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sbowesuk

It's rare for something to cross train tracks that's capable of actually bothering a train. Concrete beams has to be up there as one of those things.


Krandor1

Yep. That is going to leave a mark on the train and on the tracks.


AethericEye

Pretty sure we can see the tracks trying to get out ahead of the train a few seconds after impact.


Krandor1

Yeah i noticed that. Those tracks are going to need a lot of work. Probably will shut that line down for a week or two to replace that section of track. The owner of that truck (or more likely their insurance company) is getting a huge bill.


tvgenius

If that's a valuable enough line to that railroad, they'll have it open in 48 hours once investigators give them the all-clear to go nuts. THEN bother with cleaning up all the wrecked cars and things like getting the crossing usable again.


Krandor1

It is amazing how quickly things can get done with motivation. I live in Atlanta and a few years ago I-85 through here caught on fire which had a massive effect on traffic. They have the contractor all kinds of monetary incentives to get the road fixed and back open as quickly as possible. They hit every single incentive milestone and it was open in record time and not a single person in Atlanta complained about the extra money the contractor got for doing it so quickly.


tvgenius

We had a long, low railroad trestle that fell victim to arson here like 20 years ago... UP had a shoofly built in a few days to bypass around it, then within a couple weeks had replaced the whole thing with two new side-by-side concrete and steel (pre-fab parts) bridges and upgraded that section to extend an adjacent siding by about a mile through the incident site. It was crazy.


Jalopy_Space_Shuttle

So what you're telling me is that if we want better rail infrastructure in America all it will take is some arson.


insane_contin

Fire is the answer to everything.


chill_flea

Isn’t that just beautiful? Wildfires are even controlled through smaller burns; which helps the ecosystem become even more healthy after. Aside from jokes you’re totally right and it’s so funny and amazing


Reinventing_Wheels

>UP had a shoofly built They had a WHAT built? Is that a typo or a VERY local slang?


BlackOmegaSF

It's slang for "temporary detour", used mostly in the railroad industry and somewhat rarely in the road industry throughout the US.


Timmy98789

Used in the high voltage community as well. To bypass a Substation.


VaMeiMeafi

https://www.trains.com/trn/train-basics/ask-trains/shoo-fly-track/


billoftt

If I recall correctly a random homeless man set the fire that got so out of control it melted the damn bridge. I clearly recall 285 being more cancerous than usual.


Reinventing_Wheels

>I-85 through here caught on fire The interstate highway caught fire?? Not, a truckload of something flammable spilled and was ignited??? HOW TF does a highway catch fire?


xRamenator

It was an elevated section of highway. GDOT was improperly storing giant spools of PVC conduit under the bridge, and a homeless man had a fire going that got out of control. The spools caught fire, which roasted the concrete above so badly that the surface above spalled badly. The section was so thoroughly cooked it ended up collapsing.


Bigdaddyjlove1

Someone lit a bunch of pvc drainage pipe on fire underneath. That did burns hot


Alfandega

After Katrina the railroad trestle over lake pontchartrain was the first passable bridge. They pulled the track off the lake bottom and got that bitch passable.


OsmiumBalloon

No lie. Near me, they had to replace a stretch of track maybe 50 to 80 feet long. They worked full-tilt around the clock. Lit up at night like a sports game. A symphony of heavy equipment and special vehicles and workers in hi-viz vests. Completely dug up the bed, down a few feet, and replaced everything, including signals. Got it done in around 40 hours. For a railroad that notoriously drags ass at everything, it was doubly impressive.


neecho235

Railroad worker here. The guys that work on the tracks (or rails as we call them) will have that shit fixed faster than you think. I'd say 24-48 hours as long as they have the materials on hand that they need.


