TRAIN vs TRUCK - A Message about Railroad Crossing Safety
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Grade crossing accidents happen far too often in the United States. This video illustrates how powerful trains are. Always be careful and safe around the railroad tracks.
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So that’s why my package never arrived.
Thats right, It was Swifts fault
Don't worry. Tom Hanks will deliver it.
@@wolfgang548 .
@Gray Geezer lol
Wait really
The locomotive was a AC4400CW, and it had a P5 horn, and P5 horns are loud enough for people to hear a train.
Thats a Dash-9 9419
My goodness. Thank you for producing such professional and important content!
Thank you for watching!
@@v12productions I found the location to this crossing, and in 2007 footage, things look the same..when was the last time this crossing had its 1st accident? what year?
I'm a locomotive engineer. We tell all the new hires there are two types of railroader. Those who have killed somebody and those who will.
Yeah but you can blame the engineers for the asshats like that driver.
It's not really the crew of the train doing the killing. It's just physics. Something like this is not in any way your fault.
It’s not the conductor or the engineers fault if a truck, passenger car or pedestrian crossings the tracks in front of an oncoming locomotive. You can only realistically blow the horn, cut the power and apply brakes and hope whatever is in the way moves in time. Unless a trail derails and rolls through a building or explodes due to faulty equipment or something it isn’t the fault of the railroad!
You can’t stop stupidity.
Goddamn right. As a daily car driver, I seen this happens all of the time. People tend to chance it instead of respecting warnings and signage at railroad crossings.@@werewolflover8636
Every train crash happens, I don’t feel bad or sad about the truck driver, I feel bad for the railroad crossing that was saving your life destroyed like nothing
Yeah,How Many Crossing Have Been Destroy By Idiot's Who Thought Beating The Train Were A Great Idea
The engineer is the one that I feel bad for. They see 2-5 stupid people doing stupid things at railway crossings every trip. You have no idea about the stress that this job holds. People are idiots.
@@Fireguy97 same
@@Fireguy97 some train drivers get ptsd from stuff like this
@@Zay-lh4om I do know this. A good friend was a train driver with Canadian Pacific. Another was a conductor. They've told me that normally they get 2-3 close calls or idiots rushing the crossing every time they make a trip.
+people have no patience and many give their life to this lack of patience
More like no common sense!
A woman and her children were killed near where I live, trying to beat a train to a crossing. The train crew saw her speeding on the road parallel to the tracks. it was a passenger train. They usually clear a crossing in about 30 to 45 seconds.
@@raoulcruz4404 I saw that video, my God I feel sorry the kids getting killed for having such a dumb mother.
The lights were already flashing but he decided to go anyways at that moment he fucked up.
This driver will never hold a CDL again as per the fmcsa handbook. A good dose of knowledge and fear for trains goes a long way in preventing a meet of one. This driver got lucky! Much respect to the crews of these beasts and the burdens.
Well at least he was able to drive away in the Volvo
I guess the key thing to remember is....if you see a semi approaching a RR train crossing, start filming.
Im a truck driver and have crossed that track several times. Its tricky due to the off chance that the traffic lights catch you at the wrongtime. But yes he was in the wrong for crossing after the crossing lights came on.
And he stopped half way across the tracks for the light?
@@muckle8 Looks more like, from another angle I've seen, that the trailer got caught on the tracks as he was trying to make a right turn while trying to beat the train.
I just noticed that the brakes are applied so hard you can see alot of scraping from the wheels
They need to get rid of more grade crossing, and make cars and trucks go to a bridge or tunnel. Make the ones that remain one-way so they can't go around gates. Then have raised anti-truck barriers that raise from the ground.
When a package doesn’t show up, i always think of this
I’m a truck driver, and the safe thing to do is never move onto the tracks until you see there is enough room on the other side for the whole truck. Never stop on the tracks. I have sat in front of tracks, waiting for the other side to clear, while some dingbat behind me is blaring his horn because I’m not moving forward.
I ignore dingbats.
I’m both train crew and MOW on a shortline, I see stuff like this literally daily. The general population is incredibly impatient and stupid
0:32 it’s like the boxes were fly out from the truck, by getting hit by a train.
That Truck Driver either got suspended or lost his job. The Crossing Lights were already activated with the arm about to come down. Plus he came fron the same direction as the oncoming train. So he knew there was a train coming.He just tried to beat it. Probably would've if he been able to make that turn. But that car at the traffic light prevented that. He should've just waited in the first place and he wouldn't lost his load and trailer. But at least he didn't lose his life.
