HD - Coaster Goes Into Emergency at San Diego! Almosts Hits Another Train!

[nickstube66]

AWESOME VIDEO

[railfan3D]

Take you're meds and Calm Down! The RTC was not that stupid, shit happens sometimes. and no the train did not go into emergency. I'm a railroader and no it wasn't scary either.

[dafydd2038]

Good for you guys.

[dafydd2038]

And I forgive you for the shakiness.

[WRRRA1997]

FAILFANNING!!!!!

[jimmydcap]

Train crews should be very thankful of us rail buffs.. If we do catch something that is very unsafe we say something.. good job guys.

[randomguy652]

That happend to me in Fresno. A Amtrak was on the platform track, (not the station track) A BNSF was coming around the other end and the track was not switched. I ran to the train (not my best Idea) a held up my hand signaling to stop, and pointed to the track. He went into emergency and stopped almost 10 feet away from the Amtrak San Joaquin.

[SDRailfan]

@Howard1939 I know it would have been better, but I took it and moved the tripod over so the engineer could see the track and have more of a view space. I would have normally used a tripod though. And thanks!

[johnairlines8]

LOL I saw an alaska airlines 737 go over the train XD

[Howard1939]

Your video would be much better if you don't constantly zoom in & out.. Likewise a tripod would help immensely in steadying the camera (Assuming your camera has a tripod socket.). Otherwise GOOD JOB..!

[crazytaxi1000]

very stupid switch guy switching- he's a bitch ass

[ChiHyunExpress]

@crazytaxi1000 GASP U AND UR BAD WORDS BAD BOY

[nssd70m2]

Was that Andross in the background? lmao

[JeremiahTrane]

The kid at the end that said "See, I'm helping" I say he was right and the others were not...Especially the kid video taping the train, he was more not saying to do anything....I give the guy that said "I was helping" all the credit on that one

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

I don't think it was emergency though. It did stop right quick, but if the air dumped you'd hear a LOUD and fast "PSHHHHH" sound. Still, it was a good thing you pointed that out to her... I am sure she would have noticed it, and if she hadn't noticed and ran it over, she'd have noticed she was going into another train and safely made a stop, especially at that low speed. Nevertheless it's better safe than sorry. Thanks for sharing the video!

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

They need to get out of the CP to make the switch change. That's probably why they backed so far back. 

[GregInCalifornia]

You guys are awesome!

[loiselroy]

I remember an accident in the station at Jack London Square Oakland

[4202EJW]

Yea they were goin real slow and she would of saw the other train unless she was blind. But I would have probably acted the same way!

[WPRR1]

God I wish that I had friends that were into trains like that!

[sneadfootball]

they were running at restricted signal indication since the track was lined into an occupied block. mistakes like this happens but its on the crews to be on the lookout for stuff like this. when you guys react like this, crews could panic causing them to go into emergency (when its not needed) which could result in a derailment

[Fiddleman200616]

This is a common mistake! Calm down everyone! AND we generally don't like a bunch of talking during the video. Less professional.

[Pompadour123]

even though they set it at trak 2 will the coaster hit the amtrak?

[Locomotive450]

By the way, she didn't go into emergency. You would have hear a loud resonating bang of air if the train had gone into emergency because an emergency application propagates through the whole train to make it as fast as possible. All you can hear is a hissing which means that the engineer just made a heavy application.

[UP5853]

@Locomotive450 And they didn't check over the whole train.

[Drewster327]

I respect what these guys did, as a railroader myself, even with 6.27 in effect, these things happen, like jack london square for instance. This really could have been bad if the crew wasn't paying attention.

[TFN5459]

Holy s***. Doesnt help that their between control points Ash and what ever the next one is. Dispatchers are always busy but thats no exception for something lile this.

[ocrailfan]

Dumbass dispatcher.

[webecomets]

It has happened on my shortline. Our only runs are excursions for the SC RR Museum. And some kid threw our Ramp Track switch. And we come in moving at Restricted speed(10 MPH), and our engineer notices. And dumps the air. Needless to say we were shock up. And I had to go line that switch. After we stopped

[crazytaxi1000]

hey!!!! i saw that coaster in carlsbad village!!!!!

[jointlinerailfan]

nice job! its fun and scary at the same time catching the railroad's screw ups

[BNSF9187]

Eh, stuff like this happens all the time, especially in yards.

[Locomotive450]

By the way, the switch can't be thrown and a new signal lineup can't be made until the train is clear of the OS block (in this case, the CP).

[UP5853]

@Locomotive450 That's what I told them.

[Locomotive450]

Railfans doing their job! This is exactly why the coaster is running at restricted speed south of the signals at CP Ash.

[UP5853]

@Locomotive450 And this is why they don't trust Metrolink to dispatch them anymore. 

[readytoparty100]

Railfans like us do help save lives. It was smart thinking to tell the engineer and conductor of the coaster to stop. If you guys weren't there that day then there would have been a collision. 5* for bravery and awesomeness.

[CSX5340]

and they say that they don't want railfanners nice save and dispatcher must have a donut up his ass

[koasterkidd]

this is why railroads need us lol

[CaliforniaRailfan101]

All I can say is holy s**t! Wish action got that interesting here in the Bay Area! Don't listen to any critics of the way you guys freaked out. I admit that I would've been the same way had I witnessed this.

[ocrailfanner1995]

Not for this to come off as dick or anything but the way you guys freaked out is exactly why people talk crap behind your guys back

[ocrailfanner1995]

Dude it was going like 10mph it would have noticed right away and would have done the same thing that engine had plenty of time to stop between the train and 2105

[UP5853]

Thank Goodness for GCOR rule 6.27

[Robotechnology101]

I can definately see that being a scary situation. That was lucky you guys were there to help spot that. and Good vid gave u thumbs up.

[sjrailfan35]

Wow! That was really scary. I would hate to see stuff like this myself.

[DjFreemode]

that was a very close call for that coaster train very very close call.

[ocrailfanner1995]

jeez calm down whoop de doo they messed up who cares

[UP5853]

@ocrailfanner1995 The railroad does. It's mess ups like this that cause people to get killed out in the field.

[andross51]

@ocrailfanner1995 trust me man, this was scary, this coaster could have gone into 2105, but thankfully not this time!

[SDRailfan]

@ocrailfanner1995 Hey we were in a panic. I think that the engineer, conductor, passengers and ourselves care

[AmtrakRailfan117]

@ocrailfanner1995 shut up evan

[ATSFAsbel98]

@ocrailfanner1995 Three words: Jack London Square.

And it would have been way worse, considering it was a cab car.

[ttcgeek]

@ocrailfanner1995 Two trains could have fucking smashed into each other. What a fucking ridiculous comment.