TRAIN PLOWS CAR DOWN THE LINE! F-UNIT, HAPPY HONKER, TRUCK STUCK ON RAILS, THE BRICK

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  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain 11 месяцев назад +4

    1:48 GEVO, SD70MAC, and Franken-GEVO
    1:58 an ACS64 with a train of two private cars!
    2:08 CP 7030 has the Strathcona's coat of arms on its nose
    2:32 CSX slug
    3:08 NS, ex-BNSF WFRX, and UP triple-header
    3:43 CP snowplow train
    4:00 SP gray trailing
    4:07 side dump cars
    4:46 car had no idea a train was coming! A crew member should've protected that crossing
    5:17 a snow-covered train led by CSX 1850
    5:42 NS 8098 leading over Horseshoe Curve
    7:38 UP 1943 leading
    8:02 wow, NS inspection vehicles 99, 34, 36, and 38 on one train!
    8:56 H2 dash 9, H3 ES44C4, H3 ET44C4, BN green SDP40 (originally built as Great Northern 324 as one of six for both passenger and freight service, another 14 were built for Mexico), Algoma Central F unit, and BNSF H1 SD9 (originally built for CB&Q as 452). A BN coil car and EcoMaterial Technologies (EMTX) hopper are also on the train
    9:29 this crossing on the Ft Madison camera is rough in the winter. A truck got stuck just before the third track
    11:07 this crossing has a traffic light, but there are no right turns between here and the Erie Canal aside for a trailhead parking lot. All occupants managed to leave the car before the train slammed into the car
    14:30 P42, ALC42, and a private car on a fast Coast Starlight
    15:14 Amtrak 100 "Midnight" leading the Lake Shore Limited
    15:30 CSX 1973 leading
    15:48 H2 dash 9 pulling an automated inspection train. Another with two locos in the next clip
    17:38 Family Lines and RF&P hoppers
    18:42 Amtrak 160 "Pepsi" on the Southwest Chief
    18:50 CSX "Do Not Hump" automated inspection boxcar
    20:08 CSX GP40-3 with a giant MAN engine. MAN is a well known truck brand in Europe, but their vehicles were never sold in the US to my knowledge

  • @charleshagenbuch6078
    @charleshagenbuch6078 11 месяцев назад +15

    Ft. Madison gives new meaning to dont stop on tracks!
    That was an eerie morning glow in Strasburg.

  • @donnaj9964
    @donnaj9964 11 месяцев назад +21

    I feel sorry for the engineer and crew-members of the train that demolished that guy's car. It has to take a while to get something like that out of your head. I really enjoyed seeing the Spirit of the Union Pacific and the snowplow in Revy, though, and this ending may be your most-beautiful yet! 🌹

    • @rjb5847
      @rjb5847 11 месяцев назад +3

      It's worse when someone is injured or killed, hitting an empty car isn't too bad. Of course, until a crew member goes back & finds out the car was empty... both fear the worst. I've hit 14 cars & 2 pedestrians in my nearly 40 year career with Canadian Pacific. A number of fatalities ensued. I remember all of them right back to my first in 1973.

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 11 месяцев назад

      The car was fine, it just had some very minor scratches that would buff out.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@rjb5847 I am sorry that had to happen to you--and I can understand how you never forget.

  • @cnnsrailfan6511
    @cnnsrailfan6511 11 месяцев назад +20

    Nothing more eerie than hearing a trains emergency brakes applied

    • @rjb5847
      @rjb5847 11 месяцев назад

      especially if one is on a passenger train overtaking a freight on winding track. The possibility of plowing into derailed equipment is the first thing that comes to mind.

  • @johnstafford4304
    @johnstafford4304 11 месяцев назад +1

    About truck in Ft. Madison, the driver drives over that track 2 or 3 times a day, he knows the layout, but, thank you Rusty or one of your crew for being there at the right time to assist

  • @davidkreider942
    @davidkreider942 11 месяцев назад +11

    Oh my! As much as I love to watch trains and all the beautiful places shown on these videos, I believe I love the beautiful, stirring music at the closing of each video! It really touches my soul and makes me think…… for all the evil and sickness, all the loneliness, all the hurting hearts, all the people separated by perhaps one wrong done in their life…… for all that, there is so much good and beauty if we only take the time to look for it. Music speaks to the heart and soul of people and brings a new perspective to our everyday lives. This closing song is just so fitting and so beautiful !! Thank you so much VR!