Crossing closing cycles in the US appear to be far shorter than applies in Europe. A longer crossing cycle would possibly allow for a train to apply the brakes sooner, reducing the impact of collision.
That depends on visibility. Tracks bend, have trees and foliage, train speed and load.
0:57 TTTE reference NGL + Thank god no one was injured
I'm pretty sure that if there wasn't an officer there, the truck driver probably would'of made the turn.
It's not like the one you see in movies when the good guys make an escape and the the 18-Wheeler truck hits and the train stops and the gasoline explodes and the train collision collapses and everyone is in danger.
Very, very lucky it was a lightly constructed box trailer vs. 250 or so tons of GE AC4400.
That was a ac44c6m NS dosent have ac4400cws.
An excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.
He said, luckily no one was hurt
Not making any judgement here....there’s a small SUV which prevented the truck from making a wider turn. The SUV driver even tried to move out of the way. Of course, hardly anyone saw that part. Not to mention it looks like the truck was already into the turn when the gates came down.
Not sure that the officer helped the situation by starting the siren and distracting the driver more. But possibly he did help by clearing the intersection of other traffic. There was precious little time before the train was going to hit the trailer anyways.
AMAZING video quality.
♥.♥
In a country that is the biggest producer of goods and so the biggest transporter of goods in the world, the occurrence of such incidents is not wonder...
USA is not the biggest producer it’s China
I love the train horn but scary 😮
I'm Glad the driver was'nt killed.
Don't f*** with trains - ever! They will f*** you up if you do.
Do that crazy train crash that happened in Pendleton IN
Just watched it. Glad the driver of the truck got out ok.
Common sense does not prevail.
There IS no more of that!
R.I.P the railroad crossing
Driver stopped out of habit when the officer turned on his siren. If he kept his motion he likely would've cleared the tracks and only got one ticket, instead of likely millions of dollars lost on packages.
How about better truck drivers who can actually deal with turning a corner without getting jammed up? How about mandates that truck driving schools do real world lessons in turning corners at crossings like this one?
Why did the truck stop?
Was trucker already starting to cross the track when the mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* activated?
It looks that due to the suv at the light, the semi took a tighter turn causing the trailer tires to get of the blacktop and into the track. With a wet road and the semi at that angle, he couldn't pull the trailer out.
@@Tigerskunk Thank you. Could not see well on my cell phone.
The wide angle shows thathe trucker could have made a wider turn.
Trucker should have seen the problem and just headed straight,hen turn right athext intersection.
When this happend it was the day before my birthday!
Your voice is awesome
Norfolk southern just smashed a trailer 1:02
My guess is the trucker was cited for failure to stop at a railroad crossing!!!
Police, do not let stop cars or trucks on the TRACKS. Otherwise will hit by train.
Everyone is dogging the truck driver , but unless you are in the truck you don’t really know what happened. I guarantee that car and train accidents occur 100 times more. I drive a truck and have been half way across a track and the crossing activate and there you are. I’ve also been high sided on a track hauling heavy equipment on a designated truck route. So all of you professionals out there don’t know shit until you have done it.
that's why my laptop arrived in 4 pieces...
I am surprised that semis don't have to stop at the tracks like a school bus.
Buses and semis hauling hazmat are required to stop at railroad crossings
@@BNSFFREIGHTTRAIN1980 I meant to say that they don't have to stop. Thanks for the lesson.
@@subicstationditosailor4053 no problem fam
Other than a great special effects video, what good does this really do posting it on UA-cam?
Why isn't there a campaign to see that this type of video, and others like it get shown to all the future Truckers at the training Schools where they learn to drive a big rig?
The point of posting it is to show what will happen when you make wrong choices.
Just because the driver has a higher class of license, doesn't mean the driver has a higher IQ than the cargo being hauled in the trailer.
My package never get there
Because I’m starting to cry
Let me take a guess. He made the turn but couldn't compete it becuse some driver wouldn't backup for him to make a wide turn. Of course he should have waited. I would just get outta the way to avoid that situation. I've been told some people are more courteous than others. Dont speculate the thought in that situation.
Looks like that trucker is gonna get fired for this.
