Fight Rail Congestion VS. Canadian National

Emergency Medical Teams blocked by freight train at railroad crossing. Life and death situation in Northern Illinois.

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• rail
• congestion
• freight
• train
• traffic
• Local
• Government
• EMT
• Public
• Service
• Announcement
• CN
• Railroad

[Drewster327]

This is retarded, god forbid we move our FINALLY GROWING ECONOMY back by moving more trains, more trains = more supplies, including medical supplies, things to create medical supplies. Get a life, and cry a river.

[K5H13760]

Why do you suppose they elevated all of the tracks going through Elmira, New York? They do not have these problems anymore, and they did it back in the 30's. I'd say get after your politicians, make em' elevate the tracks all the way through town.

[bum291]

Learn CPR, that will add time to the life of the patient, anyone who made the call should also learn to do that. If you don't want to learn CPR, build and underpass or pay for an ambulance at the other side of the station.

Also, 3-4 minutes is the time in which a fire engulfs a room, unless you leave all the doors open and pour fuel all over the floor. So, yes... It MAY engulf a home in 3-4 minutes.

[ATSF1927]

Talk to your cheep Politicians and get an overpass installed, problem solved. If trains come to a stop you go hungry. Stop betting up the Railroads beat up your policial figures.

[PattiSande]

Moving trains are not the issue. It is when the train sits on the track at a stand still for 20 - 30 minutes at a time. We have all experienced this in Bartlett, IL. This happens on a regular basis. Not only is it very frustrating to sit for a NON MOVING TRAIN, but God Forbid there was an emergency. Kiss you ASS GOOD-BYE!!!

[CintiRailFan]

Go to 1:50 to skip all the bullshit and check out those beautiful orange SD units!!!

[CintiRailFan]

Hows all those new trains treating you?! LOL!! I hope you hear the " Shave and a Haircut" all day long!! Keep them long trains rolling baby!!!

[SuproElectric]

i'd think that there would be more deaths from people who try/stupid enough to beat the train across the tracks than this.. wouldn't there be emergency vehicles called from elsewhere if this video were the case?

[o00o00ozy]

This was the most POINTLESS video I have ever seen...

[shicoe30]

What the hell do you want the train to do? See the emergency vehicles and slam on the emergency brakes? (Cause then he'd have to block the intersection while waiting for the air to build back up) Did you want him to stop and back up? That's just dumb. That's ain't happenin. Trains have the right of way. They're what keep this country together. Thank America's railroads for shipping the parts for those vehicles and the medicine and emergency equipment that those EMT's are bringing to the call.

[coborn35]

Dumbest video ever. Learn your facts.

[Shirehorse148]

The real problem isn't the trains, it's the dispatchers that don't have a plan to route vehicles running code around active crossings. This is emergency preparedness 101 people...