Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF train on Sacramento sub and vehicle collision?

From CHP website.Incident: 00446 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 5300 W Woodbridge Rd Loc Desc: JWO X OF RAY Lat/Lon: 38.160441 -121.381629  
Detail Information
12:20 AM    17    [42] PER VC UPRR STARTING OWN 1185
12:20 AM    16    [41] 1039 VC
12:19 AM    15    [37] PER VC // FIRE CHIEF WAS INQ'G IF WE WERE GOING TO DO 180 // UPRR STATED THEY DO NOT HANDLE 180'S
11:17 PM    14    [33] 1039 SAM BERRI / BOT
11:17 PM    13    [32] C62-504 1022 1185
11:01 PM    12    [30] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 TO SAM BERRI 209-365-7000
10:57 PM    11    [29] 1039
10:56 PM    10    [27] C62-504 VEH IS DOWN SLOPPED EMBANKMENT NEAR TRACKS // NOT ON TRACKS
10:55 PM    9    [25] C62-504 CONFD 1144 / START SJSO CORONER / 1185 FB - NO HURRY / COME UP WOODBRIDGE FRM THORNTON FRONTAGE RD
10:34 PM    8    [17] EB LNS
10:32 PM    7    [15] C62-504 INQG IF VEH IS ON E OR W SIDE OFRDWY
10:28 PM    6    [12] UPRR STILL UNK OF VEH MAKE OR TYPE AND UNK ON INJ
10:28 PM    5    [11] VEH STILL ENRT
10:27 PM    4    [10] [Notification] [CHP]-UPRR VEH OCCUPIED X2 / VEH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RDWY
10:16 PM    3    [3] UNK IF THE VEH IS 1124 / UNK IF STILL ON THE TRACKS
10:16 PM    2    [2] BNSF TRAIN COLLIDED WITH VEH
10:15 PM    1    [1] VEH VS TRAIN
Unit Information
10:19 PM    12    Unit Assigned



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/19 00:45 by Beowawe.

A BNSF train whacked a car at about milepost 108.75 on the Sac Sub last night just after 10PM. Don't have any other details.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/19 12:02 by ble692.

With all of the train/vehicle incidents out there, you would think that there would be more emphasis in driver's ed classes on the respect that railroad crossings deserve. When my kids started driving just a few short years ago, I asked them about what was covered, if anything, about crossings. They both said not much. There isn't much in the rules of the road books they were given either. Considering your chances of meaningful survival in a crossing wreck, one would think it would deserve a little higher attention.

irhoghead Wrote:
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> With all of the train/vehicle incidents out there,
> you would think that there would be more emphasis
> in driver's ed classes on the respect that
> railroad crossings deserve. When my kids started
> driving just a few short years ago, I asked them
> about what was covered, if anything, about
> crossings. They both said not much. There isn't
> much in the rules of the road books they were
> given either. Considering your chances of
> meaningful survival in a crossing wreck, one would
> think it would deserve a little higher attention.

That's because driver education in this nation is a joke compared with, say, Germany.  It takes a much longer time there to be certified as a COMPETENT driver.  In America, barely anything in comparison.

i seriously don't think that in this day and age any increased amount of driver's education awareness would make any significant difference on decreasing vehicle/train collisions.

i base this on daily observations of other drivers and some serious issues in today's society.................

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Went through there on an eastbound today. The westbound intermediate at MP 109 was laying in the dirt, with the remains of a vehicle’s exhaust system. The whole block was screwed so we had to flag through Kingdon. Then we hit the detector at 109.5 which gave me a chance to get some fresh air at Thornton before getting underway again. Fun times.

trainjunkie Wrote:
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> Went through there on an eastbound today. The
> westbound intermediate at MP 109 was laying in the
> dirt, with the remains of a vehicle’s exhaust
> system. The whole block was screwed so we had to
> flag through Kingdon. Then we hit the detector at
> 109.5 which gave me a chance to get some fresh air
> at Thornton before getting underway again. Fun
> times.

Searchlight 1089 down. Bummer.

ble692 Wrote:
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> Searchlight 1089 down. Bummer.

And one of the short WP ones to boot. But they fixed it. Back in service, good as new.

trainjunkie Wrote:
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> And one of the short WP ones to boot. But they
> fixed it. Back in service, good as new.

Ah excellent. Must not have been beat up too badly then.