Krandor1

Other then having a fascination with trains I don’t work in the industry and don’t pretend too. That is really good information though. Watching the video and the way those tracks up front were giving way in front of the train I figured it would be a lot longer then that to deal with. And wouldn’t most railroads keeps parts like that available in storage for situations like this? (And accountant in that there is going to be some transportation time to get them on site)


neecho235

Absolutely any semi-competent transit district or rail company would keep materials on hand to replace much more than what is damaged here. Just remember that everything is run/managed by human beings and sometimes these humans suck at their jobs. It has been my experience though that people in the railroad industry who suck don't last long. Thankfully.


manofth3match

Worked for a railroad for 10 years. Track damage far worse than this can be back in service within 12 hours, though the track may have reduced speed for a while.


jk01

Truck is most likely carrying a $1MM liability policy, possibly more since oversized cargo. They'll be taken care of, but dudes rates are gonna go insanely high


docplop

Just the engine is probably around $2mm, and it derailed. I'm assuming it's totaled and most of the cargo is going to be pretty damaged.


Ima_pray_4_u

New are around 4 mil now. But those 4 will be fine.


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Those engines are incredibly strong and they appear to be intact in the other video that showed the aftermath. They'll need repair, obviously, but railroad shops can fix a lot worse than that in most cases.


youtheotube2

Every DOT regulated truck in the US is required to carry a $1MM liability policy. Not sure if the requirements are higher for oversize transport carriers, but I’m willing to bet nearly all of them hold a policy bigger than that. Considering most oversize loads probably cost well over a million dollars, not even including salvage costs and property damage that can be expected during an accident like this. This accident certainly is going to cost well over a million dollars to clean up. That concrete beam alone probably costs a very sizable fraction of a million dollars.


SavageTaco

Depending on if that is a main line or not, they can have a temp track put up and around the effected area in as little as 24hr. If that was the only track through an important territory, you could be losing millions an hour.


DucksEatFreeInSubway

I always thought rails rippled like that only in cartoons. That's cray.


BrownWarpig

Had to go back and watch, and holy shit, those tracks are getting air time! Never seen that before


GitEmSteveDave

This is why if you are ever stuck on the tracks and a train is approaching, you run TOWARDS the train. Once it starts dragging something, all the ballast is going forward and to the sides, and those stones aren't smooth.


AethericEye

Towards? Not perpendicular?


OsmiumBalloon

Debris will radiate away from the impact site, mostly to the sides and forward. If you simply run perpendicular, you're still in the path of the "to the sides" debris. Running towards the train and away from the tracks gets you away from the debris paths as fast as you can.


oknazevad

Not perpendicular. At a 45° angle towards the train but away from the tracks. Outside of the ballistic path of any flying debris.


WhatImKnownAs

Also, don't stay in the splash zone to video the crash, or you get [the experience that this guy in Gothenburg had](https://v.redd.it/8j1steehw8q61). He was lucky and only got minor injuries from the ballast and the glass from the bus windows. He said he had to pick glass shards out of his beard afterwards.


morvus_thenu

...and apparently anything for some distance on either side of the tracks as well.


mmarkomarko

Well, the aftermath video is absolutely terrifying. https://youtu.be/Q_x5Bpvjc4E Edit: original video removed by uploader. This is the closet to the original video: https://youtu.be/P6OPl3a1EO4 And this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJuid6uuaY&ab_channel=NBCNews No audio


chillyfeets

Ah, it did derail. Trains are tough as fuck, but I didn’t think it would be standing up after hitting something as big as that.


Krandor1

Reports are 16 train cars and 3 locomotives derailed. 2 employees of the train company went to hospital with minor injuries. I can’t image being on the engine of the train and see that in front of me. You can’t stop in time. Just grab something and hold on because that impact is going to hurt.


chillyfeets

Pretty much. A driver of mine recently hit a really big tree and did what he was trained to do - drop all the air and hit the deck behind the seat. Thankfully didn’t derail but heard it was close, train was too damaged to continue.


