Eastern Railroad Discussion > Truck bottomed out on Deshler Ohio track

On the Virtual Rail fan cams.  It is the south facing cam.  Police cars there.  The chat estimates a tow truck might not get their before 6PM EST.

Came by scene at 3:45 and they were lifting the loaded grain trailer up.
Trailer wasn’t equipped with the Agri dumps for higher clearance
Should be a cleared up at 4:40
Truck driver thought he would take a short cut to the intermodal yard at N Baltimore with the load of soybeans.
Took place about two miles south of diamond on Road B

Posted from iPhone

A common mistake by tractor-trailer drivers is:  that when picking up a 
trailer,  they fail to raise the 'landing gear' wheels sufficiently high enough
to clear a crossing-hump.   The landing-gear wheels must be rsied by the 
crank ..... too often, unthinking drivers give the crank a coupleof quick spins..
Then, they get 'hung-up' on the raised road and RR tracks.

The too-low landing gear legs are far located enough between both tractor's wheels and 
the trailers rear (dolly) wheels.  So, the too-low landing-gear pads are snagged by
raised pavement/ roadway, of the rail crossing.

Often the landing gear legs get damaged and bent, when crossing speed is too
quick., so that the crank-up mechanism is inoperable, and an easy solution is ruined 
by stupid vehicle operators. 

I have seen the tractor's 5th wheel, actually lift an axle or two of the tractor--- so,
that the tractor wheels spun, clear of the pavement, with virtually no weight on the
tractor rear tires!  The trailer's king pin holds the fifth-wheel, and axles in the air.

If you see a stuck truck, call 9-1-1 and give them the FRA unique  "Crossing ID" number 
affixed to every RR crossing warning posts.  The 9-1-1 operator can reach the RR's dipaptcher
with the emergency contact number --- and you might avert a tragic crossing event.

​W.

​W.




EDIT



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/07/25 15:21 by wcamp1472.

The crossing has a phone number to call. Eliminate 9-1-1 as the middle man in getting the word to the dispatcher.

farmer Wrote:
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> Trailer wasn’t equipped with the Agri dumps for
> higher clearance
> Truck driver thought he would take a short cut to
> the intermodal yard at N Baltimore with the load
> of soybeans.
Now I'm really curious. What does an intermodal yard do with a loose load of soybeans? Sounds like a smelly mess after a rain.
 

CSX2605 Wrote:
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> farmer Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Trailer wasn’t equipped with the Agri dumps
> for
> > higher clearance
> > Truck driver thought he would take a short cut
> to
> > the intermodal yard at N Baltimore with the
> load
> > of soybeans.
> Now I'm really curious. What does an intermodal
> yard do with a loose load of soybeans? Sounds like
> a smelly mess after a rain.
>  

Loading containers for Southeast Asia.
Delong grain
Local co-op has 200,000 bushel to deliver in January to be loaded for overseas

Posted from iPhone

Does grain "weigh out" before it fills the entire box?

Posted from Android

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Does grain "weigh out" before it fills the entire
> box?
My guess is the container would be between 1/2 & 2/3 full. I'm just wondering how they get the beans into a container and not make an awful mess. I always thought the beans were put in totes and then loaded into a container.

CSX2605 Wrote:
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> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Does grain "weigh out" before it fills the
> entire
> > box?
> My guess is the container would be between 1/2 &
> 2/3 full. I'm just wondering how they get the
> beans into a container and not make an awful mess.
> I always thought the beans were put in totes and
> then loaded into a container.

Yes on the 2/3 full.
Basically they are blown in the container. Plywood and or cardboard is used as block in front of the container doors.

Posted from iPhone

Thanks to each of you for the info.  I knew that some grain was shipped in containers, but didn't know exactly how it was done.  Organic grains are often segregated back to the individual farmer / fields for tracking purposes. So, mixing it with grain from other suppliers would defeat that purpose.

The loading process is not unlike loading grain into box cars in days of old. 

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Thanks to each of you for the info.  I knew that
> some grain was shipped in containers, but didn't
> know exactly how it was done.  Organic grains are
> often segregated back to the individual farmer /
> fields for tracking purposes. So, mixing it with
> grain from other suppliers would defeat that
> purpose.

The soybeans loaded at N Baltimore would be GMO.
Non GMO, Organic and Tofu soybeans would be considered a specialty soybean

Posted from iPhone

“If you see a stuck truck, call 9-1-1 and give them the FRA unique "Crossing ID" number
affixed to every RR crossing warning posts. The 9-1-1 operator can reach the RR's dipaptcher
with the emergency contact number --- and you might avert a tragic crossing event.”

This is absolutely the wrong thing to do.

Each crossing, public and private should have a BLUE sign with a phone number and crossing ID. Call that number FIRST!!!

Don’t call police, tow truck or 911. Call the number on the Blue sign first. That is the quickest way for the common person to identify a problem at a crossing and get the most accurate information to the right people in the least amount of time.

Off-pending Wrote:
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> “If you see a stuck truck, call 9-1-1 and give
> them the FRA unique "Crossing ID" number
> affixed to every RR crossing warning posts. The
> 9-1-1 operator can reach the RR's dipaptcher
> with the emergency contact number --- and you
> might avert a tragic crossing event.”
>
> This is absolutely the wrong thing to do.
>
> Each crossing, public and private should have a
> BLUE sign with a phone number and crossing ID.
> Call that number FIRST!!!
>
> Don’t call police, tow truck or 911. Call the
> number on the Blue sign first. That is the
> quickest way for the common person to identify a
> problem at a crossing and get the most accurate
> information to the right people in the least
> amount of time.

for the casual lurkers, who actually might not know, this.

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

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wcamp1472 Wrote:
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> A common mistake by tractor-trailer drivers is:
>  that when picking up a 
> trailer,  they fail to raise the 'landing gear'
> wheels sufficiently high enough
> to clear a crossing-hump.   The landing-gear
> wheels must be rsied by the 
> crank ..... too often, unthinking drivers give the
> crank a coupleof quick spins..
> Then, they get 'hung-up' on the raised road and RR
> tracks.
>
> The too-low landing gear legs are far located
> enough between both tractor's wheels and 
> the trailers rear (dolly) wheels.  So, the
> too-low landing-gear pads are snagged by
> raised pavement/ roadway, of the rail crossing.
>
> Often the landing gear legs get damaged and bent,
> when crossing speed is too
> quick., so that the crank-up mechanism is
> inoperable, and an easy solution is ruined 
> by stupid vehicle operators. 
>
> I have seen the tractor's 5th wheel, actually lift
> an axle or two of the tractor--- so,
> that the tractor wheels spun, clear of the
> pavement, with virtually no weight on the
> tractor rear tires!  The trailer's king pin holds
> the fifth-wheel, and axles in the air.
>
> If you see a stuck truck, call 9-1-1 and give them
> the FRA unique  "Crossing ID" number 
> affixed to every RR crossing warning posts.  The
> 9-1-1 operator can reach the RR's dipaptcher
> with the emergency contact number --- and you
> might avert a tragic crossing event.
>
> ​W.
>
> ​W.
>
>
>
>
> EDIT

You would actually call the 1-800 number that is on the sign, not 911

Posted from iPhone

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA