A bicyclist in Oconnowoc, Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 20th was not so lucky. He got hit at full speed, 79 mph, by Amtrak 1333 going from Chicago to Minneapolis. The crew had to be relieved and the whole incident delayed the passengers by over three hours. The train was captured on a webcam a block down from impact; but was taken down because of sensitive radio communications that were recorded as the bicyclist was hit. I’m sure the crew will be forever impacted by what they saw.
the motorman/engineers on these can get PTSD from a fatal incident. They will forever feel like they should have stopped the train, Even when they know full well that physics had the wheel that day.
@Coaster_F59PHI The Amtrak Hiawatha has a maximum speed of 79 miles per hour (127 kilometers per hour). The Hiawatha is Amtrak's busiest line in the Midwest and its sixth-busiest route overall. It runs between Chicago and Milwaukee, with stops at Glenview, Sturtevant, Milwaukee Airport Rail Station, and Milwaukee Intermodal Station. A typical one-way trip between the two cities takes about 90 minutes. Amtrak wants to increase the limit to 90 mph. If you go on the Amtrak tracker you see actual speed the trains are running. The 79 number is what the crew reported at impact with the bicyclist.
People do not have the Patience anymore here in *#2024**"* 😮 *"**#Jaw_Tooth**"* a *"Rail Fan"* and video train producer catches cars rushing to beat the trains all the time, and a few trucks bending the lowering crossing gates even 😮
@@icosthop9998 _“People do not have the Patience anymore…”_ People never did. It's in part because trains have become _stupidly_ long in Canada and the U.S.-nobody want's to be stuck at a level crossing watching a 2½-mile long train pass for several minutes. At a respectable 30 mph (~50 km/h) clip, a 2½-mile (~4'000 m) long train takes 5-minutes to clear a level crossing, if it isn't forced to slow for curves¹ or transition through switches (points). (At 25 mph (40 km/h), that 2½-mile long train will take 6-minutes to clear a level crossing.) Here in Canada, max train lengths are between 3.7 km (2.3 miles or 12'140 ft) and 4.2 km (2.6 miles or 13'780 ft)-the latter max length is allowed for double-stacked intermodal. I would imagine max train lengths are similar in the U.S. In Europe, goods (freight) trains are limited to 750 m (~½-mile or 2'460 ft) in length and will clear a level crossing in 1½-minutes at 50 km/h (30 mph). At 120 km/h (~75 mph)-max track speed for freight in Europe-they'll clear a level crossing in just under 23 seconds (less time than it takes for an intersection traffic light to make a full cycle). -- ¹ The max speed (mph) around curves is determined by the formula: Vₘₐₓ = √((Ea + 3)/0.0007·d) where _Ea_ is the level elevation of the outer rail above the inner rail (a.k.a. _‘superelevation’)_ in inches and _d_ is the _degree of curvature²_ of the curve. ² _Degree of curvature_ pertains to the change in tangential direction, a train makes as it moves through a curve per 100 ft (30.48 m) cord length travelled. i.e.: a 3° curve with no superelevation limits track speed to 38 mph (~61 km/h); with a superelevation of 1" that max speed can increase to 44 mph (~71 km/h); a superelevation of 6" (max allowed superelevation) permits a track speed of 66 mph (~106 km/h). A 6° curve would limit track speed to a max 27 mph (0" superelevation), 31 mph (1" superelevation) or 46 mph (6" superelevation) respectively.
Seriously, *DON'T DO THIS!* It wasn't just the bicyclist that got a hell of a scare, it was the crew. Imagine you're driving that train and see someone fall almost right in front of it. All they could do is hope like hell he got out of the way in time, throw on the ebrakes and call in. They even checked to make sure he was okay, despite the fact the entire thing was purely his fault. Absolute kudos to that crew. They really went above and beyond here. There's going to be a bunch of regrinding that probably needs doing to those wheels (and maybe the track) but at least the dude got away with his life. And hopefully learned their lesson! Seriously, do not screw around with trains. They *always* win.
Sadly, some people who have a near miss like that just block it out of their minds with a mental "Oh, well". They just don't realize how certain their death would be.
Sounds like the dispatcher was busy with the yardmaster and didn't notice at first. Bit of task-focus tunnel vision maybe, or they were expecting another dispatcher to answer the call.
How the hell was this guy so casual?? He walked away. Not even the slightest bit of urgency in his step. Must be something in the water... like alcohol.
