Western Railroad Discussion > UP train hit 18 wheeler in East Texas, glaring video

Story here - wear your sunglasses before viewing the video - second link is update from first

http://www.kltv.com/category/240194/new-video-landing-page?clipId=7986626&autostart=true

http://www.kltv.com/category/240194/new-video-landing-page?clipId=7986626&autostart=true



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/12 15:50 by ArgyleEagle.

Wrong hedline.....

Truck loses race with train..... pulls in front of train in suicide attempt

I heard this incident on my scanner today. Actually not the accident conversation, just knew something strange was going on down there with a special designated train. Pulled up and saw the engineer side ladder taped off. No pictures unfortunately as i had somewhere to go quick but the train was a military train, hence the special code. Flat cars with containers followed by army vehicles.

Posted from Android

Can anyone summarize the story? I use the computer in a crowded room with the sound off, I need to see visuals or read text.
Does anyone else use TO without sound?

I'll second the motion regarding audio vs. text--I'm really annoyed with AOL for going away from text news and using video clips (with ads that one has to sit through to get the actual news item.)

OMG - the reporter sounds like a high school student and the local r*****k living next to the tracks says his grand-kids aren't safe when they come to visit. It is a state highway crossing with lights and gates. The nearest residence (where I believe this guy lives) is 1,900 feet SW of the intersection and the trailer may have been dragged that far before the train stopped. Based on the video and news accounts, the train must have been traveling westbound, hit the tractor trailer at the Highway 281 crossing and traveled that distance dragging the trailer. The FM road mentioned in the story is shown as Old Kilgore Highway (FM 2087) on Google.

Crossing coordinates: 32.472227°N, 94.767439°W. Go SW 1,900 feet on Old Kilgore Highway and click street view to see the house shown in the video.

(Of course, I could have it backwards with the train hitting tractor trailer at the private road crossing at their house [PR 2317, no lights or gates, just a crossbuck] and then traveling northeast fouling the crossing at highway 281. The story was unclear on which direction the train was moving.)

(edited to remove the pejorative used to describe some locals from that area)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/12 17:51 by Cumbresfan.

The reporter looked to be only about 22.

And someone needs to tell Joe Redneck Elbert .... who says he's lived there for over twenty years..... that the tracks were there first and if he thinks it's unsafe..... MOVE.


Ron

Lansing Wrote:
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> I heard this incident on my scanner today.
> Actually not the accident conversation, just knew
> something strange was going on down there with a
> special designated train. Pulled up and saw the
> engineer side ladder taped off. No pictures
> unfortunately as i had somewhere to go quick but
> the train was a military train, hence the special
> code. Flat cars with containers followed by army
> vehicles.
>
> Posted from Android

Since you were there, which direction was the train traveling?

Ron Wrote:
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> The reporter looked to be only about 22.
>
> And someone needs to tell Joe Redneck Elbert ....
> who says he's lived there for over twenty
> years..... that the tracks were there first and if
> he thinks it's unsafe..... MOVE.
>
>
> Ron


And looking at his mansion - can't understand why the relatives would think of staying at a hotel...

video summarization ... train hit truck who's driver thought he could beat the train ... the cab of the truck made it across and the train struck the trailer loaded with steel beams ... driver not burt ... kids and dog were playing in the yard luckily no one was hurt from flying debris ...

Glaring video due to the news station cheapin' out
and sending the reporter out without a cameraman!!
Hand held camera aimed toward the sun, Glare every time!!
Mike

Cumbresfan Wrote:
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> Lansing Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I heard this incident on my scanner today.
> > Actually not the accident conversation, just
> knew
> > something strange was going on down there with
> a
> > special designated train. Pulled up and saw the
> > engineer side ladder taped off. No pictures
> > unfortunately as i had somewhere to go quick
> but
> > the train was a military train, hence the
> special
> > code. Flat cars with containers followed by
> army
> > vehicles.
> >
> > Posted from Android
>
> Since you were there, which direction was the
> train traveling?


Train was traveling northbound/ eastbound entering Longview. Accident happened before the Loop 281 crossing. It stopped at MP 3 of the Palestine sub. FM 2087 crossing had absolutely no police near or truck remains so i assume it had to of been at a smaller street right beside the Railserve plant. Front end didn't look too damaged. Heard trains rolling thru the scene not too long after, maybe 3 hours after.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/12 19:40 by Lansing.

Ron Wrote:
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> The reporter looked to be only about 22.
> Ron

You gotta start sometime.

Kent in Carmel Valley

The reporter has to hold her own camera? Sheesh! What a two-bit operation!

DougWalker Wrote:
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> The reporter has to hold her own camera? Sheesh!
> What a two-bit operation!


This is East Texas. Not to be confused with Dallas, Austin, or Houston.
At my lakehouse between Arp and Chapel Hill, we still have no cell phone service.
We can't buy beer or wine without going to the next county (but that is fixin' to change).

big markets do this too, she may have been requested to not show the cargo, i have no fault with her.

look where you are reading this, not old press. many media outlets have had their people cut, your sports pages maybe thinner etc.