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 11 месяцев назад +1

      You are so right, and more people need to see that and mention it when they do...thank you.

  • @Jmat40
    @Jmat40 11 месяцев назад +22

    They really need to fix that crossing in Fort Madison. I've seen at least 3 vehicles get stuck on that track over the last 2 weeks.

    • @thephantomeagle2
      @thephantomeagle2 11 месяцев назад +4

      Given the large amount of vehicle traffic increase with the opening of that restaurant on the river they will likely have to make it wider as well.I've seen semi trucks struggle with the turn there. If there's traffic coming one way those trucks, given the width of the crossing now, will mean a rather nasty turn. I can even see them moving the straight lane east a bit so traffic heading north can go straight across.
      There's a turn like that in the town that I live in and most semis need half the oncoming lane, and the tracks are a block away. Here it'll make it very dangerous if that truck has too right a turn and can easily end up struck on the track, especially with ice on the road. They'll likely have to make it at least 4 lanes, that way trucks have room to make the turn. Also with 4 lanes traffic turning left won't be held up in traffic if the traffic turning right stops them. That's going in. Going out you're going to need a straight lane/left tun lane and a right turn lane or traffic will back up a long way, given the fact that there are so many time where trains stop there, meets happen, trucks stop over the crossing and such.

    • @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co
      @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co 11 месяцев назад +1

      You can't even blame the drivers.

    • @toomanyhobbies2011
      @toomanyhobbies2011 11 месяцев назад +1

      Until they change the crossing, they need to find another place to cross. That pickup's tires must have been bald...

    • @thephantomeagle2
      @thephantomeagle2 11 месяцев назад

      @@toomanyhobbies2011 that’s the only place to cross for that area.

  • @ChadSimplicio
    @ChadSimplicio 11 месяцев назад +17

    The vehicular incident in Fairport ended up on the local news, based on my YT recommendations.

    • @usmale49
      @usmale49 11 месяцев назад +3

      Yes, I watched that particular video!!

    • @VirtualRailfan
      @VirtualRailfan  11 месяцев назад +5

      Yes and the news stations worked with on the video use.

  • @kirkchestnut5045
    @kirkchestnut5045 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing that little slice of heaven that is Strasburg!

  • @leehuff2330
    @leehuff2330 11 месяцев назад +2

    Every time I see 1073, it looks more and more like an authentic Penn Central unit as beat up as she's getting.

  • @usmale49
    @usmale49 11 месяцев назад +5

    Great Grab-Bag as usual. I enjoyed the car on the tracks, it's my understanding that no one was injured. How someone could just drive on them is mind boggling! And your closing with the beautiful music is just wonderful! Thank you for uploading and sharing!!

    • @ren-uz2mz
      @ren-uz2mz 11 месяцев назад +1

      Probably blindly trusted GPS

    • @usmale49
      @usmale49 11 месяцев назад

      @@ren-uz2mz I'm sure that's exactly what happened!

  • @Sundance1987
    @Sundance1987 11 месяцев назад +9

    ACTUALLY, THESE GRAB BAGS, ARE QUITE REMARKABLE, A CHOREOGRAPHY OF SORTS; ALWAYS EXCELLENT; THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO PITCH IN! from Gainesville, Florida

  • @bobniehaus5053
    @bobniehaus5053 11 месяцев назад +5

    Beautiful sunrise in PA!😊

  • @the-terrible63
    @the-terrible63 11 месяцев назад +2

    Wow! Excellent catching all the trains, especially a CSX train plows into a car in Fairport, New York, a UP military train in Tucson, Arizona, CSXT1973 in Fairport, New York, & more, @Virtual Railfan, thank you.

  • @chatt
    @chatt 11 месяцев назад +1

    This one is a nice compilation. Thank you again.

  • @LeviSheets-s5j
    @LeviSheets-s5j 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you

  • @hudsonfan5426
    @hudsonfan5426 11 месяцев назад +18

    And the Darwin candidate award of the year goes to... . . . .... . . . . The person driving the car!