Oh my God😱
I would alert the train engineer
Oh snap that truck just got hit by a train, is the driver OK.
Trucker is an idiot for two reasons, 1) he ran the crossing when the lights were flashing and 2) knowing that he was doing two turns in quick succession he should have swung way wide
Bastard. Now I know why my packages were late
I think it's really funny when a train hits a truck
Since i’m a railfan, an AC44C6M hit the truck
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Looks like the cop was going to go after him for running the lights.
Oh yeah
@@haioujin7964 yep. But once he saw that train he knew there was another problem
@@krishnnacarmona5426 gee how did you figure that one
@@krishnnacarmona5426 think we know that
@@haioujin7964 repot police
It's a good thing that trailer wasn't a tanker.
Kaboom
Empty fine, full 🔥
There was a some flames as the trailer was dragged across the pavement.
@@aaronb7631 The semi driver had a reefer trailer and it looks like a frozen goods
Tanker truck drivers require a CDL, (with usually HazMat & always tanker endorsements) which also tells them they have to stop at all RR Xings. This cuts down the chances, but people being people....
😎🇺🇸
I bet the broker on that load was pissed 😤 🤣
@HT International Yes sir, the broker is pissed. Oh thats right the broker promised him $3 per mile on 2000 miles, then got greedy and screwed the driver over only to pay him a dollar per mile with no fuel surcharge. The driver retaliated against the broker and let the load be destroyed by a Norfolk Southern train hauling autos. Brokers you see what happens when you screw your drivers to run your cheap freight.
Well next time the broker should ship his loads on Norfolk Southern Railroad freight trains but the railroad wont haul it because his rates are too low.
The brokers load was done broked.
LMFAO I despise a bunch of the leaches
Yes, so I was going to get some toys and cry in
That’s why am I pagas never in life
I don't care about the stupid or careless people who do this but I feel sorry for the train crews that have to experience these morons. Maybe the decrease in accidents is because the trains are removing the breeders?
Roger Huber ... just thinnin' the herd !!!
Yo
U said it right
Good God I dont drive.... if I were a train driver, I would hit those mothr fkers even harder then send them back 2 their mama's
This accident was on Bonehead Truckers of the Week a couple weeks ago - filmed from the other side of the tracks.
Yeah I seen it on Bonehead Truckers of the week
@necroslair lol I would imagine.
Truck: "Why did you hit me?"
Train: "Cause I have a crush on you."
Train: 😘
What the heck
Lol
lmao
always a gift when you upload, love the high-quality videos you make.
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video.... I'm a retired railroader with 37 years service, 14 car/train crashes & 2 trespasser fatalities.
Truck driver failed to yield to the train. Lights flashing and gates going down as well as the air horn of the train being blown. Trucker may have avoided a collision (and loss of his job and even his CDL) by making a wider right turn.
Never play with trains! It is almost always a losing battle. Even a lowboy hauling machinery is no match for a train, even though the train did derail and the disaster was just staggering.
The most dangerous railroad crossing accident happened in Mexico when a tanker truck was struck by a train and exploded moments later. The helicopter crew filming the wreckage pulled back more than a mile and rose 1 mile up due to the intense heat.
Ask any engineer their worst fear when approaching a railroad crossing and two fears are at the top: Tankers and school busses.
The risk is just not worth it. Be patient or find an alternate route that avoids a railroad crossing or two. Expect a train on any track at anytime. Even crossings marked exempt may still see train activity. When in doubt, ask your city leaders if an exempt crossing's rail line is still active.
Where I live at least, exempt just means vehicles that normally have to stop at tracks before going over them don't have to (busses, tankers, etc...). There are two near me (one goes north one goes west) marked exempt and they are still in use once a week for the local to go a county or two over for a couple of businesses, it's just that it is used very little so chances of encounters is extremely low, the trains move at very low speed, and they don't have many cars attached like 8 at the most so it is no problem for the train to stop. The train reduces speed and almost stops at the road crossings even.
Around here unused tracks don't last long, they are ripped out and turned into walking and cycling paths. If they were left abandoned or unused for years it might have signs saying abandoned or something. Another thing is they wouldn't still paint rail crossing marks every year on the road, leave crossing gates operational and powered, when the highway is repaved they wouldn't leave the rails going across, etc...