(Regarding the slip-up itself, not the decision to be dumb when a train is crossing…) I’ve been in a act-fast situation similar to this and when you (well, some people) know you are absolutely screwed you tend to slow down and keep ultra calm just to stay aware of the situation in order to handle it. After a fall like that, you have this subconscious belief that if you panic, you’ll just slip up again somehow. TLDR: Fight/flight/freeze response is going out the wazoo. You almost FEEL drunk with the panic while you try to stay calm.
That was very stupid, immature of him to try to put those train conductor and Crew in danger, it seems that his bicycle was more important than his life trying to hold onto it.
I used to live in CA near the desert, and trust me I see bnsf and up trains flying about 70 mph and if someone tried to do this they wouldn’t even survive
& what's more stupid than racing a train to a crossing is racing a train to a crossing that has double tracks. That idiot bicyclist made the train late to its' destinations.
@@berkshiredave9766well, a 214 ton hunk of iron moving moving towards you and the thought of knowing that you're instantly dead when it hits you is pretty terrifying but I don't know what exactly you went through your whole life so maybe this is recess to you
By the rules that event would have required much better radio transmissions. Either before or after hitting the 9-1-1 tones the crew should have broadcast something like the following, "EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY Train xxxx moving East on Track 2 at Story St in emergency due to crossing incident. Dispatcher xyz do you copy?" Pretty much this is required by every US and Canadian rulebook, especially in double track territory because of the possibility of a derailment affecting the adjacent tracks and also getting the airwaves clear for coms related to the incident. The 9-1-1 tones are supposed to open the receiver on every dispatch panel in the office and any available dispatcher can respond if the designated dispatcher is unavailable. It is a very unnerving situation for the crew. I have been there several times. You can forget what to do in the moment, but that is what is required.
@@paynectygardener2033 Probably. Lawyers like to try to take this to court, but they will lose. The person on the bike was clearly at fault for his own stupidity.
Fun fact: at certain points in the video, you can hear what sounds like a low pitched steam whistle. That is in fact BSVY 8419 moving around the Scenic Valley yard just a few blocks away.
As a family member of a train family, I say that the train engineer could not stop that train any faster, for the speed that it was going. It was amazing , it stopped that fast . It is true that when the train hits a person, the crew, especially the engineer is trumatized for days.. But there is nothing that can be done. If someone is dumb enough to push their luck and do stupid things like this , well, it is not the engineers fault .
The accident occurred on railroad property, they have to make sure all is known and all is well even if it was not the railroads fault, good going you guys, follow the rules.
Holy crap why do people become such boneheads around trains???? I know people are pretty much brainless anyway these days but they become worse than brainless around trains! What, your life isn't worth waiting a few minutes?
I have no clue, When I look at the kill count of Brightline in Florida I am just amazed. They have fully gated and signaled crossings, So its not even like people do not know the train is coming. And a train is the easiest vehicle to not get hit by.
@@filanfyretracker This is why I'm a stickler about railroad safety. Almost every single railroad accident is completely preventable. Just staying off the tracks increases your life expectancy 99.999999%.
@@jovetj I am wondering if RR safety is not a thing everywhere in school, When I was a kid in elementary school I remember someone coming in from I think it was MTA Metro-North RR to talk about things like not playing on the tracks. Now this was the mid-late 80s but maybe not every area had or has outreach programs like that.
See lots of these videos talking about close calls and such, when they really aren't that close. This one however is insane. I wonder if the local cops showed up for this one? On the other hand, the UP will probably get sued for mental anguish or something stupid...
That bicyclist should have bought a lottery ticket that day....That has to be one of his LUCKIEST days in his entire LIFE...which I am sure flashed before his eyes !!!!!
by my timer, just shy of 45 seconds from E-Brake application to coming to a stop. This is why you don't run a level crossings! Insane amount of momentum these machines carry!
Just the brake pad wear in every car, engine components wear and the diesel to get it going again in addition to the time lost for the freight train and the line block it might have created. Minimum $10k loss just because one person wanted to save 2 mins.
15:00 Unless the dispatcher is looking at the onboard event recorder camera on the locomotive of what happened, I'm assuming they were also watching a rewind of the livestream of what happened. That's kinda humorous that they would also do that, but very helpful, haha
This was hard to watch. For a few moments; It was like being there--My whole body tensed. That fool came within a few seconds of losing his life. I recently braked too hard; went over my bicycle handlebars, and hit the deck. It takes several (long)moments to recover, shake it off, and pull oneself off the ground. This cyclist had the added shock of a train bearing down on him. This video could have had a tragic ending. I hope that guy learned a serious lesson.
could i also send a bill to every person who crosses the street in front of me causing me to step on the brakes? lol it's a massive greedy corporation, i think they can afford it, after all those crew cutbacks and doubling up of trains to 'save money' and all...
