Railfans Being Stupid With Fast Amtrak Trains! Tampa Florida Trains, Amtrak & CSX Phosphate Trains
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2020
- Railfans doing stupid things with fast trains at a railroad crossing near Tampa, Florida. Also, a huge CSX phosphate train passing Yeoman Yard in Tampa, Florida that I filmed with Millenniumforce and a CSX phosphate train in Mulberry, Florida. The first 2 scenes were Amtrak trains in Plant City Florida just east of Tampa that I filmed from the observation platform. The guy who walked in front of Amtrak and then touched it as it passed had first come from the train viewing platform after walking across the diamond. I don't know for sure if he was a foamer or just someone walking by. The 2 guys standing at the crossing, way too close, were obviously railfans who didn't know what they were doing was stupid. Next we see a huge, heavy phosphate train entering the east end of Yeoman Yard in Tampa, Florida below Orient Rd. Finally, we see a phosphate train returning to the mines just east of Mulberry, Florida. That train was filmed from our motel room at Best Western, Mulberry, Florida. That is a great motel to watch trains from but the tracks there usually only get a few trains a day. At times they can be busy and it seems like there are more trains in the night passing the motel than in daylight. Filmed on various trips but the first Amtrak train was filmed on February 1, 2020. Thanks for watching! Don't forget to give a thumbs up and comment! Please Subscribe To JawTooth to help me get that 100K plaque! Watch another video of mine below to help support my channel:
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Hi Mr.Jawtooth, S!!T that scared the hell out of me, and i'm watching it 3 months later. Their morons, their damn lucky that poor engineer didn't put that train in Emergency. Ask me how i know. Like a fool in 1998 i was a young, stupid and dumb, desperate to photograph the TEXAS EAGLE 21 south of Temple Tx. back then it had 2 Pepsi can GE P32-8 locomotives, a baggage car and 8 very nice Superliner coaches. The engineer set it down from 79mph to a dead stop, the last coach was about 75 to 100 yards from me,and OMG all i can remember was the lead Conductor flung the door open, his first sentence was " are you hurt" no sir, then he laid in on me and screamed and done a rain dance around me damn near 10 minutes, felt like an hour. I was shaking and crying when he got done. Want to know what he said to me after, " son did you learn anything from this today, you scared my engineer so bad he thought he killed you, that's the last thing you don't hit and kill someone, you carry that image to your grave. Do you understand why i through such a fit anything could fly off a rock, a tiny little bolt could have killed you. I'm sorry i caused you to stop, now you are really late, no not really he said the host railroads add extra time for idiot's like me, as i have said stupidity doesn't discriminate we're all guilty of doing something stupid in our life time. I had no excuse calling them morons,but it really scared me it could have ended very bad for them. Mr.Jawtooth i am sorry i took so long, but people doing stupid things around trains, needs to be made aware.
Wow, I guess you learned a lesson! We all make mistakes when we are young and inexperienced. At least you are around to tell about it and it won't happen again. When I was young I use to like climbing towers and stupid things like that.
Amen and amen. Too close = Amtrak Hash.
I've seen people climb under a commuter train while it was standing still just to catch another train
@@carlstclair9920 I've seen that too. A couple crawled under a train so they could get on the train. The doors were only open on one side. They crawled under so they could get to the side where the doors were open. But the conductor would not let them on the train.
Glad you're okay. When I was teenager, some of the kids did stupid stuff like "play chicken with the train." When the train is coming, they would be playing on the tracks until the last second to see who was "cooler" without getting hit. No thoughts about getting killed.
Oh dear, it's a shame when you see people being foolish like this. I can (as I'm sure you can) empathise with their interest in trains, but that interest can be pursued from a safe distance and without giving train drivers the fright of their life they really don't need. Over here in the UK, hanging around in a level crossing in the way that the guys seen at the start of the video are is technically trespass, although I doubt anyone gets punished for it. Trains are great and I love em, but they're also bloody dangerous and need to be treated with wary respect!
Joshua Saxby--- how right you are!!! having worked at a plant locomotives, and rail cars i am well aware of these machines, and treat them and respect them for what they are --a piece of heavy equipment. so give them the RESPECT you would give ANY piece of heavy equipment. you wouldn't stand in front of a bulldozer, or a quarry truck-- so why do people behave so stupidly in front of, or near trains
@@williammoses6232 Why indeed! I wonder if a lot of people assume that because it's a kind of vehicle, it can stop in the same distance as a car can, which of course we all know is nonsense. It's also really not nice to put train drivers under avoidable distress by getting in the train's way. Drivers that do hit people often are scarred for life by the experience.
