Passenger Trains > Amtrak 318 - Deadly Truck Strike

Pic from KMBC 9. Amtrak 318 struck a FedEx truck. I would guess the one person dead is the FedEx driver. I hope the engineer isn't hurt too bad. Looks like the windshield is smashed out and there is a hole through it. 

Wonder how the crashworthiness compares to a P42 that sits higher up. Charger cab sits low. 

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Yikes

Posted from Android

The picture appears to be reversed. The broken window is on the fireman's side.

MWPerkins

Posted from Android

Damage is in fact on the Engineers side. I grabbed some photos right after they picked up the UP power and got going again this afternoon.

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National TV coverage on ABC tonight showed the mess.  FedEx tractor trailer hardly recognizable.
If any mention made of the crossing situation, I missed it.
UPDATE: saw a still photo of the scene with a 'private crossing' crossbuck incorporating a STOP sign.
jb



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/07/23 22:58 by boejoe.

I sure hope that engineer is OK. I'm glad I don't run those things. There isn't much between whatever you hit and you.

irhoghead Wrote:
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> I sure hope that engineer is OK. I'm glad I don't
> run those things. There isn't much between
> whatever you hit and you.

It does look like the driver is up close and personal to whatever they hit. Was this a design so they could look at the track better?

Peter_Hawtrey Wrote:
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> irhoghead Wrote:
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> > I sure hope that engineer is OK. I'm glad I
> don't
> > run those things. There isn't much between
> > whatever you hit and you.
>
> It does look like the driver is up close and
> personal to whatever they hit. Was this a design
> so they could look at the track better?

No, it’s a German design where their ROW doesn’t have dangerous grade crossings like we do in America; hence the lack of protection for the engineer.
And to answer your question, in a word … NO, you cannot see out these engines better since they have major blind spots on the side. I run them so can attest to that from personal experience.

I wonder if the frequency of train/truck collisions are the same, or more or less, than say back in the 1950s and 1960s?

John Acosta
Palm Springs, CA

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> Peter_Hawtrey Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > irhoghead Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I sure hope that engineer is OK. I'm glad I
> > don't
> > > run those things. There isn't much between
> > > whatever you hit and you.
> >
> > It does look like the driver is up close and
> > personal to whatever they hit. Was this a
> design
> > so they could look at the track better?
>
> No, it’s a German design where their ROW
> doesn’t have dangerous grade crossings like we
> do in America; hence the lack of protection for
> the engineer.
> And to answer your question, in a word … NO, you
> cannot see out these engines better since they
> have major blind spots on the side. I run them so
> can attest to that from personal experience.

But somehow they have met the US crash worthiness requirements.