Wisconsin Statutes 195.285 - Exempt railroad crossings » LawServer
www.lawserver.com/law/state/wisconsin/wi-laws/wisconsin_laws_195-285
“Never play with trains!” Even ¾” live steam trains are heavy and can make serious injuries if one is careless. A 3” scale park train weighs several tons; don't fool around!
“Exempt” means that the crossing has to be flagged before a train may cross. Buses and hazmat trucks don't have to stop-look-listen at exempt crossings.
@@specialed6357- This is very incorrect. Within a few miles of where I am are several former road-rail crossings where the rails are still in place under the pavement. Some still have the RR XING paint on the pavement. One still has Xbucks in place. The railroad has been gone since 1984. The rails are gone, except in the Xings. The former RoW has not been made a trail-from-rail. Fences cross the former RoW. Driveways have been paved on the former RoW. The RR still owns the land and leases it out.
In some places the local taxing districts opposed the RR abandonment, not because any industry was using the tracks but because the districts collected taxes on the RoW. If abandoned the RR would not continue paying taxes and no one else would buy the land at tax foreclosure.
Many cities have banned train horn blowing: “NO TRAIN HORN” may be posted at RR Xings.
Then after some Very Important Person is injured or killed by a train that didn't blow its horn, they relax the “NO TRAIN HORN” rule to during dark hours of night, or some such.
A great message. Thanks for posting bud.
Thanks for watching!
that's why i didnt get my amazon package
It’s faking meat you idiot you ordered meat from Tyson at Amazon? Stupid
@@AlexLopez-yv6rr dude it was just a joke
@@AlexLopez-yv6rr r/wooosh
@JPro13 lmao
@@AlexLopez-yv6rr mello out dude. JPro13 was just joking.
OMG a truck got hit by a NS train! I Love trains ❤.
2:32 I wish more employers would teach their workers about this. Whether they're truckers, police, fire, medics, or any transport driver in general hell why not tell the baristas down at Starbucks while they're at it, this is a life saving phone number should SHTF. Hopefully Operation Lifesaver continues their mission in educating those who may encounter things like this.
Agreed. As an ordinary driver, I never knew there was a posted phone number to call incase something like this happens or is about to happen.
@@moonbear5929 here's where you can get more info on OLI's safety program for Professional Drivers - oli.org/safety-near-trains/driving-safely-near-tracks/professional-drivers
@@moonbear5929 There are many people out there that never pay attention to even the most common road signage. These signs at almost all railroad crossings have been in place for years... I'm glad that you took notice of them before it cost you your life.. 😊 I have driven trucks for many years and have made it a rule that even if the lights aren't flashing or gates arent down to just take a couple seconds to look, listen and hopefully keep on living.
@@Galaxy2517 Oh I would never ignore the bells, flashing lights or attempt to beat the drop gates to get across the tracks. I know what a train can do to an ordinary car, and what it can do to the human body. I give RR Xings respect. Even if the warning system isn't doing anything, one should still slow down and look both ways like you should for any other intersection, make damn sure the train is not coming.
I just didn't know anything about the blue sign on the post as I'm almost never standing around RR Xings. When you're walking around, you have more time to notice things (if you don't have your face buried in a smartphone).
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This truck driver should lose his CDL...permanently.
No doubt but unfortunately he'll get a lawyer that will put the blame on Norfolk Southern somehow. More often than not that's how it goes down.
@Scott Nyob - Or work for Swift!
@@aaronb7631 LOL Don't know much about Swift, but that was *Funny!*
He probably did.
Wow I can’t believe the boxes fly out from the truck, and I believe it’s the truck’s fault for letters all of that happen not the train.
I am that red Ford that passed it was crazy
Wow! So you witnessed what happened?
I did 😑😑
We got hit by a piece of wood
Some people are just stuck on stupid. 😩
Absolutely INEXCUSABLE!! The NS crew or innocent people could have been killed or injured due to one person’s stupidity.
Imagine how always it will be to tell your boss why you lost the packages
It is amazing how stupid people can be. The driver should be cited and perhaps even lose his job. There are EMS at every rail crossing. You would think a semi driver to know better. He is lucky that no one got hurt. I am sure this is heart rendering from engineers and conductors. Why are people just so stupid?