@@jess.hawkins i think its because its on rails so they think it cant go sideways and hit them but they dont realise that its wider than the rails and when it goes past it makes a pretty strong wind which with a normal platform is still dangerous
That’s why Railroads don’t like us. They are painfully aware of the trauma the crew suffers. They have to spend a lot of 💰for lawyers and often lose in court. The crew’s out of work after being traumatized and the idiot’s family has hot shot lawyers that go for big 💰💵. They lose big. So do we.🤬
I will never understand why people blame trains & their crew for their own stupidity nor will I ever understand why people blame trains for the death of their loved 1 when it was the loved ones own fault they got hit & killed in the 1st place. People shouldn't be able to sue train companies because their loved 1 was ignorant.
How to win a Darwin Award in two easy steps:
Step 1: find a grade crossing
Step 2: be six inches too close or two seconds too slow
Train is only 4 ft 8.5 inches wide, right?
Should be: "How to have a free Amtrak facelift" :)
amazing763 train width is like 10 feet usually
The Amtrak trains go very fast on the northeast corridor. There's no way I would want to be very close to the track, even at a station, when one of those trains goes zipping by.
Although I am a Rail Fan but there is no Freaking Way I’m going near those track even a fast approaching train. So Please Please Please for your own sake don’t be like those guys. It’s extremely dangerous.
@hawtchick69 He should have to turn in his man card.
Indeed almost won a Darwin Award
I guess when brains were passed out they thought they heard trains. "I'll take the next one."
BAHAHAHAAH!!
I hate railfans like this. They give us respectful ones a bad reputation.
So true!
That is why I go on the tower when I visit Plant City, FL every couple of years.
Yes, definitely stupid. As an Amtrak passenger several times a year, I'm extra observant at train stations and when driving through level crossings. Part of my growing interest in trains includes a healthy respect for their destructive power and speed, and heightened awareness of all the hazards near tracks.
And ya wonder why they call them foamers...
Far Out Mentally Incompetent Train Enthusiast. FOMITE!
The driver of the Amtrak: “what the hell are they doing”
I bet train engineers see people doing stupid stuff on or near the tracks a lot.
Good Afternoon Jawtooth!!
Always live action and more!
When it comes to trains, there always seems to be plenty of Darwin Award nominees 🙄🤦♂️
BAHAHAHAAH!!
Tell us more!!!!
Wow, that's a lot of railfans in the first clip. Great video as always!
I was thinking the same thing. Good to see more like-minded individuals.
Hi from Pennsylvania. About 60 years ago on a Sunday streetcar fan trip on Pittsburgh Railways, we were on single-track line used by just a few rush-hour cars on weekdays, the old line to Trafford if I recall correctly. Since we had the line to ourselves, we decided to set a up a photo run-by on the private ROW so that the car would approach on a long tangent (straight) run through an unmowed field on wheat on both sides of the track. Viewed from any angle except straight down the track, the streetcar appeared to be floating on the high wheat as if by magic. Neat shot.
I set up at the edge of the field where the tracks began a slow turn to the left. All was ready. The car, a very fast 1600-series PCC modified for interurban service, came shooting down toward me, slowed and entered the turn. I was maybe 15 years old and in my excitement, I had forgotten that the rear end of the car would poke out of the straight trajectory as it made the turn, by perhaps 8 inches or so....it’s normal, just plain old basic physics.
So in my 8mm movie one sees the streetcar float quickly through the field, go roaring past just inches from me as it entered its turn, and then suddenly the rear end swings out right into me, makes contact at perhaps 35 MPH and knocks me a glancing blow right over onto my keyster in the wheat!!! You can see me change from vertical to horizontal as I topple over. I was not hurt, and it’s really a funny film. But what a very stupid thing that I did!!
Thanks as always for your videos. Stay well. Enjoy your trip. CAS.
3:55 Nah, I wouldn't call him a fool for touching the train. Crossing the track *before* touching the train was way more foolish
He could easily have got his hand stuck in a handrail and been dragged along to his death.
