CSX Train Close Call...

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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    Let's be careful out there!!!!
    I traveled to Harpers Ferry, WV to video some CSX and The Amtrak Capitol Limited for a documentary on WV Trains. Great shots coming thru the tunnel.
    A CSX WB mixed freight heads toward the station that has some folks waiting for the Capitol Limited to Chicago from Wash. DC.. I swing the camera around and---
    OMG, he can't see or hear the EB coal drag bearing down on him. Too much noise to yell, I frantically wave left arm back&forth and jab point with right arm at the oncoming train. At the very last second, he noticed me waving & pointing. Wow--!!!!So Very Very Close!!!!

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  • @bertbert14
    @bertbert14  11 лет назад +765

    They painted a three foot wide yellow stripe a few weeks after this video hit the Tube

    • @nyccrcsx
      @nyccrcsx 5 лет назад +51

      Doug Obert why didn’t have it already done in the first place

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 5 лет назад +74

      @@nyccrcsx It's hard to stay ahead of some folk's foolishness. Just be glad it didn't take a fatality to do it.

    • @Hbosstowing
      @Hbosstowing 5 лет назад +36

      Do we need to put flashing lights also?
      What happend to common sense?
      Yellow lines are for liberal snowflakes without a brain!

    • @markbrown9838
      @markbrown9838 5 лет назад +25

      Was wondering where the yellow line was. Probably wouldn't have made a difference anyway, some people just don't have any common sense. Hard to protect people from themselves.

    • @philipthomas6808
      @philipthomas6808 5 лет назад +23

      It's for everybody's sake, surely you don't expect young children to have common sense, do ya?

  • @bigbob1699
    @bigbob1699 5 лет назад +263

    I was 3 years old when my father imprinted on me to , " look both ways or die " .

    • @TwiigssGames
      @TwiigssGames 5 лет назад +15

      A guy I met during high school back in 1991, well we're still best friends. Long story short, once in a while I take an hour drive down to his state and we hang out for a couple of days. He is always saying things like, "hold on", "slow down will ya", "okay... make sure all ways are clear"
      So we went to his local walmart the one day, he is all about taking your time, making absolute sure everything is clear before crossing roads, etc. So we walk down the parking lot toward the front entrance. We get to the crosswalk. I see a Jeep coming up on my left, he was standing to my left, I look to my right, it's clear. So I started waiting for the Jeep, I guess my friend never looked left, and started crossing. BEEEEEEEPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!! That Jeep stopped, and was literally inches away, and I could sense the level of fear coming from him, without having to see his face. So after a while of walking in walmart he started mentioning it, but I didn't dwell on talking about it, because something like that for me is embarrassing and I figured he might have been at that point of embarrassment. I just can't believe that all of his "words of wisdom" about slowing down, taking your time etc., literally went out the window at that moment. It scared me too because I thought the Jeep had hit him, and I was thinking okay, time to call an ambulance, but I seen him standing there and thought, sheeesshhhhh. That was waaaaayyyyy too close. Still I was shocked by the whole incident. Next time if he and I go out, I guess I'll have to be the one to be looking out and slowing him down.
      My friend here imprinted the whole, slow it down, and take time crossing roads thing onto me, but I'm not sure what happened at walmart.

    • @1allanbmw
      @1allanbmw 5 лет назад +10

      @@TwiigssGames
      Just keeping it real. Everybody has to have an, "Oh shit!" moment every now & then or else all the true-isms and slogans don't mean much. Take 'er easy! ;-)

    • @safeamer1313
      @safeamer1313 5 лет назад

      @@TwiigssGames A guy I knew got hit by car at speed of 200 km. they took him to the hospital. but He passed away After he reached the hospital in few minutes.

    • @Victorseafog
      @Victorseafog 11 месяцев назад

      Wow 3 years old, why so late? Most babies are taught this by 18 months.

    • @bigbob1699
      @bigbob1699 11 месяцев назад

      @@Victorseafog Better late than dead.

  • @wmunn81
    @wmunn81 11 лет назад +342

    I work for CSX. Sometimes you can't get through to people to stay off the tracks. Especially ones jogging wearing headphones in the middle of the track. You tell them over and over and it's like you're speaking another language.

    • @jcbbb
      @jcbbb 8 лет назад +37

      Let it roll buddy... You can only do so much

    • @ryansullivan369
      @ryansullivan369 7 лет назад +5

      CN is where it's at

    • @CusterFlux
      @CusterFlux 6 лет назад +31

      People just assume that trains are as loud in front as they are by the side - when the reality is - it's not even close: trains are DANGEROUSLY quiet right in front! If she's doing track speed, and your back is turned, and it's quiet, you'll get maybe a three second warning from the rumbling to jump out of the way - if you're talking to somebody, that goes down to about two seconds, and if you're wearing headphones, you're dead.

    • @modtwentyeight
      @modtwentyeight 6 лет назад +14

      @@CusterFlux Absolutely dead quiet in the snow...

    • @catlady8324
      @catlady8324 5 лет назад +10

      No way, train accidents only happen to other people.

  • @pepelemoko01
    @pepelemoko01 5 лет назад +138

    As the late (but great Don Adams ) said: "Missed him by that much".

    • @perserverance333
      @perserverance333 5 лет назад

      By how much?