  • @Rolf-Dieter_Damm
    @Rolf-Dieter_Damm 11 месяцев назад +2

    12:30 They should stack the broken cars right near the gate as a 'friendly reminder'. Maybe that helps...

  • @unsectar
    @unsectar 11 месяцев назад +2

    12:15 The moment you were all looking for

  • @DaveInCanada081
    @DaveInCanada081 11 месяцев назад +1

    9 engines on that one train. Wow!

  • @sanddabz5635
    @sanddabz5635 11 месяцев назад

    Hey Virtual Rail fan, I really like your new outros, the music and the scenery is beautiful👍

  • @williamsquires3070
    @williamsquires3070 11 месяцев назад +1

    (@19:02) check out the weird bearing of that blue “Do Not Hump” boxcar (2nd axle back from the front.) 😮

  • @xray606
    @xray606 11 месяцев назад +7

    This happens a lot. I'm thinking you could maybe put some of those flexible reflector things on the edge of the road and between the tracks. Maybe that would be enough to clue the people in.

  • @dennisb9157
    @dennisb9157 11 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful sunrise. That SP in Hesperia 😮, two YN2s, Conrail heritage unit 😮, Chessie System heritage unit 😮, and darwin award X2. Hope the driver survived. Bonified bonehead. The TRE bombardier car in Indiana 😳. Did not see that one coming. Nice horn salute at Altoona.

  • @brucefye3778
    @brucefye3778 11 месяцев назад +10

    Happy New Year! Great railfanning video catches. Great ending. Beautiful sunrise in Strasburg.

  • @revharrycwigmoreiii5787
    @revharrycwigmoreiii5787 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, ya'll Beautiful sunrise!!!! Keep rolling out those awesome Grab bags, thanks Virtual Railfan.

  • @franciscampagna2711
    @franciscampagna2711 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you Virtual Railfan, In watched the """Fairport incident" go down in real time. Thanks for the closeups.

  • @smokin1982
    @smokin1982 11 месяцев назад +2

    I think the plows on trains are interesting.

  • @peterkoinzell7983
    @peterkoinzell7983 11 месяцев назад

    This is actually relaxing. I remember those "All about Trains" dvd's from the 00's and thinking then that you gotta be a bore to watch something like that lol

  • @jerryodell1168
    @jerryodell1168 11 месяцев назад +15

    That train hitting and plowing the car should be shown to every driver at least once a year so they see trains and ships take a long time to stop. As a sailor, we would often have boats, especially sailboats cross right in front of the bow so close sometimes you wonder if they are going to brush and indeed I saw one ship graze a sailboat and it took the boat's crew everything to keep it upright and stay onboard. Some of the sail hit the water and much more and it would have been gone. Note: I was on a electric train to South Bend, Indiana that hit a station wagon, and once on the North Shore, North of Chicago, that hit a truck. Not nice either time.

  • @microbusss
    @microbusss 11 месяцев назад +2

    9:20 you missed a good BN Coil Car cover before that EM one
    I kinda wish Amtrak would stop at that Strausburg Jct area

  • @derekbenak2730
    @derekbenak2730 11 месяцев назад +11

    they should be teaching people that when they get stuck on the tracks to immediately call the police or the emergency number on the crossbuck to prevent collisions like that. Not sure it would have helped with just over two minutes, but you never know

    • @LeftVegas
      @LeftVegas 11 месяцев назад +2

      I suspect a lot of people reading GB comments are glad to be reminded about those notices. (I am.) So much that it taught in driver ed is forgotten by American drivers -- even basics like signaling turns/lane changes, stopping at stop signs/red lights, yielding right of way, preserving following distance, driving with the speed of traffic.... Getting into the habit of doing the right thing automatically is ideal, but giving and noticing reminders still beat lessons of experience that damage people or property.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@LeftVegasAnd not doing something dumb just because your GPS tells you to!

  • @jaekobbokoskie
    @jaekobbokoskie 11 месяцев назад +1

    7:42 this Heritage Unit is so BEAUTIFUL
    UP 1943

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan 11 месяцев назад +22

    9:30 That's the second vehicle that got stuck at the crossing in Fort Madison. BNSF really needs to do something about it. Kudos to the person driving the utility truck was nice to help them get off the crossing.

