Western Railroad Discussion > UP 6483 collides with city truck in Bryan TX

UP is having lots of grade xing accidents in the Lone Star State.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Train collides with City of Bryan vehicle https://share.google/aGHammWmLcjop0XVt

Another one. Thats 4 this week??
DK

And the sign says, "Do Not Stop on Tracks".
Argh!

Probably need to start spending more money on Operation Lifesaver presentations again. It certainly appears UP (and BNSF) have reduced money spent on grade crossing safety efforts in the last few years.

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Thornton, CO
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gonx Wrote:
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> UP is having lots of grade xing accidents in the
> Lone Star State.
>
> EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Train collides with City of Bryan
> vehicle https://share.google/aGHammWmLcjop0XVt

Wow i have never seen a guy jumping out of a moving truck while being shoved sideways by a locomotive.I would be ashamed for being so careless.

Going by the pictures in the linked article,it wasn't the truck that got hit but the trailer attached to it with with a small excavator on it.
 

It looks like the driver started to pull into the intersection at the last second
but it was too late.  He probably went home and popped a top on a cold one.

WrongWayMurphy Wrote:
  He probably went home and
> popped a top on a cold one. 

After he changed underwear.

Whereas the City employee may soon be looking for other employment, he might find that in Hollywood.
His jump from the truck was almost Tom Cruise stunt quality.

It appears those two locomotives were travelling light.  Would the air brakes be enabled in such a situation, since there is not trailing rolling stock, or would the engineer just use the engine break at maximum to slow and stop the train?

BlackWidow Wrote:
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> It appears those two locomotives were travelling
> light.  Would the air brakes be enabled in such a
> situation, since there is not trailing rolling
> stock, or would the engineer just use the engine
> break at maximum to slow and stop the train?

I would say the engineer would use the emergency application.. Or also known as the bighole.. Because it shows on the download. Some whiplash Willie attorney could say in court the engineer could have stopped sooner but didn't use the emergency portion. Basically its a hail Mary attempt to stop. Its not something that we as engineers want to be involved in.

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Seventyfive Wrote:
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> Whereas the City employee may soon be looking for
> other employment, he might find that in
> Hollywood.
> His jump from the truck was almost Tom Cruise
> stunt quality.

Apart from the falling on his ass like a fat retard while looking sheepish bit....

BlackWidow Wrote:
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> It appears those two locomotives were travelling
> light.  Would the air brakes be enabled in such a
> situation, since there is not trailing rolling
> stock, or would the engineer just use the engine
> break at maximum to slow and stop the train?

They weren't light locos. Lots of flat cars behind them...

It appears that truck hitch has a "BIG BALL" to have been yanked like that, nearly disecting the trailer while unloading the trencher.