@@woodalexander cars have the row on major roads in majority of states, but not at legit crosswalks etc - google is your friend, use it sometime ;) lol charging folks bc they have to put their brakes on for safety 😅
I seriously think society needs to from this big time "ITS NOT WORTH YOUR LIFE TO BEAT THE TRAIN AT ALL LET THE TRAIN PASS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! My god I'm at lost of words....
@@KevinRichards-my5oj train was probably late anyways. atp the engineer does NOT care about how late the train is, all they're responsible for is getting it where it's going.
If you want to play with trains then create yourself a model railroad. DO NOT play with the real thing, they can kill ya. Not to mention inconvenience a "bunch" of other people at the same time. All to try and cross the tracks ahead of the train. (shaking the head) 18th vehicle stopped on the crossing. --- My Timeline; additional to as noted. 0:02 crossing equipment activated 0:15 gates down 0:16 oh, no, not a cyclist attempting to beat the train? !!!! 0:36 Train is visible to the camera clear of a utility pole at right of screen; and cyclist still coming 0:44 cyclist crashed (loses a hat?) 0:45 train horn 0:48 emergency application audible 0:52 cyclist and bike clear of train (inside the second) (37s from gates down to on the crossing) 1:22 brakes start to apply (34s and 7 vehicles after application across the crash location) 1:53 train stopped; 1 minute and 5 seconds to stop (3 locomotives + 15:16 train starts to move 18:00 train clears crash location (2m44s for rest of train to clear) 18:15 gates up (started rising at 18:09) & traffic moving 18 minute delay to everyone else for a FAILED attempt to beat the train. Something tells me that he has done that before without issue. If he had waited, a wait of less than (37s + 2m44s =) 3m21s of train movement to clear the crossing. Probably less than a minute without slowing down or speeding up.
Not anymore. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled recently that because the engineer and conductor had a two second conversation, they could’ve began braking at that point, but didn’t, therefore, they ruled that the family can sue the railroad. MARION v GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
Yeah those Z trains haul the mail. That's because most of them are priority trains so they really move seems to me that people just do not have any common sense anymore I mean they just can't wait a few extra minutes for the train to pass and live they would rather take a chance on beating a train. All a bunch of idiots.
Looks like a pretty typical homeless person. These people do not care about death and just blithely walk into the street in front of speeding cars. The casual way this bum dragged his bike back tells you what you need to know.
Also, BNSF runs Z-trains, not UP. This is a high priority, but not the hottest on the road, as it has reefer traffic, but no UPS/FedEx/LTL traffic which is the hottest and under contract for delivery by a certain time.
@@MidIowaRails Interesting. I've never heard of them referred to that way. Regardless, that's a medium-hot train not an extra spicy-hot train like a Z train, as there's no UPS/FedEx/LTL traffic on it.
@@MidIowaRails If that actually is called a Z train on UP, then they're using it differently than BNSF where the Z trains are the hottest thing other than (maybe) Amtrak on the road.
@@woodalexander Z trains on UP are also the highest priority, just like on BNSF. Just because there's little-to-no TOFC, doesn't mean it's not hot traffic.
NO! He didn’t earn it. The Darwin Award is presented to those people who improve the gene pool by removing themselves from it. He didn’t die, nor did he appear to lose his ability to reproduce. He doesn’t qualify.
Once the train is put into emergency it takes a lot of time to release the brakes again especially on long freight trains. That is because there is s something like a hose (or brake line I don't know the correct word in English) that needs to be filled up with air again and that takes time depending on the length of the train
I don’t blame the engineer for putting the train into emergency, unfortunately when this happens and there is no collisions that happen, it can cause a crew to get in trouble. As stupid as that is, managers don’t care and neither does the corporate side. There’s an unwritten rule I’ve heard of which is “don’t shoot it until you hear the crunch” thankfully that guy got out of the way though because the emotional and mental effects of something like this actually taking a life is something no one can understand unless they go through it themselves.
Very true. "Don't dump until the bump" is a pretty general idea in the locomotive engineer business. One of the reasons is that from the height of the cab you will lose sight of the object just a bit before the train gets to it and some people (like this guy) manage to get out of the way with a split second to spare.