I'm sure he did lose his job you think companies are going to keep you around after that.
he lost his job for at least 6 months by fed gov law
Some years ago, I noticed a RR tie had been pulled up, apparently by the landing gear of a big rig trailer as indicated by some serious scrape marks. The tie was left in a position to derail the next train to hit it. I called the number on the emergency sign and all the person wanted to do was argue with me. I couldn't hang around to see what might happen, but the next day I checked back at the location. The tie had been moved out of the way by someone and just left there. The line is used by high speed commuter trains as well as freight.
i allways stop before i cross a rail road track .no matter what upsets people i dont care how long it takes im not going over it .untill i feel safe to cross the rail road tracks.
A train his a vehicle at a grade crossing every 90 minutes in the US.
That must be a tough vehicle for a train to hit it every 90 minutes.
CASUAL OBSERVER
In africa, every 90 minutes a hour and a half goes by. With your help, we can put an end to this.
@@specialed6357 That's because they are still having trouble with daylight savings time trying to understand how the sun can come out before the darkness goes away.
Every 90 minutes someone posts a unverifiable statistic on UA-cam.
Every 90 minutes another idiot gets what he/she deserves!
When will people learn? Seriously. We need to get rid of quiet zones everywhere. Screw whoever thinks they’re annoying. The railroad was most likely built before they ever lived there. They clearly agreed they would have to deal with hearing trains.
It doesn't matter if the train blows it's horn or not, people pull this kind of stupidity regardless. The traffic bells, flashing lights and the drop gate should be enough warning that a train is coming. It is up to the individual to heed the massive warning. You cant fix stupid. And stupid can strike any time, any where.
@@moonbear5929 you are definitely right about that. But the horn is an extra safety device. Florida’s accident rates have skyrocketed because of quiet zones
ppl will always take a risk when it come to trains and trucks
0:29 I feel bad for the officer. If I were in his spot, I could only do so much to stop the accident. As the annoucer said, "There's nothing the officer can do." Only option? Alert other officers and keep rolling footage.
I love how trains win over stupid people every single time.
Imagine making the semi trucks a few feet taller than the locomotives
This is why I stop at all railroad crossings. I know buses and certain trucks have to do it, and cars don’t, I do it for my own personal safety.
I DROVE A GAS TRUCK ON A ROUTE FOR 18 YEARS AND SAW PEOPLE BLOWING OFF THE DANGRS OF TRAINS! ITS INCREDABLE THAT A FEW MINUTES DELAY IS WORTH THEIR LIVES!
OMG I SAW SPARKS FROM THE
TRAILER
OR IS IT THE LOCOMOTIVE?
Somebody is NOT getting their Viagra delivered on time. 😬
Amazon: Your package will be delayed.
There’s a very dangerous crossing in Elmwood Park, NJ off i80 in an industrial area where dozens of semis cross daily - the crossing is elevated AND diagonal to the roadway with multiple driveways and side roads near the crossing. Once @ a delivery adjacent to the crossing a pickup truck went around the gate and barely missed a direct hit catching only the rear bumper but scary to witness 🤔😱😯
I remember this from a few weeks ago -- here is the other view from the police station ua-cam.com/video/1J_jR0DcFQc/v-deo.html.
Good lord buddy...... did you not see the gates coming down....... I would like to see the reaction of this Engineer and Conductor........ I hope nobody was hurt.
Norfolk southern, what’s your function? “ safely and on time” mean while in ohio, NS trains keep derailing.
Aquí en México también hay este tipo de eventos yo creo que en todo el mundo hay imprudentes
That mean train ate my truck !
You know those packages you wanted delivered? Looks like plans have changed....Can you do a pick up???
Either the Truck Driver was a Rookie or he made a Really Stupid Mistake. NO Excuse for this.🤔👎
me driving the truck: oh man why I'm going to get hit by a train
When a vehicle gets stuck on the railroad tracks at one railroad crossing, the driver should get out and call the 1-800 phone number on a signpost that shows the phone number that a stranded driver should call in case a driver gets stuck on railroad tracks. If you get stuck on railroad tracks and cannot find the signpost that shows the phone number that you should call if you get stuck on railroad tracks, call 9-1-1. I understand it is bad if a stranded driver waves at a train to stop their train crew or a train driver but the thing is that it is good when a stranded driver waves at a train crew or a train driver to stop their train but the thing is that sometimes it is bad when a stranded driver waves at a train crew or a train driver to stop their train because trains cannot stop quickly because of their size, weight, and speed.
Blueplates may be ugly, but very useful.
Anyone else pick up on the DC to AC unit second out?
No.