    • @ntibbs100
      @ntibbs100 3 года назад +3

      must have been using the portable cone of silence

  • @1allanbmw
    @1allanbmw 5 лет назад +148

    He was probably hoping the train would swerve first.

    • @Ukraine2011
      @Ukraine2011 5 лет назад +3

      Didn't even look like he was paying attention

    • @Corkedwolf43771
      @Corkedwolf43771 5 лет назад +4

      @@Ukraine2011 till last .8th of a second

    • @ddebenedictis
      @ddebenedictis 5 лет назад +2

      Playing chicken with the train. 😆

    • @deltaray3
      @deltaray3 4 года назад +1

      Groundhog day ref.

  • @wiestbound
    @wiestbound 11 лет назад +311

    He just sits back down like "that never happened"

    • @Monsuuri
      @Monsuuri 7 лет назад +1

      Wright County Railfan the speed of train is like 30 km/h

    • @samiraliyev472
      @samiraliyev472 5 лет назад +3

      Especially in between legs.)))))))))))))

    • @Monsuuri
      @Monsuuri 5 лет назад

      @ I admit you are right! But I still believe he would have survived from the collision

    • @Monsuuri
      @Monsuuri 5 лет назад

      @blue heeler What is the speed of the train in your opinion?

    • @Monsuuri
      @Monsuuri 5 лет назад

      @blue heeler The speed affects the power of collision. When speed is doubled the kinetic energy is multiplied by four. In addition, the collision area is small. He would have survived the collision.

  • @victorperson2408
    @victorperson2408 5 лет назад +42

    I worked for the SP and UP over 38 years and now retired. Think about what the Engineer saw and felt in those split seconds ! The impact on operating crew members at rail accidents is always forgotten. Always be alert and safe !

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 5 лет назад +5

      Well said.....no one really considers that.

    • @bunkytony
      @bunkytony 7 месяцев назад

      That's so correct! I've been train spotting for over twenty years. Walking along with my three 35mm cameras around my neck and harness and a tripod. I also carry a radio scanner and listen to all traffic from the track inspectors, dispatchers engineers conductors etc, you get the idea. I always watch ALL WAYS on railroad right of way especially with multi track locations. It is that train that the person NEVER SAW that caused the incident! And Yes think of the crew on board and what they go through. I most of the time got a friendly wave from the engineers and conductors as trains passed. Once in a while I would hear a track inspector that saw me, as he went into a siding say" Smile when you get to that junction that guys out there taking pictures!"

  • @Gribbo9999
    @Gribbo9999 5 лет назад +292

    Lucky - he could have seriously damaged the loco with a bone head like that.

    • @46bovine
      @46bovine 5 лет назад +6

      Crap, he could have damaged the lead locomotive if it hit him in the head!

    • @Cenentury0941
      @Cenentury0941 5 лет назад +1

      Nah, we might've finally got the answer to what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object 😂

    • @froztytrainfilms9148
      @froztytrainfilms9148 5 лет назад

      Gribbo9999 maybe could’ve even had an influence on schedule... ah, it’s strange thinking that while railroad safety is easy to follow, people somehow don’t know the rules

    • @acidsunrise
      @acidsunrise 4 года назад

      Gribbo9999 .😂😂

    • @paulmccormack5524
      @paulmccormack5524 4 года назад +3

      😂 this comment deserves so much more likes lol

  • @animalloverjulian8243
    @animalloverjulian8243 5 лет назад +96

    That man probably thought that honking was coming from the train he was watching

    • @sunsetrailfan2004
      @sunsetrailfan2004 5 лет назад

      Yeah like DPUs

    • @WarriorMike20
      @WarriorMike20 3 года назад

      @@sunsetrailfan2004 DPU locomotives don't blow their horns. So not an option. He's dumb as fuck. That's the option. 🙄

  • @allenra530
    @allenra530 10 лет назад +17

    How many times have you seen a foamer concentrating on getting a video of one train and nearly getting hit by another? The Operating Rule Book states, "expect trains on any track, in any direction, at any time." Everyone who gets near the tracks should memorize that rule and FOLLOW it.

  • @kellyj5610
    @kellyj5610 11 лет назад +533

    So very close to winning a Darwin Award.

    • @HughMartell
      @HughMartell 10 лет назад +19

      Evolution? more like de-volution.

    • @rbrucerye
      @rbrucerye 7 лет назад +11

      Unless he had kids in which case I don't think he could win

    •  5 лет назад +2

      @CAG Hotshot Oh really?! Then please BEAR with me....

    • @mhobson2009
      @mhobson2009 5 лет назад +3

      Pretty sure he was somebody's Grandad. You only get a Darwin Award for stupidity that prevents you from reproducing.

    • @gregoryclark2692
      @gregoryclark2692 5 лет назад +2

      he didn't even pull the woman away lol

  • @ChachaChapati
    @ChachaChapati 9 лет назад +342

    Just . . . why would you stand that close to an active rail line looking the other way with a curve behind you?

    • @richardgerlach5156
      @richardgerlach5156 9 лет назад +30

      ChachaChapati Because he's a fool!

    • @ChachaChapati
      @ChachaChapati 9 лет назад +20

      Richard Gerlach I lived right next to the old Southern Pacific line when I was a kid; even way back when, I used common sense when crossing or near the tracks. Some people...

    • @richardgerlach5156
      @richardgerlach5156 9 лет назад +17

      ChachaChapati Thinning the herd. Dang. Missed.

    • @po9318
      @po9318 5 лет назад +13

      Because he's STUPID!!!

    • @dcolb121
      @dcolb121 5 лет назад +5

      Inexperienced. They learned something.

  • @BrooklynPerson30000
    @BrooklynPerson30000 8 лет назад +59

    he was paying attention, just to the wrong train :)

  • @blues24ful
    @blues24ful 11 лет назад +67

    The guy should go out and buy a lottery ticket after that.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 5 лет назад +4

      Probably not much luck left in the tank.

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco 5 лет назад +2

      @@spikespa5208 : Yeah, I was thinking he's used up all of his luck for the day!

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 5 лет назад +2

      @@Milesco For quite a while.

  • @jameslong9921
    @jameslong9921 5 лет назад +18

    Love the way he runs to the bench and sits down, "what it wasn't me" whistles that tune you whistle when your trying to act all nonchalant.

  • @spanglish04
    @spanglish04 8 лет назад +102

    i like how no one sitting there tells them

    • @hunterriley9904
      @hunterriley9904 5 лет назад +9

      Ant that the truth lol id went up and jerked em back

    • @stepvanjoe3469
      @stepvanjoe3469 5 лет назад +11

      I am sure someone thought about it and decided not to get involved

    • @amascia8327
      @amascia8327 5 лет назад +3

      Well, the semi-conscicius state is like that.

    • @RoadCone411
      @RoadCone411 5 лет назад +9

      It looked like nobody was watching that direction. Maybe the guys way down the end of the platform but they couldn’t exactly run and tell the guy who wasn’t looking.
      What a dumbass. He almost paid for his ignorance with a very serious, perhaps fatal, injury.

    • @deltagames3864
      @deltagames3864 5 лет назад

      No because everyone has their heard buried in there phone

  • @thatsme2182
    @thatsme2182 5 лет назад +46

    And you know he's the type of guy to go on and on about how "young people don't pay enough attention"....

  • @michaelbowman3503
    @michaelbowman3503 9 лет назад +33

    And I'm sure being right on top of the tracks improved the view of the first train immeasurably!
    I used to be a firefighter/paramedic before retirement. We called fools like that "job security on the hoof"!

    • @VancouverCanucksRock
      @VancouverCanucksRock 8 лет назад +1

      True, look up the video "Midnight Moment: Counting Sheep" on Times Square NYC's Channel

  • @JThom-yh3ef
    @JThom-yh3ef 3 года назад +3

    The grim reaper was like "DAMN... ALMOST GOT ME A PAIR!!!!!"

  • @shortliner68
    @shortliner68 5 лет назад +17

    Reminds me of years ago (1960s) when I lived on the west side of Baltimore not far from the PRR four track mainline. I used to train watch at the former Knecht Ave. crossing. One time a guy foolishly started walking across the tracks south of the crossing where the track curved. He didn't notice that the crossing signal and gates had already actuated. He was too far away to hear me and got as far as the second track before doing a leaping dive backwards as a speeding Metroliner came flying around the curve on that second track, heading north for Baltimore. He no doubt had some bruises from hitting the rock ballast, but fortunately survived the close encounter.

  • @jrstraight1818
    @jrstraight1818 5 лет назад +44

    In the words of Ron White "Ya can't fix stupid."

  • @robertheinkel6225
    @robertheinkel6225 5 лет назад +3

    Years ago, we had an Amtrack hit a car while doing 90 mph. This was a double track. Even at night, folks came out of the woodwork to observe. One idiot parked his car right on the tracks, to get a good view, and got hit by a freight train.

  • @isaaclang6031
    @isaaclang6031 5 лет назад +6

    There's nothing like standing on the tracks, watching the trains go by.

  • @wilber53
    @wilber53 9 лет назад +3

    Im a retired locomotive engineer.But I remember I almost hit a kid walking down in the middle of the tracks with a headset on. I kept blowing and blowing,finally he turned around at the last second jumped out of the way..

    • @jshepard152
      @jshepard152 5 лет назад +1

      That's the dumbest thing I can imagine.

  • @MetroVick
    @MetroVick 11 лет назад +24

    Wow - now thats close! Lucky people, observant crew.

    • @shamrock767
      @shamrock767 11 лет назад +6

      That was too close, unfortunately I've seen so called professionals getting caught likr that.

    • @MetroVick
      @MetroVick 11 лет назад +12

      so easly could have been fatal.

  • @branchlinebuff
    @branchlinebuff 13 лет назад +1

    This is probably the most purest title with video about close calls I've seen in awhile.

  • @pressureworks
    @pressureworks 5 лет назад +87

    Look how he doesn't even pull his daughter back. Train Spotters almost became train Splatters.

    • @112Ishaan
      @112Ishaan 5 лет назад

      PRESSUREWORKS I don’t get It

    • @dsmvmdsmsdmsd23
      @dsmvmdsmsdmsd23 5 лет назад +8

      His daughter was far away enough. So she wouldn't have got hit

    • @BenjaminEsposti
      @BenjaminEsposti 5 лет назад +2

      That's sexist, she can do it herself :P

    • @sannytizer7772
      @sannytizer7772 4 года назад

      He shouted to her, that's why she turned so quick.

    • @pressureworks
      @pressureworks 4 года назад +1

      sanny terry He didn't shout nor did he even make any attempt to pull her with him. She'll remember that when making the decision to pull the plug.

  • @bradklingensmith
    @bradklingensmith 11 лет назад +7

    The younger lady wasn't texting, it appears she was making a video. But, holy cow, what a close call.

  • @Engineer9736
    @Engineer9736 8 лет назад +9

    Interesting combo reaction, using the oppurtunity of being running for their lives, to sit down on that bench at the same time :-)

  • @patsematary
    @patsematary 4 года назад +1

    I admire the way you shouted "away from there ! " instead of shooting indifferent to him just to save your precious video

    • @bertbert14
      @bertbert14  4 года назад +2

      A very special example of stupid...

  • @bertbert14
    @bertbert14  13 лет назад +17

    @N0l4nH I explained in the "full" description about just that. I am amazed folks comment on stuff without reading the "full" description. The best is when someone asks "where is this" ---when the location is in the title!--lol. Anyway, I at first let out a yell and could hardly hear myself, because it was so loud. I was about 50 60 feet away too. I frantically waved my arms and saw his gaze shift to me and I pointed repeatly----it was very, very close for sure. Yellow lines are there now. Doug

    • @yakarotsennin3115
      @yakarotsennin3115 4 года назад

      Congrats, you saved his life, but was getting closer to him to move him not an option?

  • @ppoutine
    @ppoutine 13 лет назад +1

    I'm still baffled that they didn't notice sooner.

  • @allegheny48
    @allegheny48 10 лет назад +9

    When Ross Rowland was running 614 on the Erie Limited fan trips in the late 1990's he often opened the cylinder cocks when passing crowded station platforms at speed. It was surprisingly effective in moving crowds away from the platform edge. He did have the advantage in that most all were looking at the oncoming train unlike the man in this video. It's good you were able to get his attention and that they thanked you for it.

    • @allegheny48
      @allegheny48 10 лет назад +2

      *****
      I would be happy to. Steam locomotives have their cylinders in the front underneath the smokebox. On the bottom of each cylinder are 2 cock valves controlled by the engineer. When steam locomotives first start moving these cocks are opened to allow condensation to be drained from the cylinders. This condensation can actually damage the pistons if not drained out. This process is accomplished by high pressure live steam which can shoot out up to 20 feet in some cases depending on how fast the engine is going. Check out the You Tube video C&O 614, Hoboken NJ to Port Jervis NY, October 1996 for an example of this. It happens briefly 20 seconds into the video and again around 5:00. In my opinion this is steam at its finest.

    • @VancouverCanucksRock
      @VancouverCanucksRock 8 лет назад

      I've been thanked more for holding a door open for someone

    • @raritania7581
      @raritania7581 5 лет назад

      @
      Yes. The actual Erie Limited was gone by 1976.

    •  5 лет назад

      @@raritania7581 👍

  • @ThatgirlnamedJodie
    @ThatgirlnamedJodie 8 лет назад +2

    This is the reason why emergency vehicles responding to an incident will use different sirens - to let people know that there is more than one of them. Because the trains' horns are very loud and identical, the man couldn't identify that there was more than one train.

    • @JohnAmbercrombie
      @JohnAmbercrombie 3 месяца назад +1

      It wasn't all that long ago when railroads had a wider variety of horns, but now you typically only hear one or two horn types (and they both sound terrible by the way). I think it's in Canadia or Australia where they have a set of "emergency horns" which sound different and are louder that usual. I think that's not a bad idea.

  • @CNLVN
    @CNLVN 10 лет назад +16

    Very nice Doug. Glad to see a Railfan save a life.

  • @irelandbloke
    @irelandbloke 5 лет назад +2

    Superb catch, and that really is one lucky, lucky guy !

  • @JawTooth
    @JawTooth 9 лет назад +3

    Wow, that was close! Good thing they have a yellow line there now!

    • @JawTooth
      @JawTooth 9 лет назад +1

      Joe Dohn
      That was close. Today they have a yellow line that you aren't suppose to cross to prevent this. He could have been killed.

    • @JawTooth
      @JawTooth 9 лет назад

      Joe Dohn
      Thats a good idea. I bet they prevent ppl from getting hit. I dont get to see very many Amtrak trains.

    • @JawTooth
      @JawTooth 9 лет назад

      Joe Dohn
      Man, I wish I lived in Florida. I go there every winter to visit my mom. I went there in Feb and March this year. I hate the ice and cold up here in Ohio. Tri Rail has been on my list for a while. You guys are lucky not to have ice and snow. I go to Plant City and Tampa.
      When FEC opens their passenger trains you guys will have it made. I want to see those trains also.

    • @JawTooth
      @JawTooth 9 лет назад

      Joe Dohn
      I remember when I first saw FEC. I was near Titusville and it was the first time I ever saw a concrete tie. I hope you get that job soon bc they would be a great job with benefits and great pay. Ice is one thing I could do without. I live on a one lane road in a farming area and they dont use salt or remove the ice. It has to melt and can take a month or more to melt. People wreck here all the time in the winter.

