beast but I have seen videos of electric passenger trains and trams destroy the shit out of many vehicles, it’s very rare now but in 2005 it frequently happened in Houston.
The truck was pulling a low-boy that was high centered and stuck on a raised crossing. Has occurred here before. Another crossing a few miles south just finished with a construction project that raised the highway to be even with RR level. This crossing needs it too.
If that was the driver then that guy came so close to dying holy shit... I was always taught as a driver if you stall on tracks to walk *towards* the train and to the side, that way you minimize the risk of getting hit by your own vehicle. Imagine what could've happened if the train hit the truck at an angle and sent it flying to the side...
@made-in-the80s It's a good thing locomotive cabs are built rugged today. When I was a young sailor on staff at Great Lakes outside of Chicago (1982 I think) I came across a grade crossing accident where a tractor trailer (dump body loaded with gravel) tried to beat a C&NW freight running at about 45 MPH. The two units leading were EMD SD40-2s with standard cabs made of 1/4" sheet steel with little or no reinforcement. The cab crew bailed when they saw that they were going to hit. The truck and load got wrapped around the front of the lead engine, crushing the cab. Both trainmen were injured though not critically, the truck driver stayed in the truck cab and was thrown out by the impact. He didn't survive. Compare that with the collision of a tractor trailer loaded with a heavy bridge support beam getting smacked in much the same way as this one was but with the crew riding the collision out in the cab of the lead unit. Minor injuries only or so I heard. Compared to the earlier "standard cabs" of both EMD and GE, today's cabs are built of armor plate offering the crew much better protection against accidents like this.
ya know alll the years i had a lowboy the only time i ever got stuck was in the dirt at a job site, if i came to a crossing like this i found another way around and a few time i off loaded the piece and had the customer come get it. they weren’t that far away
At every crossing is a nearby sign with a toll-free number to directly contact railroad dispatchers. The sign also lists the crossing information so the dispatchers can put a halt on any trains on that section of track and notify authorities. The sign may be on the crossing gate control box, on the crossbuck pole, or a free-standing sign. Of course, if you can see the train is already approaching, just get away!
I used that once when I saw a train with an axle that wasn't turning. Saw it at one crossing, realized there was an issue, so I drove to another crossing a mile or so down to see the same train again, managed to get the car number and called it in. No idea what happened after that.
They high-fived and immediately asked each other what they were going to do with their 3 days off. 3 Days, to a railroader on a Road Pool, is like a lifetime.
Here in canada most crossing are level.i work pipeline construction western canada cp and cn are well know check level crossing are level.the us gov't must start proactive on too many wreck for nothing.this trains was hauling tank lucky car never come off track.😮
Bro I was eating mod pizza like 5 minutes away from there 🥲 let me enjoy mah pizza The low bed got caught on the tracks, this is why you need guard bars
That loader went flying along with everything else. Shows the true punch power that a freight train has.
Yeah
Freight is definitely a whole another beast but I have seen videos of electric passenger trains and trams destroy the shit out of many vehicles, it’s very rare now but in 2005 it frequently happened in Houston.
@@jayasmrmore3687 I definitely would not want to be hit by any of them, that's for sure.
@@ariessmith3407 same here. Too many pedestrians on their phones crossing train tracks nowadays.
No they didnt. It did knock the front pilot loose and left it dragging underneath the lead unit.@made-in-the80s
The truck was pulling a low-boy that was high centered and stuck on a raised crossing. Has occurred here before. Another
crossing a few miles south just finished with a construction project that raised the highway to be even with RR level.
This crossing needs it too.
Definitely
It would seem that there are lots of poorly designed grade crossings.
@made-in-the80s That's what I said.
@made-in-the80s When the comment is addressed to me, I assume it is meant for me.
@made-in-the80s Got it.
If that was the driver then that guy came so close to dying holy shit... I was always taught as a driver if you stall on tracks to walk *towards* the train and to the side, that way you minimize the risk of getting hit by your own vehicle. Imagine what could've happened if the train hit the truck at an angle and sent it flying to the side...
That’s a good thing the teach you, And I agree
Thank you very much for pointing this out, it is really valuable.
Wow! Hope they are okay! That was great filmwork, good video, more and more people are getting hit these days, terrible to see it happening so much!
I hope so too
It doesn’t happen that often actually, a lot of the RUclips videos you see of accidents are very old clips.
@made-in-the80s correct. Or at least a lot of the time that it happens it’s not filmed. I’ve never seen it happen in real life before.
@made-in-the80s It's a good thing locomotive cabs are built rugged today. When I was a young sailor on staff at Great Lakes outside of Chicago (1982 I think) I came across a grade crossing accident where a tractor trailer (dump body loaded with gravel) tried to beat a C&NW freight running at about 45 MPH. The two units leading were EMD SD40-2s with standard cabs made of 1/4" sheet steel with little or no reinforcement. The cab crew bailed when they saw that they were going to hit. The truck and load got wrapped around the front of the lead engine, crushing the cab. Both trainmen were injured though not critically, the truck driver stayed in the truck cab and was thrown out by the impact. He didn't survive.