Lesson for the day Folks: NEVER RUN THROUGH CROSSING GATES BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION, Well either way, Still shouldn’t do it.
First off, I'd never go passed activated gates, but if I did the second I felt myself crashing I'd be diving off the bike or rushing to get up and away as fast as possible, not just casually do it like the train is going to stop.
You know what they say better lose a few minutes of your life than losing your life in a few minutes.
very true
you mama
@@CentralCaliRailTrash boo
Exactly
Reported on form 1D-10T.
Crazy how fast the train actually came to a stop, considering the weight of it.
Yeah....I noticed that...about 44 seconds!
About 1/4 mile
Z Trains are Fast and Not Super heavy. A lot of Express Cargo vs (Liquids or Bulk)
3 locomotives and 15 cars later….
That is Awesome
A bicyclist in Oconnowoc, Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 20th was not so lucky. He got hit at full speed, 79 mph, by Amtrak 1333 going from Chicago to Minneapolis. The crew had to be relieved and the whole incident delayed the passengers by over three hours. The train was captured on a webcam a block down from impact; but was taken down because of sensitive radio communications that were recorded as the bicyclist was hit. I’m sure the crew will be forever impacted by what they saw.
the motorman/engineers on these can get PTSD from a fatal incident. They will forever feel like they should have stopped the train, Even when they know full well that physics had the wheel that day.
@Coaster_F59PHI The Amtrak Hiawatha has a maximum speed of 79 miles per hour (127 kilometers per hour). The Hiawatha is Amtrak's busiest line in the Midwest and its sixth-busiest route overall. It runs between Chicago and Milwaukee, with stops at Glenview, Sturtevant, Milwaukee Airport Rail Station, and Milwaukee Intermodal Station. A typical one-way trip between the two cities takes about 90 minutes. Amtrak wants to increase the limit to 90 mph. If you go on the Amtrak tracker you see actual speed the trains are running. The 79 number is what the crew reported at impact with the bicyclist.
@Coaster_F59PHI Nope, if Its rated high enough, trains can go up to 200. But the qualifications for that are super high.
People do not have the Patience anymore here in *#2024**"* 😮
*"**#Jaw_Tooth**"* a *"Rail Fan"* and video train producer catches cars rushing to beat the trains all the time, and a few trucks bending the lowering crossing gates even 😮
@@icosthop9998 _“People do not have the Patience anymore…”_
People never did.
It's in part because trains have become _stupidly_ long in Canada and the U.S.-nobody want's to be stuck at a level crossing watching a 2½-mile long train pass for several minutes. At a respectable 30 mph (~50 km/h) clip, a 2½-mile (~4'000 m) long train takes 5-minutes to clear a level crossing, if it isn't forced to slow for curves¹ or transition through switches (points). (At 25 mph (40 km/h), that 2½-mile long train will take 6-minutes to clear a level crossing.)
Here in Canada, max train lengths are between 3.7 km (2.3 miles or 12'140 ft) and 4.2 km (2.6 miles or 13'780 ft)-the latter max length is allowed for double-stacked intermodal. I would imagine max train lengths are similar in the U.S.
In Europe, goods (freight) trains are limited to 750 m (~½-mile or 2'460 ft) in length and will clear a level crossing in 1½-minutes at 50 km/h (30 mph). At 120 km/h (~75 mph)-max track speed for freight in Europe-they'll clear a level crossing in just under 23 seconds (less time than it takes for an intersection traffic light to make a full cycle).
--
¹ The max speed (mph) around curves is determined by the formula:
Vₘₐₓ = √((Ea + 3)/0.0007·d)
where _Ea_ is the level elevation of the outer rail above the inner rail (a.k.a. _‘superelevation’)_ in inches and _d_ is the _degree of curvature²_ of the curve.
² _Degree of curvature_ pertains to the change in tangential direction, a train makes as it moves through a curve per 100 ft (30.48 m) cord length travelled.
i.e.: a 3° curve with no superelevation limits track speed to 38 mph (~61 km/h); with a superelevation of 1" that max speed can increase to 44 mph (~71 km/h); a superelevation of 6" (max allowed superelevation) permits a track speed of 66 mph (~106 km/h). A 6° curve would limit track speed to a max 27 mph (0" superelevation), 31 mph (1" superelevation) or 46 mph (6" superelevation) respectively.