    • @JawTooth
      @JawTooth 9 лет назад

      Joe Dohn
      Its a great job especially since you will be outside and get to see all kinds of trains. Salt is used in Ohio on all the main roads but our township cant afford it so they never use it. If we get heavy snow, they started plowing the road I live on a few years ago so the school bus doesnt get stuck. I have seen a lot of cars in my ditch

  • @Trackside1234
    @Trackside1234 13 лет назад +1

    @nssd70m2 you can hear the horn but the guy standing next to the tracks is also standing next to a very loud freight train. Obviously the guy with the camera could see the train because it was coming right towards him.
    Ever been to Harpers Ferry? I doubt it. Eastbounds come around that curve and most people are focused to the east towards the tunnel because that is where the scenery is. I shoot there all of the time.

  • @user-sh9du2nv5y
    @user-sh9du2nv5y 5 лет назад +4

    That guy looked like Harrison Ford in the Fugitive when the train was chasing him into the ditch.

  • @brakie44820
    @brakie44820 8 лет назад +2

    That is a prime example why railroads takes a dim view on railfans. There is no reason under the sun for that man and boy standing that close to the rails.Safety first, last and always folks and remember expect a train from either direction at any time..

  • @gregoryp2859
    @gregoryp2859 5 лет назад +4

    You can't fix stupid, but sometimes you can whack it with a choo choo.

  • @newwomyn
    @newwomyn 5 лет назад

    That's at Harper's Ferry West Virginia on the CSX Cumberland Subdivision. The next sub over, a CSX derailed on the Shenandoah Sub that merges into the Cumberland in the tunnel. Lucky guy he was. That's a busy sub.

  • @anotherluckyone
    @anotherluckyone 13 лет назад +8

    It's amazing. Nobody else on the platform gives them any warning ( besides the cameraman ) as everyone is spacing out. We have become so accustomed to noise.

  • @trombonista92
    @trombonista92 11 лет назад +1

    Most train accidents of this kind happen exactly because there is an other train passing by that covers the noise of the one that is about to hit someone

  • @TrainTrackTrav
    @TrainTrackTrav 7 лет назад +3

    "...and I turned around, and I mean it was RIGHT friggin' there!"

  • @Class1Railfan
    @Class1Railfan 12 лет назад +1

    The guy was too busy watching the other train...I think he wasn't inattentive. I think that the noise of the first train drowned out the noise of the second one.

  • @tommypetraglia4688
    @tommypetraglia4688 5 лет назад +3

    Situational awareness folks.
    I'm surprised this guy's ancestors were able to make to the safety of the trees every nightfall back in the Dawn of Man.

  • @flyswatter45
    @flyswatter45 5 лет назад

    This is the ORIGINAL version I was looking for. Most other clips with this footage only include the near miss bit

  • @grumpyg9350
    @grumpyg9350 5 лет назад +3

    I think we all have done something like that. After all, trains are hypnotic and cause us to act like kids when we see them up close. I know I do. Nice video👍👍👍👍. Thanks for taking the time to post.

    • @jilljones3664
      @jilljones3664 4 года назад +2

      Speak for yourself. No, "we" haven't all done something like that.

    • @grumpyg9350
      @grumpyg9350 4 года назад +2

      Jill Jones , I stand corrected. Jill has never done anything like this, and to all who are like her, I'm sorry that my opinion offended you.👍✌️

  • @MilePost106
    @MilePost106 4 года назад +2

    That guy had to fill his shorts to capacity after that one!

  • @CaptainArt777
    @CaptainArt777 5 лет назад +3

    Notice he turn away from her and ran. He never bothers to pull her away from the track.

  • @CRRAIL6905
    @CRRAIL6905 Год назад

    One of the first things I was taught when railfanning was always expect a train on the other track! Always watch both ways, your camera picks up the way you aren’t watching!

  • @randomrazr
    @randomrazr 8 лет назад +6

    and the darwin award goes too!

    • @1articoli
      @1articoli 8 лет назад +1

      That could have happened to anyone. Are you 100% attentive 100% of the time?

    • @randomrazr
      @randomrazr 8 лет назад

      Anthony Smith stfu

    • @spacecookie5730
      @spacecookie5730 7 лет назад

      @Stan Schurman: Yes! Most people are so ******* stupid! Moron..

  • @LiamHarrelson
    @LiamHarrelson 2 года назад +1

    When you almost get absolutely smacked by a CSX train

  • @pfmurphy525
    @pfmurphy525 5 лет назад +4

    Like most people I’m sure they had no idea what the signal lights mean.

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger1699 5 лет назад +1

    My old man was a loco driver, I spend me childhood in the cab.., man I still get a tight arse just driving over a level crossing in built up areas where ya can’t see far down those fn tracks

  • @ColAngus
    @ColAngus 8 лет назад +3

    Darwin snaps his fingers in disappointment.
    Next time old friend,next time......

  • @aaronraysmith79
    @aaronraysmith79 12 лет назад +1

    UFO, u really think moving the train horn from overhead to the front of the train will make a difference? Train horns blow at 130 decibels - louder than a jet engine on takeoff. the horn could have been right on the nose and with the noise coming from the westbound train he still wouldnt have heard it. I was a conductor for years and saw plenty of people near the tracks, excited to see trains, taking pictures or videos. The only way to stay safe is to stay clear of the rails!