@@beeble2003 Actually, not so easily. While your scenario is not impossible, it is a virtual impossibility. It's like the same fright people have against riding hanging on the back plate of a bus
This is a prime example of why I prefer to watch trains alone. Number one I don't care for those who wish to strike up a conversation and somehow convince you that they know more about trains then you know or ever will know. There are way too many of them nowadays. I also don't care to be around those who like to tempt fate by walking across the railroad bridge, parking close to the tracks, standing next to the tracks, etc. There is a train museum in the city where I live and every evening and especially on the weekends groups of people gather to park and watch trains there. It got to where when I joined them at least one person would leave me flabbergasted with how they act around a train moving 40 mph. There is also a parking garage about a mile north of that which is always practically empty on at least the top two levels. I can see the trains coming better from the parking garage and do not need an umbrella if it rains. And if anybody else discovers the spot and joins me at least they can't get too close to the train since I am always parked at least three levels above the ground.
Came across this video after seeing it in one of your descriptions. And I have to say, this was no surprise coming from Florida.😆
People need to social distance themselves from trains as well.
Thats a great shooting spot up there!
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For a few very good reasons , Railroads do understand the need to respect Railfans. Railfans do help railroads on rare occasions. esp when there can be an automobile struck on a crossing.
One cannot estimate how many problems would cause that regrettable behavior for lot of people, if by accident happens the inevitable... Thank you for sharing.
I'm yelling at my phone the whole time: "get off the rails"
Awesome to see all the different CSX lettering fonts on those beat up phosphate cars! That's ALOTTA phosphate!!! Great job man!
I could listen to those CSX SD40-3's all day long!
4:40 Yeoman is a major inbound intermodal and freight yard. Best time for action there is probably early AM. Tampa/St. Pete is much more about inbound than outbound traffic, so the bigger, more time-sensitive units arrive for unload around 5-6 AM, so that the local delivery facilities get their volume between 6-7 AM and get it out on the road by 9 AM.
The horn at 1:46 was clearly a "you idiot" honk. Florida is notorious for line-of-road pedestrian deaths.
When I was 12, I got trapped in a cutting with a fast freight coming and was lucky enough to be able to hold on to a tree. The suction from a passing train is serious business, as I learned that day. The faster the train, the worse the suction.
Stay back from fast trains if you don't want to be run through a railroad Cuisinart.
Unbelievable behaviour!!! Some people transcend stupidity into an art form! In the UK all railways have to be fenced off. However, two years ago the Flying Scotsman locomotive came past us here in Cornwall. Some stupid rail photographers climbed over the fences and stood on the track. Another train had to stop while the driver argued with people to stop trespassing on the line so that he could drive his train and they refused! There were threats that the rest of the tour would be cancelled if there was any repeat.
Level crossings also bring out the idiot in certain people. Your video has got it all from a US perspective.
As a railroader i always urge railfans to be safe, but those two dipsticks could have been badly injured or killed and don't get me started on the second one!! Jawtooth, i always appreciate you being safe, blessings to you and your family!!
@Eugene Stoner honestly we do, but nothing is really done. I mean we even have unsafe motorist reports in our distributed paperwork but those are the only one the railroad will pursue. Good comment though👍
Jawtooth that was another awesome video. I can’t believe those crazy guys getting so close to the train. Whew. Thanks for the video 👍👍👍❤️
Wow, what derps. It doesnt hurt to wait for a small amtrak train. Its only like 20 seconds or less...
Love your train videos, especially your comments here and there. "But wait! There's more!" Thank you. 😊
Many comments share wisdom keeping a SAFE distance. All manner of debris can be shot out of a train. As well, the crew has more than enough stress. Don't add to it. Much like seeing a vehicle start to crawl out in front of you at a stop sign. Or approach it as going to fly through it. RESPECT.
There are just crazy RailFans out there I guess lol
Welcome to Florida Jawtooth! Your video's are always great. ..It's a shame to see folk's get so close that way, especially to a fast-moving Amtrak. ...I ride Amtrak and it's a blast, but when I'm walking I stay far away from them as they fly by!
Another great video, JT!. I prefer coal trains to phosphate, but you get whatever comes down the track, lol. That guy who touched the train and the one who jumped the train carrying his bike, can be explained in one word. Drugs!!!! Probably been doing them most of their lives to, sadly!!
