Passenger Trains > Metro-North train hits tractor trailer - Sloatsburg NY

Heard on the news tonight that a Port Jervis line train hit a tractor trailer that got stuck on the tracks in Sloatsburg after trying to make a very tight right turn. This is near the area I grew up in, and given the very unconventional road layout at this crossing, I can see how this can happen to a misguided big rig. Thankfully there were no injuries.

Photos of the aftermath can be seen here:

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/commuter-train-strikes-tractor-trailer-in-sloatsburg

Video:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/video-shows-nj-transit-train-plow-through-truck-in-rockland-county/2263167/

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What kind of cab does the engineer have on these trains?


Thanks.

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX

texchief1 Wrote:
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> What kind of cab does the engineer have on these trains?

From the video of the crash, the locomotive involved looks like a PL42AC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstom_PL42AC

Brian

Down in the New Jersey portion of the line, they can't catch a break:

Jan 22, 2020  11:11:20 AM
Bergen County Line rail service is suspended in both directions due to a trespasser incident near Glen Rock.

Jan 22, 2020  11:03:32 AM
MBPJ train #1164, the 10:26am from Ridgewood, is cancelled at Ridgewood due to a trespasser fatality near Glen Rock. Customers to train # 1216, the 10:57 from Ridgewood, for service to Secaucus and Hoboken.

Jan 22, 2020  10:51:41 AM
MBPJ train #45, the 10:26am from Ridgewood, is cancelled due to a trespasser fatality near Glen Rock.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/22/20 08:35 by joemvcnj.

I know that crossing well.  There is no way that size of a truck should have been there.  He could never make that turn either way to get back up on 17.  Definately lost, should have went back to 7 Lakes Dr.  The area is all residential.  But its dark and he likely never saw how tight the turns were until he got to where he was.  I did not hear of any injuries so replacing the trailer and fixing a few dings on the PL42 is the worst of then thats the best of it.  

pal77 Wrote:
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> I know that crossing well.  There is no way that
> size of a truck should have been there.  He could
> never make that turn either way to get back up on
> 17.  Definately lost, should have went back to 7
> Lakes Dr.  The area is all residential.  But its
> dark and he likely never saw how tight the turns
> were until he got to where he was.  I did not
> hear of any injuries so replacing the trailer and
> fixing a few dings on the PL42 is the worst of
> then thats the best of it.  

I agree, having driven through it many times, it can be tough to navigate with several cars going through at once, let alone an 18-wheeler. I'm merely speculating, but he was probably following a GPS which wasn't specifically programmed for truck routes. As you'd mentioned, the biggest casualty is the trailer and some paint on the engine, so this ended about as well as it could have.

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