Well, That's got to suck.

At work tonight, I was inside the plant and heard a helluva racket. We have rail road tracks right beside the plant, the noise I heard sounded normal, just louder, as when a 18 wheeler crosses the tracks, especially when they are empty. Well, it was a 18 wheeler, but not what I was expecting. The train was backing up, no cross arms, flashing lights at the crossing or on the train and of course, no horn.

 

Boy both parties screwed up. Hopefully no one was injured.

 

Yep. No injuries. Just the driver is down and out.

 

Aw, bummer!

 

The railroad crew is required to stop and flag (protect with a man on the ground at the crossing) until the train occupies the crossing.
The trucker didn't obey the railroad crossbuck sign and yield to the on coming train.
I'm glad no one was injured. As a retired locomotive engineer I unfortunately was involved in several grade crossing collisions during my career.

 

Trains are amazingly heavy. One average coal train hauls the same weight as 400 semi trucks or it's 11,600 times heavier than an average car. As a comparison, the same car weighs 3,200 times more than a can of soda. Something to think about when you're going to save time by running a crossing in front of an on coming train.

 

They are starting the recovery now.

 

At least it was a Volvo

Drivers ok I hope!

Pain in the butt but glad Im required to stop.

 

Yep, driver is ok. They just now got it back on all it's wheels.

 

Be interesting to see if driver gets charged with an accident. No hazmat hes not required to stop. If so, hes definately bummed.

 

I haven't spoken to him since the state trooper was here. He said he seen the train, but didn't realize it was backing up, of course he was going slow over the tracks. Once he realized it was backing up, it was too late. Hopefully he still has a job. America needs the truck drivers.

 

That they do. Im running anywhere from 3200 to 3900 miles every seven days. Only I work 7 and off 2 at home.

 

My step dad has been a otr trucker for 50+ years. He's 75 yrs old and still running to Cali and back, from SC every week. team drivers, they only stop for fuel and eating.

 

True the truck's not required to stop. On public crossings, without active crossing signals, he's required to yield to an approaching train. I'm not sure of the law at private crossings. The railroad crew is on industry track which requires the engineer to run at restricted speed which has specific train handling requirements. The railroad employee watching the shoving move (backwards) must protect the crossing.

 

I teamed about 10 years. Pays nice. Sleeping in a moving truck is a BITCH!

So is it I-40 the whole way? Nice run.

 

Definately would like to see where this goes.

 

He likes the pay, but it's hard for him to find someone he really gets along with. He takes care of himself, health wise, reason he's still doing it into his 70's, most of the guys he gets teamed with, are way over weight and dress like slobs, his words, not mine. Lol. Honestly, I'm not sure the of the route.

 

The truck was able to drive away, I figured the trailer would be messed up, evidently not. But it looks like the train is off the rail.

 

Lmao hes right!
Mustard stained shirt. Ass cracks all day. Unshowered pigs. Finding a good partner is not easy.

 

Yep. Sweat pants and flip flops/sandals.

 

Just saw this on the news! Glad everyone is ok.

 

Damn, it made it all the way to Texas? I was the first to report it to my local Fox news.

 

My mistake. It was a similar incident that happened last night in New York.

https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/commuter-train-slams-tractor-trailer-york-city-68463513

 

PUNK

 

I own/operate 30-40 trucks. Safety is a motherfucker. My best drivers are all over 65 years old, and I only have 3 or 4. True drivers. My oldest is 82 years old, and an owner operator. He runs a 350 mi round trip route for us every night, and the guy is a G Damn saint. He’s taken more deer the past 2 years than I have the past 5 years hunting, and he keeps on truckin. His CSA scores are perfect.
I’m definitely concerned about the future of driving careers.
We have nearly zero millennials interested in driving Class A CDL.
So to all you CDL drivers out there, thank you. Most of America has no clue what you do for them.

PS - Fuck the new 2008+ Freightliner DPF rigs. You cost me tens of thousands.