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 11 месяцев назад +4

      And once again it does not appear any of the bozos bothered to call the emergency number of the railroad posted in the crossing signs while they played "Russian Roullette"
      with the possibility of a train coming by.

    • @Manual_Elitist
      @Manual_Elitist 11 месяцев назад +2

      Wait until you hear about Ashland VA

    • @richardreid6377
      @richardreid6377 11 месяцев назад +2

      Same utility truck was there for both incidents. Could be working in the area anyway, could be someone doing something about the issue.

  • @whydoibother1632
    @whydoibother1632 11 месяцев назад +3

    12:00 and on that track too! What a way to lose a car and ruin lots of people's day

  • @jamesmckenzie3532
    @jamesmckenzie3532 11 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you Joe Peach and team for another great grab bag. The military train race in Tucson was wonderful to see IRL.

  • @robertmitchum2972
    @robertmitchum2972 11 месяцев назад +1

    Seven cars go by.And not a one willing to stop and help out except for the guy in the pickup with the amber rollers. Eight vehicles and only one willing to stop! And for all we know, he might be a CSX employee...... Really puts your faith in humanity!

    • @WaffleDragon
      @WaffleDragon 11 месяцев назад

      They're probably scared of getting sued.

  • @davidcrook5511
    @davidcrook5511 11 месяцев назад

    They just get better! I'm in danger of deserting my own country's trains and spend all my YT time watching your videos and those of your respected contemporary Wide World Of Trains! (😮😮😮😮) WHAT A LOVELY ENDING!!! Whoever wrote that piece of music obviously knows a lot about Bach. And a glorious sunrise and did I spot signs of a steamer??? Keep these grab bags coming! Greetings from UK David (J. Crook failed La Plata chat participant)

  • @LeviSheets-s5j
    @LeviSheets-s5j 11 месяцев назад +2

    That beautiful in Strasbeurg Pennsylvania it so beautiful it made cruy It was so amazing

  • @railfanningmichael3970
    @railfanningmichael3970 11 месяцев назад +2

    The happy honker has returned

  • @johncamp2567
    @johncamp2567 11 месяцев назад +5

    2:00 That’s how I see myself after winning a lottery: traveling the country in my own private two-car train (providing one is an observation car 🤨).

  • @bengone3349
    @bengone3349 11 месяцев назад +2

    I often wonder about the drivers dropping in on the tracks. How, why etc. Beautiful sun rise at Strasburg Pa.

  • @HoboEAT
    @HoboEAT 11 месяцев назад +2

    Nice ending..................

  • @crystalkittykat3581
    @crystalkittykat3581 11 месяцев назад +3

    11:08 😮

  • @FlightAndTrack
    @FlightAndTrack 11 месяцев назад +5

    These are the best

  • @kathyr2792
    @kathyr2792 11 месяцев назад +1

    Nine locomotives? How long was that train??

  • @Deyortsedxp
    @Deyortsedxp 11 месяцев назад +2

    If yall are wondering where the train accident is: 12:16

  • @gp3829
    @gp3829 11 месяцев назад +4

    I liked the scene at Chattanooga, the way the morning light was catching the Trains.
    The Grade-crossing at Fort Madison seems to be causing problems in icy weather, possibly it needs re-laying soon?

  • @parailfan
    @parailfan 11 месяцев назад +5

    I wonder if those are the two passenger cars heading to the Reading & Northern at 2:00.

    • @thephantomeagle2
      @thephantomeagle2 11 месяцев назад

      I suspect that it's a diagnostic car. The first car in the consist has all the scanning equipment and the second has people analyzing it, and likely has computers galore for the data. There are almost always 2 cars on these. I see them all the time where live. the exception are the Sperry cars, but even then I've seen them with 2 cars as well

    • @tobyyoder8350
      @tobyyoder8350 11 месяцев назад +2

      Those cars 1:57 in the video were indeed heading to Reading and Northern and are Currently sitting at Outer Station

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 11 месяцев назад +2

    🌹🌷🇮🇳🌷🌹
    Excellent Video!

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 11 месяцев назад +20

    The occurrence of people driving onto railroad tracks is probably something that will never be understood.