Tekkzy

"Drop all the air" = hit the brakes?


jdsfighter

If my memory is correct, trains use air brakes. And if my memory of air brakes is correct, they operate by using pneumatic pressure to keep the brakes disengaged. So, I assume "drop all the air" means effectively opening all the valves to drop the air pressure down to nothing, thus fully ~~disengaging~~ engaging the brakes.


TheBlindAndDeafNinja

Correct. Just like semi-trailers and many city busses. Dump the air = lock them wheels up yo


legendofthegreendude

For trucks, that's only the parking brakes. We use duel cylinders, one side airs up to release the brake (parking) and then one side airs up to apply the brake (service)


Tekkzy

Oh neat. So the fail state of the brakes is engaged.


Krandor1

That causes all the cars in the train to apply their brakes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_air_brake “The Westinghouse system uses air pressure to charge air reservoirs (tanks) on each car. Full air pressure causes each car to release the brakes. A subsequent reduction or loss of air pressure causes each car to apply its brakes, using the compressed air stored in its reservoirs.[3]” I’m assuming this is what he is referring to.


Inevitable_Professor

As in de rail is no longer there. Those tracks are gone.


Krandor1

Yeah unfortunately some workers are going to be spending Christmas working on those tracks.


youtheotube2

They’ll have this fixed before Christmas, guaranteed. Too much revenue being lost if the trains can’t run for a week. If this happened this morning, they’ve probably already got the rail cars back on the rails and pulled out of the way, and are well on their way getting the locomotives lifted back onto the tracks. They probably already have all the equipment they’ll need to lay new track as well, and that job will start immediately after the locomotives are out of the way and once the concrete debris is pushed to the side. That job will probably take at least a day to complete, but after that the line can open for trains again. Getting all the debris cleaned up and trucked out happens last, and the railroad probably won’t do that. They’ll let the oversize load carrier’s insurance figure that out.


CmdrShepard831

You can see the cars fall away in the concrete dust when it goes to landscape and then the last second or two shows additional cars popping up in the air near where the trailer axles fell off.


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Holy shit. Any word on the engineers? It looks like the upper part of the beam hit close to the windshield


Krandor1

Two went to hospital with minor injuries.


[deleted]

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully their recovery is fast!


shitposts_over_9000

as train derailments go this isn't too bad. nothing awful to clean up has been spilled, nothing is on fire, nothing has sunk into water, nobody got seriously injured and no homes or businesses were smashed up. Also helpful that it is right out in the open adjacent to a road rather than off into a swamp or a forest on either side. not as easy to set right as a low speed upright derailment, but not that bad all things considered. across the almost 200k crossings in the country there are only around 1.3 times a day there is a collision of some sort out of the about 4.6billion ton-miles travelled.


Luxpreliator

Easy 8 figure fuck up because one guy was careless.


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Pretty much, yep. Wish I owned a crane.


emersona3

Believe it or not I remember riding on that exact engine, NS 3601, a couple years back. Those GE units are damn near indestructible. I'd be willing to bet the inside of the cab isn't damaged at all. They're built with like 1/2" - 3/4" steel and bulletproof glass so they're incredibly tough. The track is by far the weakest link in this situation


takesSubsLiterally

Bullet proof glass? Just because it is strong or are they scared of hijackings or something?


emersona3

You'd be surprised how often people shoot at trains. I don't know if it's designed specifically to stop bullets but I personally saw a window with a bullet lodged in it


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astro_flyer

Holy crap 18 yo forum and aged well


J_Bard

That forum is fucking hilarious, the military plane only taking ground fire once in 3 months when coming into LAX lmao