Seriously, *DON'T DO THIS!* It wasn't just the bicyclist that got a hell of a scare, it was the crew. Imagine you're driving that train and see someone fall almost right in front of it. All they could do is hope like hell he got out of the way in time, throw on the ebrakes and call in. They even checked to make sure he was okay, despite the fact the entire thing was purely his fault. Absolute kudos to that crew. They really went above and beyond here. There's going to be a bunch of regrinding that probably needs doing to those wheels (and maybe the track) but at least the dude got away with his life. And hopefully learned their lesson!
Seriously, do not screw around with trains. They *always* win.
Sadly, some people who have a near miss like that just block it out of their minds with a mental "Oh, well". They just don't realize how certain their death would be.
Expensive Fail.....time is money . Kudos to the conductor for saying he was going to talk to the guy and make sure he was alright 😊
I think the crew has to check, or get someone to check, lest moving the train makes a bad situation even worse. Not likely, but not impossible either.
Very true.
Gets up just to pull his bike off the tracks, Makes Sense
that brain dead generation, they get a driver's license at 26 too.
can’t believe it took 3 911 tone before they finally answered
Sounds like the dispatcher was busy with the yardmaster and didn't notice at first. Bit of task-focus tunnel vision maybe, or they were expecting another dispatcher to answer the call.
welcome to the railroad. a bunch of brain dead morons run the dispatching system
lol tried to beat the train and ironically it's now stopped and blocking him longer - that must of been hell for the crew for a minute
How the hell was this guy so casual?? He walked away. Not even the slightest bit of urgency in his step. Must be something in the water... like alcohol.
No. Just braindead
Probably high
Average day in the inner city
People running late to work take all kinds of chances to avoid discipline. Bikes are often thought of as leisure toy, but not everybody has car money.
(Regarding the slip-up itself, not the decision to be dumb when a train is crossing…)
I’ve been in a act-fast situation similar to this and when you (well, some people) know you are absolutely screwed you tend to slow down and keep ultra calm just to stay aware of the situation in order to handle it. After a fall like that, you have this subconscious belief that if you panic, you’ll just slip up again somehow.
TLDR: Fight/flight/freeze response is going out the wazoo. You almost FEEL drunk with the panic while you try to stay calm.
That was very stupid, immature of him to try to put those train conductor and Crew in danger, it seems that his bicycle was more important than his life trying to hold onto it.
I used to live in CA near the desert, and trust me I see bnsf and up trains flying about 70 mph and if someone tried to do this they wouldn’t even survive
That is terrifying and the fact he was seconds from being hit as well😢
& what's more stupid than racing a train to a crossing is racing a train to a crossing that has double tracks. That idiot bicyclist made the train late to its' destinations.
Terrifying?
It was ONE second!
@@berkshiredave9766well, a 214 ton hunk of iron moving moving towards you and the thought of knowing that you're instantly dead when it hits you is pretty terrifying but I don't know what exactly you went through your whole life so maybe this is recess to you
Dispatcher not responding to tones very quickly.
By the rules that event would have required much better radio transmissions. Either before or after hitting the 9-1-1 tones the crew should have broadcast something like the following, "EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY Train xxxx moving East on Track 2 at Story St in emergency due to crossing incident. Dispatcher xyz do you copy?" Pretty much this is required by every US and Canadian rulebook, especially in double track territory because of the possibility of a derailment affecting the adjacent tracks and also getting the airwaves clear for coms related to the incident. The 9-1-1 tones are supposed to open the receiver on every dispatch panel in the office and any available dispatcher can respond if the designated dispatcher is unavailable.
It is a very unnerving situation for the crew. I have been there several times. You can forget what to do in the moment, but that is what is required.
Gate runners should be prosecuted as trespassers, and leaving the scene after causing an emergency application should be prosecuted as a hit-and-run.
No ticket or fine or parental scolding needed. Today, by 3 seconds, that kid learned an unforgettable lesson.
Well, maybe ????
An army of attorneys likely filed tort actions against railroad and it crew for causing biker to get off rails and turn back.
@@paynectygardener2033 Probably. Lawyers like to try to take this to court, but they will lose. The person on the bike was clearly at fault for his own stupidity.
Or did he?
@@chriscusick6890 highly doubt it. he thought he could beat the train in GTA V!!!
Fun fact: at certain points in the video, you can hear what sounds like a low pitched steam whistle. That is in fact BSVY 8419 moving around the Scenic Valley yard just a few blocks away.