  • @paulchance3766
    @paulchance3766 5 лет назад +5

    The driver probably thought he was s goner as he was out of view when he eventually decided to move..

    • @langer24106
      @langer24106 4 года назад

      Absolutely. If I was the engineer, I’d assume he was hit.

  • @genuineapbt6690
    @genuineapbt6690 11 месяцев назад

    I was a conductor for BNSF for many years. During that time I got to work “The Bowl” in Barstow CA. You can’t hear the cars being kicked your way. If you’re a fool and foul the tracks you won’t live to talk about it.

  • @jorgejnoguera3510
    @jorgejnoguera3510 5 лет назад +4

    I'd bet good money that this guy likes to stand in cross walks in heavy traffic without bothering to notice the car that is about to kill him.

    • @tomcatt1824
      @tomcatt1824 5 лет назад +2

      I C it all de time @ Walmart,, people just walk rite out in front of cars,,, i asked 1 woman who did that, U sure hv a lotta faith in yer fellow man,,, her reply= pedestrian has de rite of way,,, my reply = hope they put dat on yer tombstone, here lays stupid, she had the right of way........

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 5 лет назад

      @@tomcatt1824 fuckin' savage hahaha

  • @claytemorgan1923
    @claytemorgan1923 4 года назад

    OMGee! Thank God for your quick actions! That station needs a bright RED "do not stand here" box the entire length of the platform! Whew!

  • @isaiahbattle547
    @isaiahbattle547 5 лет назад +10

    As loud as these trains are they can sneak up on ya

  • @Damocles178
    @Damocles178 13 лет назад +1

    Talk about too close for comfort! I think the reason he didn't notice the 2nd Train that nearly smigged him is because of the 1st train; he probably thought it was blasting it's horn as it went past him but he got a shock when he noticed it was in fact a 2nd train blowing it's horn and heading straight for him. People will hopefully think twice after this; there is a reason to not be to close to the tracks; you never know when a train will suddenly appear; espeically if it's an express!

  • @MrJonnypsycho
    @MrJonnypsycho 12 лет назад +10

    "Shit that train almost hit me, i must sit down"

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco 5 лет назад +1

      Was probably a bit weak in the legs after that.

    • @Cenentury0941
      @Cenentury0941 5 лет назад

      @@Milesco or he wanted to make it look like it was on purpose.

    • @rohitlanjekar2010
      @rohitlanjekar2010 5 лет назад

      There always chances of heart attack...time just stop tikking in that second..ur body just loose up... happened with me on electric train...

  • @BNSF700
    @BNSF700 11 лет назад +1

    I'm surprised he didn't hear it behind him until it was like 3 feet away. Gotta keep your distance

  • @AmtrakandAWVRFan
    @AmtrakandAWVRFan 10 лет назад +7

    Now that was close!

  • @sharptoothtrex4486
    @sharptoothtrex4486 Год назад +1

    When you hear the train horn coming, run and get out of the way!

  • @kenmelrac
    @kenmelrac 9 лет назад +65

    Except for the crew that would have to live with it, his being hit would have reduced the number of idiots roaming free in America.

    • @deppurple700
      @deppurple700 5 лет назад

      Absoluty

    • @im1who84u
      @im1who84u 5 лет назад +1

      Let natural selection sort them out. Then they won't be able to reproduce other morons.

    • @jdmforever5583
      @jdmforever5583 5 лет назад +1

      True... But people do get caught up in the moment and make mistakes... and no matter how smart or intelligent you think you are... things or accidents still could happen to you!!!

    • @mallymally2106
      @mallymally2106 5 лет назад +2

      Only another 200 million or so to go then.

    • @tomcatt1824
      @tomcatt1824 5 лет назад

      @@im1who84u 😃😃👍😃😃

  • @kenbrown3176
    @kenbrown3176 5 лет назад

    I was on the platform of San Juan Capistrano in CA. Some kids were actually sitting on the edge of the platform. Fortunately they had moved before the Ringling Brothers Circus train came through. Must have been half a mile long.

  • @thesierrastandard7281
    @thesierrastandard7281 5 лет назад +17

    I'm surprised nobody's foaming over the fact there's a female railfan

    • @NWLegacyChannel
      @NWLegacyChannel 5 лет назад

      Why? Is being a railway fan a dude thing? Guess that makes sense

    • @candlestyx8517
      @candlestyx8517 5 лет назад

      You can find females pursuing any interest under the sun. Same reason the are men that are into female dominated hobbies

    • @gabes14
      @gabes14 5 лет назад

      @King SP ikr

    • @Salmagundiii
      @Salmagundiii 4 года назад

      probably not a "real" railfan, either of them
      This town is very popular with tourists and history buffs because it looks much the way it did in Civil War times.
      On a busy fall day in the early 2000s, an idiot parked his BMV on the tracks (there used to be an overflow lot very close to them) because he thought they were 'a prop'. No kidding. His car made it half way across the Potomac plastered to the front of a locomotive. You could hear the scraping sound of the wheels as the emergency brakes were applied. Too bad this was before phones had cameras and my film camera was out of film.