    • @Fullstrengh100
      @Fullstrengh100 11 месяцев назад +5

      some people I think percived the tracks too late. So they think its a street when its tracks. They shoulc have the the white line painted across tracks

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 11 месяцев назад +9

      What amazes me is that almost everyone knows that railroad tracks are always right past a gate/lights/upright arms/markings on the road/signs/etc. Yet they lose all knowledge of that and turn onto the tracks...and some keep driving with the ties beating their car to death!

    • @papiopapa356
      @papiopapa356 11 месяцев назад +6

      News reported that the 27-year-old driver was unfamiliar with the area and that his GPS told him to turn there. News noted that several people have reported the same issue with their GPSs. He's fortunate that a veteran firefighter got him out before the train arrived.

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 11 месяцев назад +1

      I would hate to be him when he tells his insurance agent what happened...

    • @donnaj9964
      @donnaj9964 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@joepeach997Too right--that car is toast.

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan 11 месяцев назад +4

    *Nice Catches*

  • @rjb5847
    @rjb5847 11 месяцев назад +1

    I find it odd that the train striking the car pushed it a long way down the track before being placed in emergency. You can clearly hear the air being "dumped" at 12:31 well after impact at 12:22.

  • @cliffordhurst2564
    @cliffordhurst2564 11 месяцев назад +1

    Nine locos heading one train! It would have been interesting to see how many cars it was hauling to require such superpower. Please bear in mind that not everybody is exclusively interested in the locomotives!

    • @rjb5847
      @rjb5847 11 месяцев назад

      On CP, we could not couple more than 8 locomotives together, at least as of when I retired in 2010. Nonetheless, a large loco consist like that almost certainly is not handling enough cars (tons) to equal the haulage capacity of the consist at the front of the train. The tensile strength of the couplers between the last loco & the first cat could not withstand that force. The equation changes with distributed power of course. Long engine consists at the front of trains are usually due to a need to balance power (i.e too any locos at one end of the road). Usually there is some limit on powered axles in a block of units, so some will be "off the line" and not actually pulling.

    • @rjb5847
      @rjb5847 11 месяцев назад

      first car, not cat %^^$%%v !! Darn typos

  • @jeffpederson4295
    @jeffpederson4295 11 месяцев назад +2

    I’m surprised that hasn’t happened in LaGrange.

    • @NHVT_Productions
      @NHVT_Productions 11 месяцев назад +1

      They hit a car a month or two ago that turned onto the track as the train came by.

  • @Blueboat21
    @Blueboat21 11 месяцев назад +2

    I had thought the crew member of 8098 would make grab bag! We chased the train and they waved to us while making a crew change

  • @joshthetrainfan
    @joshthetrainfan 11 месяцев назад +3

    9:02 My newest short is on those three engines! In September 2022, I found BUGX 1751 in Tehachapi and got a selfie on his engineer's side ladder. BUGX 6326 is one of only 6 GN SDP40s ever built, one of 20 total built, and 1553 is a rebuilt BNSF SD9-3, originally a CBQ SD9. I never saw this catch coming, but I took lots of pictures when I saw it! I love those units! I hope they all end up in museums!

  • @menslady125eif2590
    @menslady125eif2590 11 месяцев назад +1

    -_- Well. Mr. Ft. Madison driver, I trust you learned your lesson?! (although I doubt it!)

  • @coryhoover01
    @coryhoover01 11 месяцев назад +2

    There was an old CNW wagon

  • @susanwahl6322
    @susanwahl6322 11 месяцев назад +2

    I was looking at that white truck and I was thinking, I could get that off that track! But then I was in the military.

  • @railyardfilms6491
    @railyardfilms6491 11 месяцев назад +2

    Well made

  • @randydobson1863
    @randydobson1863 11 месяцев назад +2

    hello Virtual Railfan & it's is Randy and i like yours cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan Friends Randy

  • @Johnny-tt8zc
    @Johnny-tt8zc 11 месяцев назад +3

    What’s the new symbol on the CP engine? Nice to see the Jordan out at Revy.

  • @Gordanovich02
    @Gordanovich02 11 месяцев назад +10

    Still, it must be awful for the train crew because they don't find out if the car is empty until after they've hit it. For all they know it's a fatal.

  • @spinalobifida
    @spinalobifida 11 месяцев назад +53

    I don't see why people turn right and onto train tracks like that.

    • @SMichaelDeHart
      @SMichaelDeHart 11 месяцев назад +19

      Attention on other things but driving.