Great video! There are always going to be people that take things too far...
champion...
nice vid..
love the coffee shop down from the veiwing tower .
and you can sit next to the amtrack line.
sweet
What... the... 🤬? I work in a sandwich shop in a bar street in my town literally next to the tracks and I have seen plenty of stupidity since I work as cashier, but NOT IN THIS MAGNITUDE!!!!
I have no problem with your videos, I love every episode you have done. Keep up the good work, you're doin' a great job...
These guys are not thinking, just doing something that could hurt them. A policeman told me that I had to stand as far back as where the cars have to stop, behind that large line they put on the street. The CSX coal train was cool to watch. I don't know how many cars were on it but seemed like a lot ! Was that your wife with you on that shot ? Glad she goes with you, keeps you in line I bet.
Thanks for showing how some people are still crazy trying to touch a fast moving train. Please Be careful and stay safe from this virus :-))
Excellent movie Jaw!!!. Thank you for upload it!. There are fools and jerks everywhere in the world!!!. Greetings.
Smitty SF-3751
As usual great video's, you do pick some great spots. One thing I have to say is that you all who take the video's of the railroads are doing them a great service. Which does not cost the railroads anything and you all get very little notice. Keep up the GREAT video's, love them.
Excellent phosphate action!!
Without sounding cynical its easy to see why some engineers and train crews may get exasperrated by railfans. To us (myself included as I am one) it may (and often is) simply a hobby standing around video taping things, not feeling like we're getting in the way yet the crews always have to worry if someone will still get too close, not move back soon enough, or are unfamiliar with trackside rules and such, to an extent they probably feel like they still hold some amount of responsiblity if something happens, even in situations where the train crew is clearly not to blame, frustrating as its something railfans like these all too often seem to forget
Lucky them guy's didn't get snagged by a handrail or something! Great video Jaw tooth, thanks for sharing!
I get to fuel CSX trains on occasion. They usually get a 1000 or so. Enough to make to a yard. Kinda like getting a 1/4 of a tank in your car. It's done on a siding. The engines pull up and I'm waiting for the clear signal to safely approach and begin. At the end, I pull the line(s) secure the caps, back away and give the clear sign to the engineer. It never gets old.
Thanks for the info! that is interesting. It would be interesting to film that in action
The two at the beginning of the video seemed to know how far away to stand while still getting a good video on their phones. The guy who tried to touch the train, not so much! I really hope he pulls that stunt in front of a law enforcement officer, he won't be doing that again anytime soon if he does! :D
There’s a rumor going round in the switching yard that JT is interested in B. A. S. E. jumping. Can’t wait to see the videos.
BASE jumping? I don't know about that. I have done rappelled on cliffs and flown in helicopters with the doors open and going sideways but no base jumping. lol
This is what gives railfanners and bad name and crew a heart attack. I was lucky on my 34 years as a trainman and conductor we didn't hit one of them
Foamers!!! Btw you should check out carbondale, IL. They have an old station as well as an IC locomotive #8701. Love your content and I’m looking forward to seeing more ;)
Will’s Trains And Planes Thank you! I will look Carbondale up
*Train horn blows*
Stupid train fans: It’s free real estate
I'd book that very room with that view every time.
Nice Action! The Preterit car on the end of the Amtrak is a plus!
Video: the idiots are gone
Me: is about to click off
Jaw Tooth: But *WAIT*, There's *MORE!*
Me: 😐😑😐
that guy running in front of an oncoming train is a nut ! I should have been an undertaker if there are a lot more people like him around.
You derserved to be a railfanning!
No matter what you are the amazing youtuber! 🎉
Thanks! 😃
I am a railfan myself I seen two people walk out in front of the train and go over the sidewalk like it isn't even there
Why am i never surprised when i see this stuff in Florida anymore?
Hi Jawtooth! That was crazy with the guy getting too close to touch that Amtrak train, he wouldn’t been so lucky if that would of been say like a piece of metal banding or strapping that may be broken and dragging off to side say like on flat cars carrying piping or lumber and that banding be flopping or dragging on the rail bed ballast rocks or otherwise he be seriously injured.
nice Intercity train Brian.thanks,greetz:Peer.
Problem is, these idiots only gotta get it wrong ONCE...and it's game over...
Hello Jaw Tooth. I visited there the day after the "touching" incident! (2/12/20)! Ate at the Whistle Stop down the street, then went out to Parksedale Farm Market for a giant strawberry shortcake. Hope you got a chance to enjoy those while you were there!