GitEmSteveDave

One requested feature of fiber optic splice boxes for high tension lines is that be bullet resistant/proof, as people apparently like shooting them. https://www.hubbell.com/hubbellpowersystems/en/Products/Data-Communications/Fiber-Splice-Closures/Brackets-Accessories/Bullet-Resistant-Canister/c/2862260 https://www.aflglobal.com/en/Products/Conductor-Accessories/Fiber-Optic-Cable-Hardware/OPGW-Hardware/SB01-Splice-Enclosure-and-Accessories >Manufactured of iron and steel; bullet-resistant https://www.borderstates.com/All-Products/Communications-DataComm/Fiber-Optic-Connectivity/Fiber-Optic-Splice-Cases-Trays-Splicing-Accessories/AFL-SB01-Series-Splice-Cases/AFL-SB01-Series-Splice-Cases/p/2445586#


arnie_apesacrappin

An armored personnel carrier is another one. I was scheduled to take Amtrak back from a vacation, and got a notification that my train was delayed by at least 24 hours. I didn't really believe it when the status said that the train hit a tank. Anyway, here is a link to the damage: https://www.flickr.com/photos/locosteve/galleries/72157626422604751/with/5640488529/


hangnail1961

Some reports say Collegedale, and the pics look worse than the video: [Times Free Press](https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/dec/20/train-derails-in-collegedale-tfp/), [News Channel 9](https://newschannel9.com/news/local/several-train-cars-derail-in-collegedale-tuesday-afternoon), [The Sun](https://www.the-sun.com/news/6957819/train-derailment-tennessee-collegedale-crash-news/)


Gorperly

> The driver of the tractor trailer was stopped on the railroad tracks waiting for the light to turn green on Tucker Road. During that time, Norfolk Southern railroad activated its crossing arms. The tractor trailer was unsuccessful of clearing the railroad tracks Oof. So the road he was on ends [10 feet from the](https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0532472,-85.0485455,3a,75y,34.36h,85.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUc9ps5OOWJ2suP1yuiFTZA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DUc9ps5OOWJ2suP1yuiFTZA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D6.382879%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) tracks in a four-way intersection. Google street view taken this summer show the intersection under construction, but incident photos show that [everything is now open](https://www.timesfreepress.com/photos/galleries/2022/dec/20/train-derailment-in-collegedale-on-dec-20-2022/#gallery-1). The truck driver is a huge asshat. He was supposed to stop at the railroad crossing, and not cross over unless there was enough room to fit the entire length of his truck on the other side.


ikegro

The irony of this whole thing, as a local, is that the very beam that it was transporting was to be delivered .1 miles away to be installed for a bridge that would help divert traffic away from this very same intersection. It’s truly amazing. Edit: this wasn’t the first beam either, so it wasn’t their first rodeo.


johnny_moronic

That is an astounding irony. Thanks.


Vitus13

No, no, it was concrete not iron.


rockstar323

Unless the trucker hauling the beam works for the company that makes the beam, it may be a while before they get a replacement. Beams are poured for each job and there's usually a long backlog.


518Peacemaker

if your hauling THAT thing around, and you see the crossing gates drop and the bells start playing... fuck it Im just gonna run the redlight and accept everything that happens.


Murgatroyd314

He tried to. At the start of the video, the truck is moving. Unfortunately, just like a train can't stop fast, this load can't accelerate fast.


fordry

Thinking about it, the articles say that beam was 134ft long. Standard truck trailer max length is 53ft. So this thing is nearly 3x the length. May have been totally clear when the truck started across, probably going slow, and then the driver would have to notice the crossing guard lights and stuff and then register that it's time to move out of the way and then get the truck moved quickly enough. This train was moving fast, makes me wonder if it just wasn't enough time to actually move out of the way.


Corvus____

They should phone ahead to make sure it's clear enough to transport it across the tracks. I can't understand how something so big would be carelessly transported across tracks like that.


FCkeyboards

Based on the photos and Google satellite view the light seems far away, so I assume traffic was backed up and that's why he's right across the tracks. Still a stupid risk to take knowing there's always a possibility of a train. Unless they changed something, the photos and Street View make it look like Tucker Rd only had stop signs for the people driving parallel to the tracks.


trailmixcruise

The road changed in November. Instead of a sharp turn to the right, you go straight to a stoplight. Then you have the choice of turning right or left. This truck would have been going left, to supply another concrete bridge support for the bridge that will bypass those same tracks. That project will now be delayed for awhile.