As a family member of a train family, I say that the train engineer could not stop that train any faster, for the speed that it was going. It was amazing , it stopped that fast . It is true that when the train hits a person, the crew, especially the engineer is trumatized for days.. But there is nothing that can be done. If someone is dumb enough to push their luck and do stupid things like this , well, it is not the engineers fault .
It's so tough. That's actually my Dad driving that train. He was pretty shook.
@@ThomasYTP I bet he was, He is probably still a little shook up. It will take a awhile.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
The accident occurred on railroad property, they have to make sure all is known and all is well even if it was not the railroads fault, good going you guys, follow the rules.
Unbelievable how long this train is!
It replaces LOTS of trucks! 😮
That emergency stop might have derailed a general freight, luckily intermodal trains are tight.
If he had gotten run over by that train he would have learned his lesson. He would never try that again.
You can also say, that he went to pieces over it too.
And the rest of the world would never have to deal with that Moron again!
Damn he stopped pretty quickly. Good brake check
Holy crap why do people become such boneheads around trains???? I know people are pretty much brainless anyway these days but they become worse than brainless around trains!
What, your life isn't worth waiting a few minutes?
I have no clue, When I look at the kill count of Brightline in Florida I am just amazed. They have fully gated and signaled crossings, So its not even like people do not know the train is coming. And a train is the easiest vehicle to not get hit by.
@@filanfyretracker This is why I'm a stickler about railroad safety. Almost every single railroad accident is completely preventable. Just staying off the tracks increases your life expectancy 99.999999%.
@@jovetj I am wondering if RR safety is not a thing everywhere in school, When I was a kid in elementary school I remember someone coming in from I think it was MTA Metro-North RR to talk about things like not playing on the tracks. Now this was the mid-late 80s but maybe not every area had or has outreach programs like that.
The biker added a huge amount of time to his arrival at whatever place he was aiming at.
See lots of these videos talking about close calls and such, when they really aren't that close. This one however is insane. I wonder if the local cops showed up for this one? On the other hand, the UP will probably get sued for mental anguish or something stupid...
The train crew should sue that guy for mental anguish. That engineer likely needs therapy and new underpants after this.
Why would Union Pacific get sued, it ain't their fault
Cops showed up 20 min later video time.
They survived to do it again...
2:00 sounds like the big boy buts its not😂
oh wtf it does
WEIRD I DIDNT NOTICE THAT
what even is that
@@sfm_ferguson5033 WEIRD YOU DIDN'T
That bicyclist should have bought a lottery ticket that day....That has to be one of his LUCKIEST days in his entire LIFE...which I am sure flashed before his eyes !!!!!
by my timer, just shy of 45 seconds from E-Brake application to coming to a stop. This is why you don't run a level crossings! Insane amount of momentum these machines carry!
At 18:16 you see someone walk from the right (probably the guy from 4:03) and pick up whatever was dropped. SMH
After a stop like that, you'd almost expect to see a mountain of track piled up in front of the train.
Just the brake pad wear in every car, engine components wear and the diesel to get it going again in addition to the time lost for the freight train and the line block it might have created.
Minimum $10k loss just because one person wanted to save 2 mins.
Unbelievable, Why would you Risk it..
Thanks for Posting...
Didn't know Darwin rode a bicycle.
Man that was crazy
15:00 Unless the dispatcher is looking at the onboard event recorder camera on the locomotive of what happened, I'm assuming they were also watching a rewind of the livestream of what happened. That's kinda humorous that they would also do that, but very helpful, haha
This was hard to watch. For a few moments; It was like being there--My whole body tensed. That fool came within a few seconds of losing his life. I recently braked too hard; went over my bicycle handlebars, and hit the deck. It takes several (long)moments to recover, shake it off, and pull oneself off the ground. This cyclist had the added shock of a train bearing down on him. This video could have had a tragic ending. I hope that guy learned a serious lesson.
Interesting you can hear the train operator dial 911 over the radio three times
German here.
15:42 I see "Bier", so I like the Video. Prost, all🍻
4:03 who is the nub who jumped the train
Maybe it was the bicyclist without his bike.
Looks like he ran across the other track without looking.
It was a fine scholar of the Society of Magicless Den dues.
That guy should be arrested and sent the bill for the time and fuel wasted on that.
could i also send a bill to every person who crosses the street in front of me causing me to step on the brakes? lol it's a massive greedy corporation, i think they can afford it, after all those crew cutbacks and doubling up of trains to 'save money' and all...
@@PC-bd3uh Different than with a train where the train clearly had ROW.
@@woodalexander ...and cars clearly have ROW on major roads
@@PC-bd3uh Except that they don't. People do.
