According to fire officials, the driver of the tractor trailer was stopped on the railroad tracks waiting for the light to turn green on Tucker Road. During that time, Norfolk Southern Railroad activated its crossing arms. The tractor trailer was unsuccessful of clearing the railroad tracks and was hit by the train. Three locomotives and 10 railroad cars derailed and slammed into each other causing a disastrous mess. Two Norfolk employees sustained minor injuries and were transported to local area hospitals by HCEMS.
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Wonder if the truck driver keeps the job. Seems like poor route pre-planning?, but maybe it don't work like that. Here's an archive link to a different view, but lower quality. https://files.catbox.moe/o9url0.mp4
Wonder if the truck driver keeps the job. Seems like poor route pre-planning?, but maybe it don't work like that. Here's an archive link to a different view, but lower quality. https://files.catbox.moe/o9url0.mp4
He needs his ass chewed at the very least. I haul bigger stuff than that and it doesnât take a rocket scientist to know that if there isn't enough room to get the WHOLE load past the tracks, you don't start across.
Truck driver should lose his CDL permanently. He and his employer are going to be on the hook for millions of dollars beyond what the insurance covers. Wouldn't be surprised if both he and his employer file for bankruptcy.
you think the spotters would on the mic telling him to pull forward or back up just get your ass off the tracks
Or cleared the intersection and stopped traffic BEFORE the truck started across the railroad track crossing. Should have made it so he only had to stop before the crossing and held there, then the spotter(s) take control of the traffic light intersection and in one quick move had the truck go across the tracks, and through the intersection in one quick nonstop move when it was safer. DUH.
I looked at the map, this route is a mess. The bridges don't look like they need a beam this big, I wonder if the poor slob took wrong turns and got into this dead end
you think the spotters would on the mic telling him to pull forward or back up just get your ass off the tracks
Or cleared the intersection and stopped traffic BEFORE the truck started across the railroad track crossing. Should have made it so he only had to stop before the crossing and held there, then the spotter(s) take control of the traffic light intersection and in one quick move had the truck go across the tracks, and through the intersection in one quick nonstop move when it was safer. DUH.
That's how it's done assuming there were pilot cars required.
you think the spotters would on the mic telling him to pull forward or back up just get your ass off the tracks
Or cleared the intersection and stopped traffic BEFORE the truck started across the railroad track crossing. Should have made it so he only had to stop before the crossing and held there, then the spotter(s) take control of the traffic light intersection and in one quick move had the truck go across the tracks, and through the intersection in one quick nonstop move when it was safer. DUH.
That's how it's done assuming there were pilot cars required.
Kevin
It looks to me like it was a super load, so he would have a F&R escort vehicle, and a planned & approved route. This should have NEVER happened!
I would bet that the lawyers for the Insurance Company(s) will claim that State and Federal laws were broken and they are therefore at least partially released from liability.
Railroad may be partially self insured, but if they have insurance it would cover the all too common illegal civilian road crossing behavior.
There have been proposals for years that railroads should be permitted to send out local AM and FM radio signals warning of approaching trains, even that car radios âturn themselves onâ and warn of approaching trains at crossings.
In the mid 1980s when the railroads put in âaxle counters and heat detectorâ boxes on the sides of their tracks that broadcast computer generated voice reports over their business radio frequencies, I took one of my employees suggestion (he was a Ham radio operator) to rebroadcast that voice report signal on our intercom system to forewarn that a train was approaching our 2 grade crossings. At that time about 24 trains a day were passing by, and we were in a curve in the track. We did not have an official RR crossing. We later rigged up our own private flashing lights that would trigger when the axle counter box sent out a radio signal.
Wowzers! Amazing no one was seriously hurt!
I hope no one, including the truck driver and railroad employees got hurt 