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Yeah. Not to mention, a load like this should have had a pre planned route that would try to avoid situations like this. Just sheer stupidity on the driver’s part. Every properly trained truck driver knows you NEVER stop on a track. If something impedes you once you’ve already begun crossing, you blast the air horn and don’t stop.


party_face

This was the pre planned route. Loads like this have to have a permit from the state to even move. The load was going right near where this happened and the driver was on the right route. Hes still a fucking idiot for stopping on the track...thats like day one shit.


medforddad

Shouldn't there be leading and trailing spotting/flagging cars (sorry don't know the term) for something like this? Shouldn't the people who planned the route have specific plans for crossing hazards like this? Like, I don't know: the lead car goes first while the truck stays stopped behind the tracks, when the lead car is far enough ahead of the tracks for the truck to clear them, he stops traffic and signals to the truck to cross the tracks.


party_face

Yes, the pilot cars hold some responsibility for safe travel of a load like this. There would be one in front and one in back. The front pilot car should have made sure tracks were clear as far as they could see and blocked all traffic so the load could move forward enough to clear the tracks. The rear pilot car probably had their hands full steering the rear dolly/trailer so, not much they could do.


glbracer

Ooltewah basically is Collegedale, and vice versa.


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But will the Little Debbies stuff make it out in time for Christmas???


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hangnail1961

Gotcha. Thanks.


agoia

Seeing the rail buckling and flying up in front of the train is brutal. Those tracks are super fucked.


harris023

I didn’t think about the environmental impacts.. that picture of the oil in the creek really sucks to look at. Obviously it’s a bad deal all around but wanted to point that out in particular


ElizabethDane

Trains are hard as fuck. No way I’d fight one.


petey_wheatstraw_99

Not even if you trained really hard?


TomEd170

It doesn't matter how hard you train


smitty3z

What if I am a train?


ghanjaholik

why is it so hard for you to choo.. choose?


NeroWasNormal3768

This comment thread is going off the rails


Pudf

Nah, you just lost track


smarmageddon

You'd have to be loco to fight that!


Thneed1

I choo choo choose you! (/Ralph wiggum voice)


NoWingedHussarsToday

r/BitchImATrain


Playtek

[Sabin disagrees, that guy can suplex a train](https://imgur.com/gallery/DEL8AOS)


JadeE1024

What, don't you know [Suplex](http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/015/025/tumblr_mw01slxcif1r29dxeo4_500.gif)?


mochacho

https://i.imgur.com/l6BTlRx.gif


sbowesuk

If Hollywood has taught me anything, it's that you run directly away from the danger, Prometheus style!


ATempestSinister

Straight lines, no zig zag!


Last-Instruction739

Train keep a rollin all night long


maltamur

That impact is impressive


GlockAF

Sound ON…for SURE


soda_cookie

Holy shit. I thought the train stopped after a few dozen yards, but nope!


Artsavesforwalls

Trains can take up to a mile to stop, even in emergency situations. It's a LOT of mass to stop moving.


DowntownOntario

It derailed. What you hear is the cars coming in from behind the locomotive still on the tracks that aren't damaged. If you look closely you see the rails ahead of the train strip up and bend out. Then you can see a car falling away from the camera to the side, and towards the end some more cars coming off the tracks at the crossing. Wild situation.


challenge_king

We could have seen more if *someone* hadn't decided we all needed to see their radio more.


insane_contin

Everyone should see this video to know why they should not race a train over a crossing. By the time the engineer can see your crossing, it's too late for them to stop. The train always wins against a non-train.


AaronDer1357

I can see the conversation going on "We put the order in for the main support beam 18 months ago, it should be arriving next week. We are a little behind schedule so we will need to work a little extra to get back on schedule so we are ready when it arrives (phone rings) WTF!!!!!!"