@@woodalexander cars have the row on major roads in majority of states, but not at legit crosswalks etc - google is your friend, use it sometime ;)
lol charging folks bc they have to put their brakes on for safety 😅
If the train had a DPU,the brakes are applied from the head end,the DPU AND the EOTD.
Drastically reducing brake application time.
I seriously think society needs to from this big time "ITS NOT WORTH YOUR LIFE TO BEAT THE TRAIN AT ALL LET THE TRAIN PASS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! My god I'm at lost of words....
I think the guy's front wheel collapsed, crazy, scary.
Whooo, dude. I almost lost my smokes and my Dew.
👀
You can see some dude from the other side go and pick them up once the train passes lol
a wonderful demonstration of the intelligence of cyclists
We almost got to see the natural selection process in action.
@4:04 someone jumps in between the cars as well. Also, what steam engine did I hear a few times in the back ground?
it's the Boone and Scenic Vally RR steam engine #8419
Ik that engineer was about to have a heart attack
& his train is going to be late to its' destinations too because some idiot on a bicycle went around the crossing gate to try to beat it.
P@@KevinRichards-my5oj
@@KevinRichards-my5oj train was probably late anyways. atp the engineer does NOT care about how late the train is, all they're responsible for is getting it where it's going.
What that app on the bottom left at the bottom left? 14:54
that is the heritage units app, I had to screen record on my phone to get the radio traffic and that notification came up lol
Dude just used up a lifetime of luck right there!
I feel bad for that crew
In loving memory of when everyone involved had clean underwear…
He wore brown pants home …
If you want to play with trains then create yourself a model railroad. DO NOT play with the real thing, they can kill ya.
Not to mention inconvenience a "bunch" of other people at the same time. All to try and cross the tracks ahead of the train. (shaking the head)
18th vehicle stopped on the crossing.
--- My Timeline; additional to as noted.
0:02 crossing equipment activated
0:15 gates down
0:16 oh, no, not a cyclist attempting to beat the train? !!!!
0:36 Train is visible to the camera clear of a utility pole at right of screen; and cyclist still coming
0:44 cyclist crashed (loses a hat?)
0:45 train horn
0:48 emergency application audible
0:52 cyclist and bike clear of train (inside the second) (37s from gates down to on the crossing)
1:22 brakes start to apply (34s and 7 vehicles after application across the crash location)
1:53 train stopped; 1 minute and 5 seconds to stop (3 locomotives +
15:16 train starts to move
18:00 train clears crash location (2m44s for rest of train to clear)
18:15 gates up (started rising at 18:09) & traffic moving
18 minute delay to everyone else for a FAILED attempt to beat the train. Something tells me that he has done that before without issue. If he had waited, a wait of less than (37s + 2m44s =) 3m21s of train movement to clear the crossing. Probably less than a minute without slowing down or speeding up.
I think the biker is okay
Should have put the Mt Dew and/or smokes on the rail before the train pulled out. Great visual if the guy comes back for them.
Do you know how many times I just wanted to see that it in life was worth the wait.
He escaped the shallow end of the gene pool
Ew check out the rat scurrying away from the noise at 0:53 on the left side of the screen next to the building
The bicycle guy was not familiar with crossing to make that big of a bungle.
Never plug it unless you hear the thump.
Not anymore. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled recently that because the engineer and conductor had a two second conversation, they could’ve began braking at that point, but didn’t, therefore, they ruled that the family can sue the railroad.
MARION v GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
Very lucky. That Z could have been going much faster.
If it had he wouldn't of tried to cross the tracks because the train would already been going through the crossing..
"Z" is for Zippy!
Yeah those Z trains haul the mail. That's because most of them are priority trains so they really move seems to me that people just do not have any common sense anymore I mean they just can't wait a few extra minutes for the train to pass and live they would rather take a chance on beating a train. All a bunch of idiots.
Almost died for mountain dew and newports....amazing
Definitely an oh shit moment
We have the same problem here in Sth Australia, 🇦🇺, so far theres been about 18 fatalities in my state alone, not counting the other states
Looks like a pretty typical homeless person. These people do not care about death and just blithely walk into the street in front of speeding cars. The casual way this bum dragged his bike back tells you what you need to know.
I've got a 50 that says he came looking for his cigarettes after he cleaned out his underwear.
bros so lucky
Also, BNSF runs Z-trains, not UP. This is a high priority, but not the hottest on the road, as it has reefer traffic, but no UPS/FedEx/LTL traffic which is the hottest and under contract for delivery by a certain time.