Compare that with the collision of a tractor trailer loaded with a heavy bridge support beam getting smacked in much the same way as this one was but with the crew riding the collision out in the cab of the lead unit. Minor injuries only or so I heard. Compared to the earlier "standard cabs" of both EMD and GE, today's cabs are built of armor plate offering the crew much better protection against accidents like this.
ya know alll the years i had a lowboy the only time i ever got stuck was in the dirt at a job site, if i came to a crossing like this i found another way around and a few time i off loaded the piece and had the customer come get it. they weren’t that far away
Wow
At every crossing is a nearby sign with a toll-free number to directly contact railroad dispatchers. The sign also lists the crossing information so the dispatchers can put a halt on any trains on that section of track and notify authorities. The sign may be on the crossing gate control box, on the crossbuck pole, or a free-standing sign. Of course, if you can see the train is already approaching, just get away!
Yeah
I used that once when I saw a train with an axle that wasn't turning. Saw it at one crossing, realized there was an issue, so I drove to another crossing a mile or so down to see the same train again, managed to get the car number and called it in. No idea what happened after that.
lowboy truckers should have their routes revised, those trailers are prone to getting stuck in crossings and can derail a train easily
Fr
Train could have just went around it. Schmeesh! ❤
Exactly, lol
God I hope your joking
i hope this man is joking
if not you need to go to a doctor because your likely braindead
@@bgorshal obviously he is, unless there are multiple tracks and the train has the ability to switch to another track in order to avoid collision
@@jayasmrmore3687 if it was multi track it still would have hit it considering it was a large flatbed
You can't park there mate!
Loll
Just waiting for a mate
Wow, no train horn?!
Train blew its horn before the video started, probably didn’t blow it again because the crew must have been holding on to something before impact
Yeah, the crew were most likely taking cover
No horn zone😂😂
@@timslager5966 is it a no horn zone?
@@timslager5966 even in a quiet zone you can blow horn to avoid danger, you just don’t blow it every time you approach the crossing.
😊yes that loco did lift up lucky no serious derailment😮🎉 never cross hump RR crossings with R.G.N or low boy trailers will hang up every time.
Yeah
Could we please have train conductor videos i’ll pay for a few dash cams . Love to hear what said inside the cab .
From personal experience it's usually "God damnit!"
Probably the sound of the entire brake pipe dumping into the cab, and a long horn blast
@@jankington216 Sounds accurate
They high-fived and immediately asked each other what they were going to do with their 3 days off. 3 Days, to a railroader on a Road Pool, is like a lifetime.
Skip loader got Skip loaded! Man😂🎉
Lol
I see stuff near Roseville CA Jr Davis railyards railroad crossings some with people running in front of trains sometime
Wow
This is why we can’t have nice things
This happens way too often! Thank god no derailment
Fr
a new signal was installed and UP 8662 was put on Siding awaiting repairs.
That’s good
Why was he just sitting there on the track in the first place? I didn't even detect a horn from the train.
Stuck. Train blew its horn way before impact
The guy walking on the left , well it was his lucky day. He could have been killed by flying debris in the collision.
for real
No horn zone
Where have all the competent truckers drivers gone? (Rhetorical)
idk
Train had time to move over what was wrong with the driver. Should grabbed the trains stearing wheel and turned.
lol
the trailer was a lowboy one i think, they get stuck on those types of crossings.
@@njhtrains you read the comment wrong
Uhhh,,, I didn't see the flashers???
Look to the right side of the shot. Flashers activated. The ones on the left are turned away from the angle of the camera.
@@ulrichskaarsgard7848 yup, just barely covered by a tree
Ummm, you guys back there might want to buckle your seat belts.
lol
UP managed to hit something without derailing, someone send this to NS so they can study it.
Lol
Here in canada most crossing are level.i work pipeline construction western canada cp and cn are well know check level crossing are level.the us gov't must start proactive on too many wreck for nothing.this trains was hauling tank lucky car never come off track.😮
Damn, This happened basically in my dads backyard!
Really?
@@CHEATCODE-gavin Yep, My dad lives in cottonwood, About roughly 5-10 miles from redding
Ah.
Dayum did you take this?
I don’t live in Cali lol
I don't think you can park there
Me neither
Train 1
Truck 0
Yeh, but sometimes it can be a tie if u get it
@@CHEATCODE-gavin only if it derails
@@jayasmrmore3687 Thats my point
Ngl the train bumped a little
Yeah
Ouch!
well, that was expensive...
Yup
the Sd70 bounced a little
Yeah
@@CHEATCODE-gavin did it derail?
@@nstrains4001 no
Do Not Trustpass on Railways & Railroads!
Stay Safe in Future.
Wanna get away?
huh
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Good one! that is one thing we all learned driving in ALL the states never SIT / S*IT on the train tracks
Matter a fact let's just put in switches on both sides of every crossing so if someone gets stuck. We can just derail the trains 😂😂😂
Lol
Hubo heridos
No
Translate please
Wtf?!
@@magdalenacasucho6774 what does your original comment translate to
@@jayasmrmore3687 what
Yay!! Another Trump voter bites the dust!👍🏻
Bro I was eating mod pizza like 5 minutes away from there 🥲 let me enjoy mah pizza
The low bed got caught on the tracks, this is why you need guard bars
Lol