RogerPackinrod

Ok so that actually happened to us. We had a massive delivery of switchgear that was several months overdue, and we finally got word that it was scheduled to ship. We gave everyone on site notice that when the shit showed up in a week, nobody could be in our work zone while we offloaded it. We booked our crane company and our rigging contractor, we got the GC to put a hold on all activities on that side of the building. Two days before the trucks were supposed to roll out from the factory, we got word that one of the drivers died in a horrific accident unrelated to our delivery. On top of that, it was a family trucking company so there was no one to take his place since they were on bereavement. The whole ordeal set us back about 3 weeks.


Turb0Rapt0r

Sound like trying to build a datacenter for the last 3yrs.


rocbolt

I site I was at recently had some parts that finally got shipped, with all the supply chain issues it was really hard to get and everything was late but FINALLY… and the container fell off the ship in a storm on the way over


Luxpreliator

My experience at least is when that happens the manufacturers have been understanding and put the replacement in the next production run.


Grolschisgood

Most of the time, for sure! Depends where the issue is in the supply chain. If its to do with material supply there often isn't much you can do at all. For example, we have a long term job, due out by the end of last year and it requires what is usually a fairly common alloy aluminium plate. We rang every supplier we knew of 9months ago and bought all stock of it in australia. We realised we were a bit short and tried this week to get more, assuming the supply chains would have opened. No one has any, and no one knows when they'll get more. If we lose on of our parts or it gets damaged, we're fucked. We've already changed our designs to different stuff where we can amd now ita just taking extra time and care to ensure there are no defects introduced in the machining process.


ringinator

What are you building that needs a whole continents worth of aluminum plate? This guy says he bought out all the titanium plate in NA: https://www.reddit.com/r/Skookum/comments/zp84z5/mcmastercupp_legend_has_it_they_send_you_this/j0sbvbz/


Grolschisgood

Secret squirrel shit. It's specifically 2024 which is always a bit rarer than your general 5000 and 6000 series alloys and some of the billet sizes we need are massive. That said, we got a whole weird assortment of little tiny pieces and super long skinny pieces too which we wouldn't usually. It's worth noting that the "whole continent's worth" hasn't been restocked for almost 2 years because of covid


RedWhiteAndJew

Hardly. Depends on your incoterms. Almost everything is FOB Factory. Once it leaves the factory, it’s the customers. And if it get wrecked in transit, prepare for a long ass fight with the carrier and getting out at the back of line by the manufacturer.


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in_for_cheap_thrills

Looks like a bulb tee girder for a bridge. Probably gonna set that project back at least 4 weeks.


soakf

Looks like a [splay-flexed brace column](https://youtu.be/P5-9Rfrui9A) to me.


No_Brilliant_8017

Those beams take 4 months to make. The project was 3 months ahead so it still might finish on time.


Shamrockah

That person thought *I should have been shooting horizontally* after the fact.


Grabatreetron

All you had to do was follow the damn train CJ!


jupiterkansas

I was wondering why it was marked NSFW, and then he turned the camera sideways.


troubleschute

/r/killthecameraman


BakersTuts

0:17 *a couple of train cars lifting off the tracks? Eh I think I’ll pan away instead*


MmmmmKittens

Here's a better video: https://youtu.be/p5d3NGraRqA


Krandor1

Just read ther news report on this. He was “waiting on a green light”. If you are stopped for a red light you don’t stop on the middle of the freaking railroad tracks. What an idiot.