UP also uses the symbol Z for their high-priority intermodals
@@MidIowaRails Interesting. I've never heard of them referred to that way. Regardless, that's a medium-hot train not an extra spicy-hot train like a Z train, as there's no UPS/FedEx/LTL traffic on it.
@@MidIowaRails If that actually is called a Z train on UP, then they're using it differently than BNSF where the Z trains are the hottest thing other than (maybe) Amtrak on the road.
@@woodalexander Z trains on UP are also the highest priority, just like on BNSF. Just because there's little-to-no TOFC, doesn't mean it's not hot traffic.
@@MidIowaRails Not TOFC physically, but UPS/FedEX/LTL. LTL is usually TOFC, but UPS and FedEX use both TOFC pups and 53' cans.
cops show up 20 minutes later to take a report. I'm guessing the closet Dunkin is 20 minutes from that spot.
oyu cyclist learned anything?
The dunking actually like 3 blocks down and the station 2. Lol wild .
bro dont care about the bike let it go, the bike is not worth ur life 1:08
Other drivers that all lost 20 plus minutes because if his action should teach him a "lesson"
in the game of humans vs trains the trains always win
Was the bike alright ???
We dont need to worry about the bike, the dude was the worry😢
@@MattTheUPRailfan2006 I think that was the joke here.
@@PowerTrain611 Its not funny
@@MattTheUPRailfan2006 Lighten up, you'll live longer.
I feel bad for the bike, it doesn't deserve an owner that stupid.
Oh a bicyclist! But you don’t understand rules don’t apply to bicycles…
That's scary as hell bro
Wow ! Look how long it took the train to stop. People dont realize its not a car! And that smart ass punk on the bike should have been arrested.
Give that guy a Darwin Award.............
NO! He didn’t earn it.
The Darwin Award is presented to those people who improve the gene pool by removing themselves from it.
He didn’t die, nor did he appear to lose his ability to reproduce. He doesn’t qualify.
Really?, DPU's 20 something deep? Just couldn't put all the power on the head end of that short train. SMH.
The bike was probably stolen
darwin almost won
(facepalm) 🤦♂
Why did the train stop if he got up???
Once the train is put into emergency it takes a lot of time to release the brakes again especially on long freight trains. That is because there is s something like a hose (or brake line I don't know the correct word in English) that needs to be filled up with air again and that takes time depending on the length of the train
Some people have to try Hard to prove they are Stupid and it makes you wonder how they survived thru Childhood !
I would probably pee myself if i was the driver
I would think you would be more likely to pee yourself if you were the biker...
I definitely have if I was the biker
@@PowerTrain611 the biker shoulda known better, and I would still run but realize I did something dumb
Biker wanted to earn the Darwin Award. I’d be more annoyed by the delay than anything.
Common sense is not so common
Darwin nominee
Why did the train stop if the bonehead wasn't hit?
The put it in emergency stop when they saw the cyclist on the tracks. Then they have to stop and recharge the brake system before proceeding.
I don’t blame the engineer for putting the train into emergency, unfortunately when this happens and there is no collisions that happen, it can cause a crew to get in trouble. As stupid as that is, managers don’t care and neither does the corporate side. There’s an unwritten rule I’ve heard of which is “don’t shoot it until you hear the crunch” thankfully that guy got out of the way though because the emotional and mental effects of something like this actually taking a life is something no one can understand unless they go through it themselves.
Very true. "Don't dump until the bump" is a pretty general idea in the locomotive engineer business. One of the reasons is that from the height of the cab you will lose sight of the object just a bit before the train gets to it and some people (like this guy) manage to get out of the way with a split second to spare.
Нужно было ещё пару дней поснимать, очень короткое видео, ничего не понятно
Lesson for the day Folks: NEVER RUN THROUGH CROSSING GATES BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION, Well either way, Still shouldn’t do it.
Who's watching this video doing nothing I'm not
Darwin almost won
First off, I'd never go passed activated gates, but if I did the second I felt myself crashing I'd be diving off the bike or rushing to get up and away as fast as possible, not just casually do it like the train is going to stop.
😂😂😂Almost got a Darwin award!!!
Bro chill
Just goes to show,,, people get dumber every day.
Just goes to show, people like to write the same comments over and over and over.
This definitely scared the crew
The time the boy fell to when he put the train into emergency was 3 seconds, insane
Cool video regardless though