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 11 месяцев назад +23

      There are many reasons people do this. Inattention, intoxicated, tired, and, interestingly enough, improperly programed navigation tools.

    • @danedawes7122
      @danedawes7122 11 месяцев назад +5

      I don't know why either I thought it was a navigation they were using.

    • @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226
      @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226 11 месяцев назад +8

      Not looking out windshield and trusting gps to much

    • @spinalobifida
      @spinalobifida 11 месяцев назад +8

      There's signs that say tracks are there. Must have been staring at their navigation for a while to miss it.

  • @scootosan
    @scootosan 11 месяцев назад +3

    During the Viginia Museum NS 34 Research segment I was more intrigued by the only blue car in the parking lot. Ft. Madison the occupants of the 2WD Nissan, to avoid this example of what not to do next time, put some weight in the back, get better tires, gun it on the approach or don't drive ...ever. The Hoodie driver that placed Mom's car on the rails which resulted in it being moved to another municipality ... no worries you're still her little miracle.

  • @tomroise9426
    @tomroise9426 11 месяцев назад +5

    Another great video.
    What does insurance say to driver who was dumb enough to park a car in front of a moving train?
    Can authorities or railroad issue a citation for stupidity?

    • @roger0929
      @roger0929 11 месяцев назад

      If they could then 46% of voters would have been cited.

  • @matthewrinehart9514
    @matthewrinehart9514 11 месяцев назад +4

    All units on cp snow pushing trains should be pac man units. Provincial law! 😂

  • @squarebodycasewademckenney6190
    @squarebodycasewademckenney6190 11 месяцев назад +3

    Fort Madison crossing really needs work done, no reason for it to be that rough
    But amazing timing for the utility truck

  • @yyzedd
    @yyzedd 11 месяцев назад +3

    Another car got stuck at the same place at Fort Madison at 4:16 Central Time (16:16) today. This time a local on the tracks had to stop and the police showed up to help. But they still have not fixed the problem - the crossing is still mired in built up ice and snow and the cars and trucks continue to bounce over it.

  • @jdubbs3422
    @jdubbs3422 11 месяцев назад +10

    @11:54 How in the world do you think that's a street? BOZO!

    • @roger0929
      @roger0929 11 месяцев назад

      The GPS told him to turn right in 1000 feet.

  • @cxsarmusic_
    @cxsarmusic_ 11 месяцев назад +1

    w vid

  • @cedarvalleyrail8419
    @cedarvalleyrail8419 11 месяцев назад +2

    5:05 I mean yeah man, SD40-2's are cool but is the shot reeeeeally worth it?

  • @traindev1
    @traindev1 11 месяцев назад +7

    12:13 for the car crash. You know why I'm here

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams 11 месяцев назад +2

    13:00 He had a one in three chance of being on the wrong track, and he lost.

  • @Gigawatts-gy9ih
    @Gigawatts-gy9ih 11 месяцев назад +2

    How to clear the tracks of a car 101. (No humans were injured in the making of this video)! 🤣

  • @jaekobbokoskie
    @jaekobbokoskie 11 месяцев назад +3

    12:00 This person must have REALLY bad luck and it was the same track the train was on too 😔

  • @Jordi-Jan
    @Jordi-Jan 11 месяцев назад +2

    Sorry 'bout my ignorance: what's so special of loco 1850 on 5:23 that deserves a frame?

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 11 месяцев назад +2

      It's an L&N and has a snow-face. Not really special but that camera catches the front of Engines quite well.

    • @frederickschulkind8431
      @frederickschulkind8431 11 месяцев назад +3

      CSX is now repainting some of their locomotives as heritage units showing their predecessor railroads. The number is the year that the company was founded. The earliest is the Baltimore & Ohio 1827. The latest is probably Conrail 1976.

    • @usmale49
      @usmale49 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@frederickschulkind8431 Very interesting and informative! Thank you!!

    • @Jordi-Jan
      @Jordi-Jan 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@joepeach997 nice info, thank you

    • @Jordi-Jan
      @Jordi-Jan 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@frederickschulkind8431 good info and interesting data, thank you

  • @barbaraurban9824
    @barbaraurban9824 11 месяцев назад +2

    I checked the crossings I navigate ,looking for the blue signs. They are useless at least these. They are small ,not very obvious. How many people actually know they are there? I never knew until a few years ago when i read about them here.