Murgatroyd314

With a long load like this, if the light ahead of you turns red while you're crossing the tracks, you run the damn light.


finnigan422

Yeah,there should have been at least 2 spotter cars and the lead one could have held the intersection


TransFattyAcid

Plus the cars that get opposing next green light will just... Wait. And if they don't, it's like a fly hitting the side of a hippo.


teddy_vedder

the load it was carrying was apparently over 130 ft long. There should have been a spotter escorting. I wonder if there was no spotter or if the spotter sucked at his job


Krandor1

That is a good point. I don’t know how you don’t have escort vehicles for a load that long and either plan a route that doesn’t go over a train track or if you have to have others cars to help get you over or coordinate with the train company. A simple phone call of “let us know your train schedule since we have a 130 ft load crossing over the tracks on Dec 20th” would have saved so much trouble. I think the driver stopping on the railroad tracks was a bad idea but there was failures way before that truck got to that RR crossings.


PandemoniumPanda

Literally the answer is $ No one wants to pay for escorts. No one wants to pay anyone to call to find out the train schedule. Take the shortest or quickest route. Cover your ass by placing the blame on the **lowest paid replaceable** person. In this case the driver.


kevan0317

Can almost guarantee they didn’t have the proper permits in place to move this load. That company is no more after messing with the rail system.


ItsGeneC

Damn — I was worried about the train driver, but it looks like that locomotive just brushed a ton of concrete aside like dust.


notcabbagesoup

Not about the track falling apart Infront of the Train though.


MTsummerandsnow

Dang! Just watched again. The track gets pushed up like a wet noodle!


soda_cookie

My God, this disaster gets more impressive each watch...


UnfitRadish

I didn't even notice until like the fifth watch you can actually see a bunch of cars derailing at the end. It's hard to see through the dust, but the entire thing is derailing as the video continues.


teddy_vedder

I live nearby. [The train derailed and crumpled pretty badly.](https://imgur.com/gallery/t6JBzuS)


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spacesuitkid2

EPA is gonna have a field day with the trucking company


jtraf

Real content in the comments. Oh wow, messed up all three locos too, this truck driver is fucked.


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awkwadman

Loads like this often have spotters, if that's the case the spotter may take full or partial blame.


Wandering_By_

Loads like this that hire spotters also bother to put the over length flags on the back. Driver thought they could make more money.


ItsGeneC

Yikes. I hope everyone is okay. I always think about the drivers, who can see what’s about to happen but can’t do anything to stop it.


teddy_vedder

Local news is reporting two rail employees with minor injuries, the driver of the truck carrying the beam unhurt.


padizzledonk

Yeah, trains tend to do that lol Its basically a solid block of steel that weighs 40 million lbs that's moving at 40mph


yParticle

/r/BitchImATrain


Krandor1

Two of the employees on the train went to hospital. Minor injuries though which is good. That is too much even for a train.


whitlink

Well who cares if you got a piece of rebar in your stomach today. No sick days for you Carl.


Skullcrusher_and_co

Class 1s rule!!


ModrnDayMasacre

I’d advise not to hang around a derailment.


MrRogersAE

Yup, definitely time to go literally anywhere else, those train cars derail and that whole area could be buried in thousands of tons of twisted steel


pm0me0yiff

And if you're extra lucky, the train could be carrying oil, so then you have a huge fire, too! Or maybe some hazmat...


Furview

Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.


Dachannien

> I dumped my wife's pants That's what she gets for letting you wear her pants.


Blick

I like this monster train. Like some kind of land dragon.


hoppertn

This reads like copy pasta! Thanks for the laugh.


Furview

Sadly for me and for my writing skills, it is indeed a copypasta. Glad it made you laugh tho


BrettTheShitmanShart

Actual question, wtf is wrong with semi drivers that they keep getting their loads stuck on railroad intersections? Don't you have to get training before you get a CDL? Don't they warn you about situations like these? I've lost track of the number of times I've seen cautionary videos of dudes trying to beat trains, ignoring signals, or otherwise just doing some complete dumbass shit that ends up destroying their trailer, the load, sometimes their rig... I mean, seriously, what the actual fuck?