    • @thesierrastandard7281
      @thesierrastandard7281 4 года назад

      @@Salmagundiii Probably right. Damn I forgot I even left this comment and people got mad over it lol

  • @Agent-pw9cq
    @Agent-pw9cq 4 года назад

    This is some good quality for 9 years ago

  • @widowmaker4008
    @widowmaker4008 5 лет назад +5

    They took off running like they seen a cop turn around and come after them!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @UFO151
    @UFO151 13 лет назад +1

    I've always been for horns being placed in the FRONT of a locomotive. While I realize this increases cab noise, it also directs the sound in front of the locomotive. This video is a perfect example of how a horn placed mid-way on a locomotive can be mistaken for a passing train. Having a K5LA blasting all 5 bells in the direction of travel can and will cause people to notice. Take a look at the horn placement on some locomotives, there's more bells facing the rear of the engine. Silly FRA rules.

  • @aval1998
    @aval1998 10 лет назад +5

    "hmm, thats cool... OH SH*T!"

  • @Organgrinder1010
    @Organgrinder1010 8 лет назад +1

    Wow! I think he owes you a big one! Great video!

  • @netasedlak9454
    @netasedlak9454 5 лет назад +5

    Hearing the second train, while another train is passing, is harder than you might imagine!

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 5 лет назад +1

      No kidding....that's why common sense tells ya to stay back~

  • @JRS986
    @JRS986 5 лет назад

    I missed the Harpers Ferry name on the tunnel exit. I thought the area looked familiar. When the camera swung around, I knew it was the Harper's Ferry station. I started working in Washington D C in January of 2007 and took the Marc train into DC every day. It was dark when I boarded the EB Marc. The trip home was in the dark too. It was not until longer daylight in the spring that I got to see the surroundings. I guess my point is that I recognized the station surroundings and thought it was Harper's Ferry. One weekend I stayed there. I took the Amtrak to BWI to meet my wife who came in for a family party. While waiting for the train at Harper's Ferry, I encountered an older fellow who was there just to watch the trains. That is when I learned the B&O ran on that line many years before. My Grandfather was a Conductor on the B&O and he probably went through that station. Really a small world. Anyhow, that is enough of my rambling. The close call guy was standing close to where I stood waiting for the Marc; however, not as close to the tracks. The west bound Marc ran on the other track and we unloaded toward that small shelter on the far side of the tracks. Usually waited for the Marc to clear out before crossing back over to the parking lot, but sometimes many of us would walk west for a short distance then make a direct track crossing to the parking lot. Really done now. Thanks for listening.

  • @ReggieRailSystems
    @ReggieRailSystems 5 лет назад +9

    1:17 To be continued

    • @budbundy5021
      @budbundy5021 6 месяцев назад

      Bet he had to change underwear when he saw that

  • @websurfer8041
    @websurfer8041 10 лет назад +1

    Too many people not reading the description. There was too much noise for him to yell, so he frantically started waving his arm to warn him. You just can't see it on the camera.

  • @bertbert14
    @bertbert14  10 лет назад +6

    To Mark, ABMP4D3,& billy, etal....why didn't you read the intro description?...DOH!

    • @satanxhhhx
      @satanxhhhx 10 лет назад +3

      Yep, people need to learn to RTFD.

    • @lthomas428
      @lthomas428 9 лет назад +2

      +Doug Obert Doug, I would like to ask permission to use this video in training - can you reply to lthomas@findlay.edu?

  • @Man0fSteell
    @Man0fSteell 5 лет назад

    I hate my father for various reasons, but the little nuggets of wisdom like" never stand on the edge of the platform" that he imprinted on my mind while i was young is the reason why iam still alive.

  • @dougthegreat1808
    @dougthegreat1808 5 лет назад +12

    Gosh, I wish James Stobie had the same luck ! RIP

    • @terx1
      @terx1 5 лет назад +2

      Miss him..

    • @dougthegreat1808
      @dougthegreat1808 5 лет назад

      @@princessofthecape2078 something is very wrong with you! Try getting laid even if it is by another woman!

  • @MikeG42
    @MikeG42 2 года назад

    Excellent video and good work. Nice to see that pretty lady come to thank you for the heads up. 😊👍

  • @spencercook3823
    @spencercook3823 9 лет назад +10

    At 1:12 the person on the left in red just turned around and looked away instead of warning the people. What the heck?

    • @richardgerlach5156
      @richardgerlach5156 9 лет назад +5

      The Loki Looks like he/she is taking a "selfie" too! Person in faded blue jeans does nothing too! Is Harper's Ferry full of zombies?

    • @edwin3928ohd
      @edwin3928ohd 7 лет назад

      looks like he didnt notice how they were in actual danger. maybe he saw they were there. but he was focusing on a selfie

  • @derek943
    @derek943 8 лет назад +1

    now he knows what a deer in the headlights is thinking

  • @markfortin421
    @markfortin421 5 лет назад +5

    He no doubt had to visit the men's room to clean out his pants after that!!

  • @scotty_blocks
    @scotty_blocks 5 лет назад

    In Scotland station platforms are r are raised up from track level so passengers are not this close to the rails. There is still the danger of someone standing too close to the platform edge and getting swept off by turbulence of trains passing through the station at high speed. So there is a yellow line painted on the platforms that passengers are advised to stand behind.

  • @rayhorner2965
    @rayhorner2965 9 лет назад +37

    If this train station or stop station, where are the safety or stand back yellow line?

    • @phonyplatonist3393
      @phonyplatonist3393 8 лет назад +2

      +Anthony Smith Your quite the grammar nazi.

