White Van Meets Steam Train a film by Fred Ivey

One day Fred was travelling in a Routemaster bus when at a level crossing he spotted a train that had met with a white van. The bus parked up and Fred jumped out to film the event. An engineers train complete with crane removed the offending van so that the passenger train, still with passengers on board could proceed. No hi-vis, no signs of authority as this is September 1991 near Wolsztyn, Poland.

A train driver has contacted us to tell us that this is still a dangerous crossing. It now has automatic barriers but white van man drives around them, and twenty years on they still have heavy steam locomotives on the line!

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• white van
• steam train
• crash
• accident
• wolsztyn
• ivey
• rm1521
• pkp
• railway

[robertgift]

Why not also show the crossing signals?

Idiot van driver hurt? Hope the moron had to pay for the vehicle and any damage to the locomotive.

[A60stock]

@robertgift The crossing is now equipped with automatic half barriers

[mitsucanter247365]

@friesandfries Must of been tip toeing.

[michaelhpedersen]

I heard the German word for shit at the beginning. All I know are a few german curse words. And Rammstein lyrics.

[robertgift]

@A60stock Thank you.

What are "automatic half barriers"?

Why not show the crossing signals or whatever was there at the time?

Idiot van driver hurt?

[stewartcamw]

I just wonder how old that old girl is it looks good to me

[Fcutdlady]

@salemcripple i presume you know routemaster buses are not polish . the routemaster is privately preserved . maybe with friends of the driver on board , hence no response of piss off when asked to stop to look at the accident .

[d3lp0rto]

Trains aren't required to have their lights on there?

[MrMrmonsterguy]

@friesandfries Like a fox! Stealthy and silent!

[mitsucanter247365]

Its Poland, in many respects their some 20 - 30 years behind the rest of europe, as are some other countries. But still such a fantastic place with an outstanding culture.

[xy47402]

That's one heck of a massive 2-6-2 on the point of that passenger train! Wow! The driver of the van is lucky he wasn't killed.