  • @glengreen362
    @glengreen362 11 месяцев назад +1

    I know this question has probably been asked before, and probably answered before, but I have to ask, what could possibly motivate a person to turn onto the railroad tracks while going over a grade crossing? In all of my 72 years, I must have driven over crossings hundreds of times, but never once have I had the urge, even when driving a 4WD truck, had the desire to make such a turn.

    • @NHVT_Productions
      @NHVT_Productions 11 месяцев назад +1

      There's a pair of signals across the tracks for the lift bridge ahead. The placement of them almost makes it seem the tracks are a road. Silly, but a mistake that is easier to make in the dark if you don't know the area.

  • @jamesmckenzie3532
    @jamesmckenzie3532 11 месяцев назад +3

    I've seen the Car crash on several channels with no attribution to VRF. How do I report them? It's obviously your video.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 11 месяцев назад +1

      Even if they have our info line at the top and/or attribution, we need to know. Only those that have our permission can do that. Please contact Support@virtualrailfan.com Thank you for letting us know!

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 11 месяцев назад

      @@joepeach997 You are welcome, Joe.

  • @cathyreed6180
    @cathyreed6180 11 месяцев назад +4

    Honestly, some people just don’t need drivers licenses.

  • @TrainsAreReallyCool
    @TrainsAreReallyCool 11 месяцев назад +2

    What is that weird clicking at Fort Madison?

    • @NYCS
      @NYCS 11 месяцев назад +2

      Water dripping from melting ice. I saw one of the Moderators say he was turning down the sound. And then there were complaints about No Sound. 😊

  • @jeffpierce725
    @jeffpierce725 11 месяцев назад +2

    The car passing in front of the train at 4:55 should have stopped (if he was paying attention) But that is a crossing that should be flagged by the conductor to stop drivers such as this.

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 11 месяцев назад +2

      It is out of view to the right but there is a rail crossing and yield warning sign before the crossing just as you can see the signage for the opposing direction traffic. The crossing probably does not see enough traffic to warrant a far, far more costly set up of lights, gates, etc.

    • @roger0929
      @roger0929 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@kennethhanks6712 Looking on Google Maps, there isn't a crossbuck or yield sign on the direction this car was traveling. There is a yellow caution sign that states trains will NOT sound their horn. So no proper signage, no lights, no horn. There are good sight lines though, so drivers should be able to see them. The train probably appeared much closer to the crossing than it was in reality due to the camera zoom.

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@roger0929Thanks for the correction but there is at least some warning indication of upcoming rail crossing so-be prepared!

  • @matthewvisca2033
    @matthewvisca2033 11 месяцев назад +2

    I witnessed the Fairport incident here on VR!

  • @Dixon568
    @Dixon568 11 месяцев назад +1

    12:17 I just don’t understand why cars, trucks and other vehicles go on the tracks and make the engineers think that it’s there fault

  • @thecsxnsrailfaner6262
    @thecsxnsrailfaner6262 11 месяцев назад +3

    i remember the car i was watching the cam when it all happend

  • @gabrielesorrenti-alcolcarc2611
    @gabrielesorrenti-alcolcarc2611 11 месяцев назад +1

    Really railway is so unsafe in USA?

  • @ArianyaNJ
    @ArianyaNJ 11 месяцев назад +4

    5:48 👋

  • @richardbause2453
    @richardbause2453 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ok, start the score card for the year
    😮...
    Fairport, NY.. 1
    Ashland, VA..0
    Lagrange, KY..0

  • @mikewilliams3928
    @mikewilliams3928 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very jerky playing...is it always like this

  • @melissametivier4
    @melissametivier4 11 месяцев назад +1

    1:31 what's significant here? I don't know what the various lights mean.

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 11 месяцев назад +5

      It is hard to see here but basically those are like street traffic lights for the railroad. As the train approached the signals they showed middle position yellow/caution approach and as they passed the signal into that next traffic block the indication went to red/stop (lower position) to halt any following movements until the first train had cleared when they would then show the yellow/caution or green/completely clear.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 11 месяцев назад +3

      Also to Ken's great description, it's called a "Dropped Signal" and some are fond of seeing them in action.