Awesome! I will be there next month, can't wait
Awesome video! Good thing no one got hurt. Would you make a trip out to Cumberland, Maryland to see the C&O Mallet 1309 locomotive at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, when they get it up and running?
Another great video.
I appreciate that
great video
I must comment you doing outstanding job keep up the good work unfortunately I'm not going to be able to watch much longer cuz I'm about to lose my phone you can keep up the good work
Awesome video!
Glad you enjoyed it
It’s hard to believe people can’t seem to realize how big and dangerous trains can be if you get to close
Awesome video.
Plant City is great railfanning site! Near the Bone Yard area! Mulberry yard was closed, so only a few trains pass threw the Bone Yard 🙂🙂now!
I worked as a subcontractor for a certain rail maintenance company in the UK. Our job was to repair and/or clean up the mess, not very nice to see the mess a train can make or if some idiot touches a live rail line..
Awesome as always Jawtooth, even better tht u caught the same fool touching The Amtrak train hopefully he was locked up for doing tht
that private car was a nice touch!!!
Either coming from or returning to Englewood Yard, for several miles the line ran through the 5th ward. The game of chicken was often played with 'pedestrians' and engines. Then there was the time a conductor reported to Tower 26 that some denizen had shot at his caboose. Ah, those good times....
Great video, my friend
Always amazed how close the barriers come down to when the train passes the crossing.. literally a few seconds. Its normally a 30 seconds to a minute at least here in the UK.
Never underestimate the impatience of Americans
On the first one, the bells started going off 15 seconds before the train got there.
The gates were down at least five seconds before the train got there.
The railfan was even with the gate. If he crossed the street, he would have been behind the gate. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Same with the second one.
Maybe you guys over there are just a little slow mentally, and need the extra time to figure out what was happening.
Literally a few seconds, sharpless??? Maybe you need to be able to count to at least four before you start commenting here. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Nice Phosphate train getting pulled by 2 SD40's.
Yes it was
My goodness I can't stand dumb people around trains. Makes me so anxious.
He wasn't touching the train...He was petting the train. 'Good Train'... 'Nice Train.' When he puts down saucer of milk, then you should be concerned.
Yes , one day he will feed the train ! A live MORON !
And this is why there are warning labels on cups of coffee!
Wow 😮 That’s scary. Is getting a good look at that train really worth putting your life at risk?
I live in Hamilton and I love your videos I just want to know what city you live in because I'm interested, I don't want to know your address or anything I just want to know how close you live to me, keep up the awesome videos!
he lives in heaven because he is GOD
@@TheNorthwestWind Puff daddy.
Nice video man
Several years ago, two neighborhood teens were walking on the tracks when they were struck by a fast Amtrak train. Needless to say but they sadly didn't survive.
Sad. I wonder if they didn't hear the train, or just weren't paying attention?
I've been to that park on the Riverwalk, it's a great spot but yes people are stupid anymore.
Those railfains look like the same ones I've seen on Virtual Railfan on the Plant City cams. Same crossing and positioning.
I hope some day the Plant City PD gets a chance to watch the VRF cams and get enough evidence to confront those guys if they persist.
Sure were a LOT of railfans there!
🌴 They must be from Michigan 😎 VIP car = Cool 👍
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Very tense video
Very!
That guy that touched is so stupid that he wanted to loose his arm
He was like "Yeah! Cool! I touched the train!" And just kept walking. Douche!
Dude love the video (as usual) and that crucifix necklace is awesome. Things that make life good, 1. Love God, 2. Love trains and 3. Love a good Christian woman.
Good vid J T ...
The first time I ever was on a Amtrak the engineer put the brakes on too soon and we stopped before the engine was even in the station this was at a Amtrak, Dart station in Dallas Texas. Then on the trip back a different engineer did literally the same thing in Mineola.
On the first one, the bells started going off 15 seconds before the train got there.
The gates were down at least five seconds before the train got there.
The railfan was even with the gate. If he crossed the street, he would have been behind the gate. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally run along a railroad track to transport passengers or cargo. The word "train" comes from the Old French trahiner, derived from the Latin trahere meaning "to pull" or "to draw"
Thanks for the information!
@@JawTooth Np
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Koollove nice beautiful love the train horn
Nice zoom video