    • @phonyplatonist3393
      @phonyplatonist3393 8 лет назад +2

      +Anthony Smith *you're

    • @paulgoudfrooij6561
      @paulgoudfrooij6561 5 лет назад +6

      Don't you think people should have some common sense as well?

    • @paulgoudfrooij6561
      @paulgoudfrooij6561 5 лет назад +2

      Alley Cat OK, and you think ticket prices should then be increased in order to pay for the paint and labor involved, at all stations?

    • @jimdomoradzki483
      @jimdomoradzki483 5 лет назад +2

      Yellow lines mighht be a liability showing it is safe behind the line and someone leans forward or is wearing a backpack.

  • @AC-ro6ib
    @AC-ro6ib 7 лет назад +2

    I don't think it would have killed him from where he was standing. But it definitely would have knocked him on his a** and sent him sliding across the concrete. He would've had a broken bone or two.

  • @TheGreatSovietUnion2
    @TheGreatSovietUnion2 8 лет назад +3

    #1 rule of fanning. Safety first guys :)

  • @Tun1c
    @Tun1c 13 лет назад +1

    beautiful shot at the beginning

  • @Tomiata
    @Tomiata 10 лет назад +7

    Wow. The guy should have been more alert. Still, would a nice, clear yellow stripe near the platform's edge be asking too much?

    • @paulkennedy8701
      @paulkennedy8701 9 лет назад

      Tomiata It's America. They don't even have platforms.

    • @richardgerlach5156
      @richardgerlach5156 9 лет назад +2

      Paul Kennedy Yes we do. That's what we call them here whether they're high level or ground level. This one (obviously) is ground level.

    • @paulkennedy8701
      @paulkennedy8701 9 лет назад +3

      Richard Gerlach Yes, I understand that. I was just having a go. Seriously, though, for a country where freight railways are so extensive and well managed, the passenger rail system is very backward.
      I remember rail journals being proud of the new Albany-Rensellaer station, but in fact it felt like a very minor station, located on the opposite side of the river because the freight companies wouldn't let Amtrak trains into Albany itself.
      Chicago Union station has a fantastic ticket hall, but it's no longer used by travellers, who instead have to wait in cramped, glass-box waiting rooms. They then reach the (enormouse, double-deck) trains from the end of very narrow, very-low 'platforms'.
      There's a station on the Boston--New York line (the premier route!) where passengers have to arrive 10 minutes early, to be bused to the opposite platform, because the station doesn't have a bridge or underpass. (Perhaps this has now been fixed; my visit was years ago.)

    • @richardgerlach5156
      @richardgerlach5156 9 лет назад +2

      Paul Kennedy What can I say. We Americans are married to our automobiles! We tore down the grandest terminal of them all in 1966. The old Pennsylvania RR station in NYC. Now it is just the basement of the new (now relatively old) Madison Square Garden arena. We never want to spend any Federal funds on passenger infrastructure. Amtrak is really only strong on the Northeast corridor (Boston-Washington, D.C.) and even there they have to fight for every last Federal penny! Long distance train travel here is usually more fun for the person taking video from the side of the track than the actual rider. You often have to wait in sidings for priority freights to pass. There are frequent grade crossing accidents which tie up the line. If you travel all the way across country here (by train) you'll probably be happy if your return trip is by plane! And planes are nothing more than flying cattle cars today as well! This is progress in our "Brave New World"! LOL!

    • @paulkennedy8701
      @paulkennedy8701 9 лет назад +4

      Richard Gerlach You say that the country doesn't want to spend to federal funds on passenger infrastructure. I know you mean on the railways, but it's ironic that huge amounts of public money (incl federal) have been spent on infrastructure for passengers on the roads and in the air. The interstate highway system, the airports, air traffic control, highway patrols, airport security, etc, are mainly publicly-funded and have cost vastly more than what has been paid for railways.

  • @robinenbernhard
    @robinenbernhard 7 лет назад +2

    love backgrond looks so nice the mountains

  • @cletushumperdinck3160
    @cletushumperdinck3160 10 лет назад +4

    wow that was a close call! watch from 1:09 seconds

  • @FSantoro91
    @FSantoro91 13 лет назад +1

    @UFO151 front or back placed horn doesn't matter.. i'm an engineer in Italian railways, and we have double horns (one in each cab), people have to understand to LOOK. PS: do the station in the US have something like a recorded voice "calling" the trains arriving or passing through stations?

  • @Keithbarber
    @Keithbarber 5 лет назад +6

    Many more like that and they'll be selling calvin Klein in the Station

  • @MikeInPlano
    @MikeInPlano 4 года назад +1

    If he were a railfan, the green Clear signal would have clued him in that a train from behind him was imminent.

  • @85bbenjaminfan
    @85bbenjaminfan 5 лет назад +5

    Well, I'm sure he needed a change of underwear after that lol

    • @sannytizer7772
      @sannytizer7772 4 года назад

      The toilet is where the girl went next, her mother ran for the key.

  • @andydickey
    @andydickey 12 лет назад

    Regarding the guy hearing the horn .. some people, even if they can hear, just don't pay attention. I drive a fire truck and I'm amazed at how many drivers just don't pay attention to the sounds around them. And our siren and air horns are loud - not weeny electronic stuff.