    • @yyzedd
      @yyzedd 11 месяцев назад +2

      Across the bridge in Niota is a crossover to the other main track. The "yellow" over "yellow" signal means this train will cross over to the other main track at Niota. When the signal drops to "red" over "red", that tells anything coming behind the train to stop since this train occupies the block ahead.

    • @frederickschulkind8431
      @frederickschulkind8431 11 месяцев назад +1

      The yellow/yellow indication that they paused the video for seems to have different meanings on different railroads. Where I live, it means "advance approach" and there is a stop signal two blocks ahead.

    • @PatrickLipsinic
      @PatrickLipsinic 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@frederickschulkind8431 nope, that is an "Approach Diverging". An "advance approach" is a flash yellow with a single signal or flashing yellow over red.

  • @01FozzyS
    @01FozzyS 11 месяцев назад +4

    Yikes!

  • @gabestar19
    @gabestar19 11 месяцев назад +5

    That car driver on the Roanoke cam was not paying attention and almost caused a very bad situation! There needs to be train gates installed or something like that!

    • @frederickschulkind8431
      @frederickschulkind8431 11 месяцев назад

      That is an industrial spur with only a crossbuck and yield sign. It wouldn't get much traffic. You drive over it time after time, and then there is a train.

    • @roger0929
      @roger0929 11 месяцев назад

      @@frederickschulkind8431 Looking on Google Maps, there isn't a crossbuck or yield sign on the direction this car was traveling. There is a yellow caution sign that states trains will NOT sound their horn. So no proper signage, no lights, no horn. There are good sight lines though, so drivers should be able to see them. The train probably appeared much closer to the crossing than it was in reality due to the camera zoom.

  • @zachross8081
    @zachross8081 11 месяцев назад +3

    we can't don't see why people turn right and onto train tracks like that for?

  • @tincup3773
    @tincup3773 11 месяцев назад +1

    The person must have been drinking to drive onto the tracks.

    • @joepeach997
      @joepeach997 11 месяцев назад

      Many don't need any stimulus to make a bad/mindless turn onto the tracks.

  • @michiganrailfan2141
    @michiganrailfan2141 11 месяцев назад +3

    It seems to me that if I got stuck on the tracks like that I would immediately call 911 at least to tell them to let the railroad know what happened so at least my vehicle doesn't get obliterated.

    • @NHVT_Productions
      @NHVT_Productions 11 месяцев назад +1

      Or you could call the railroad yourself directly, since the signs are right there at the crossing... wouldn't make much of a difference when the train is less than 5 minutes away anyhow...

    • @michiganrailfan2141
      @michiganrailfan2141 11 месяцев назад +1

      @NHVT_Productions I mean that is true. But for someone who isn't a railfan they wouldn't necessarily know that or look for one. Plus they're probably stressed in that situation, so calling the police would probably be the best option.

    • @NHVT_Productions
      @NHVT_Productions 11 месяцев назад

      @michiganrailfan2141 except the police have no authority to stop a train, and would serve little use when one is a few minutes away... calling the number on the blue sign would still be the smartest and most useful answer, whether you're a railfan or random passerby.

    • @michiganrailfan2141
      @michiganrailfan2141 11 месяцев назад

      @@NHVT_Productions You're right they don't. But if the police department calls the railroad and says you have a vehicle stuck on that tracks at this crossing, do you really think that the railroad won't stop any train that might be getting close? cause stopping a train for 30 minutes is a lot better than having the train stopped for 3 hours or have the chance of a derailment and having the line shutdown for much longer.

    • @NHVT_Productions
      @NHVT_Productions 11 месяцев назад

      @@michiganrailfan2141 considering they'll end up calling the exact same number, it would be pointless to lose the time to stop the train having someone else dial the exact same number...

  • @pierpaolopensa310
    @pierpaolopensa310 11 месяцев назад +4

    Primo 👍

  • @danburch9989
    @danburch9989 11 месяцев назад +2

    11:14 "Well, my GPS said to make a right turn here.." GPS is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. The documentation that comes with all GPS units says to use common sense. Common sense is not packaged with any GPS unit.

  • @carolynjones6524
    @carolynjones6524 11 месяцев назад +1

    The poor engine driver