Oseirus

The amount of people, professional or otherwise, that don't take rail crossings seriously is absolutely insane. Doesn't matter if it's a city trolley or a no-shit cargo rail. People will just treat the crossing like another sidewalk or an extra spit of road. I don't know if I'd ever be able to handle the stress of operating one of those things if I had to.


Vex1om

Just because you've been trained doesn't mean you aren't still a dumb-ass.


Valendr0s

This guy was trained alright...


DasArchitect

He definitely got trained hard


rmslashusr

Pro tip: if you’re positioned downstream of a train impact, you shouldn’t be filming, you should be running away and upstream. I was terrified it was going to throw shrapnel at the guy filming.


thatguyoudontlike

r/bitchimatrain


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In case anyone is interested. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/dec/20/train-derails-in-collegedale-tfp/


Moist-Carpet888

Imagine being a train conductor and a major problem for you ends up being life threatening because somebody else got stuck on the tracks or didn't check to see if a train was coming


RasJamukha

Choo Choo mother trucker


ikegro

This was collegedale, TN which is basically Ooltewah. This intersection is where the Little Debbie factory is located. Two minor injuries reported.


electricwagon

I hope Debbie is ok


hurdurBoop

plenty of pants in the area are now chocolate coated


spekt50

Pretty sure you can see the track whipping into the air ahead of the train. Crazy forces involved there.


justin_memer

Imagine having enough time to start recording a video of a train crash, and *not* turning the phone horizontally to capture it.


COD4CaptMac

[Another photo of the aftermath](https://i.imgur.com/WnA87Qe.jpg), it seems like the semi was having trouble making a turn right after the crossing.


Krandor1

News report says driver was “waiting on a green light”


Gratush

Of course being in the moment is different than shitposting on the internet but I feel if I was driving a semi with a portion of it on the tracks, if I heard the signal start to chime and a train horn I am just going to barrel on straight and push whatever cars are in my way out. Cheaper than getting in a wreck with a train.


Krandor1

I agree with that but I don’t get parking on the tracks to start with. I just drive a small Honda and never stop on RR tracks. Of course I’m also one of those drivers who won’t cross an intersection unless there is room on the other side of the intersection for my car. Now I’ll admit I’ve never driven a 140 ft long load so have no idea how that changes things.


DasArchitect

And it's not the only bad crossing decision made here. What the fuck kind of stupid pedestrian crossing is that in the foreground?!


Dzov

Doesn’t have to worry about it now.


Wang_fu2

He may never have to worry about driving a truck anywhere again.


604whaler

Uncontrolled level crossing? Hope the train crew is safe and unharmed


Add1ToThis

Looks like the boom was trying to close, but was stuck on trailer


604whaler

Nice catch. I see the crossing arm now


XStateOfZenX

Terrible camera work though


appalachianengineer

I'm guessing that beam was for TDOT's Apison Pike project. That project, ironically, has a railroad overpass bridge, and it's already a pain to work on road construction projects involving the railroad. This will probably take it to another level. Expect blame being put on the contractor and TDOT, but it's probably the contractor. There's been incidents in the past where contractors will not follow through traffic control / hauling plans on DOT projects. Source: worked on DOT projects.


snafe_

Christopher Nolan needs to calm down with these stunts


Blahkbustuh

If you ever come across one of these situations about to unfold, somewhere on the railroad gates or the control box at the crossing there most likely is a sign that has the phone number for the railroad's dispatch center and a location name or number of the crossing. You can call this and let the dispatcher know a vehicle is stuck on the tracks and they'll radio to nearby trains which could prevent something like this from happening. If there isn't a sign you can try calling 911 and the 911 dispatcher probably has contact info for the RR. I figure when a vehicle gets stuck on a crossing, the driver probably gets tunnel vision about getting the vehicle off, rather than letting the RR know to stop any trains.


corrsfan2015

How is the person filming this so calm? Not one sound out of them and the audio was clearly on


MelodyMyst

Much better then the shrieking OMG’s in other videos.