Live Train Crash!!! Stupid

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[LocomotiveEngineer2]

@swelinus Most mainline freight & passenger locomotives are equipped with cameras for investigation & litigation purposes. (Something to think about before anyone drives around the crossing gates at a level grade crossing.)

[LocomotiveEngineer2]

@MachetePanda This train crew were found to be NOT at fault in this collision. Even if they had placed their 16,000 ton coal train into emergency braking at the road crossing they still would of struck the cars in the siding. That is why the engineer sued & won a $3,000,000 judgment against BNSF. Google: HQ-2006-79, to read the FRA / NTSB Accident Report.

[trainmanjosair]

@LocomotiveEngineer2 You can tell this train wasn't @ fault just by the vid. One he didn't c the switch point was against him until he was right on it n two there wasn't anything he could have done to prevent this from happening. He threw it in the E-Brake the train hit the derailer n then hit the the parked grain cars.

[youngchampagne]

This vid is popular on Stockholm

[Boss302fan]

@hph445 Agree with you on all points. Crew that last made moves at this facility did not follow the rules and did not line the switch back for the main. As a result they put people's lives at stake. 

I'm sure you'll agree that when you're running at this speed in territory of this nature you put a lot of faith in the individuals there before you.

Be safe hph445. Where do you run?

[Boss302fan]

@hph445 Yes, I agree. Going in and out of yards as an engineer I will check multiple sources for conditions that tell me it is safe to proceed. Crew on the ground. Signals. Switch banners. And points. My point which I did not state well was that for points that did not close all the way properly, the gap is often very small but can lead to a derailment. Those small gaps are not that easy to see from a moving locomotive. You are 100% correct on who was at fault.

[hph445]

@hph445 all I can say about this video is someone drop the ball. And by the way theres no switch lights in this video most modern railroad don't use switch lights

[hph445]

@Boss302fan well hate to tell you but almost ever day I check switch points from the cabs of road engines going in and out of yards. and most but not all gaps tend to be a little more than a inch. now this derailment should have never happened if the crew that was working there before had followed safety and general conduct rule GR-39 let me know if you would like me to type for you to read.

[Boss302fan]

@hph445 Yes. Looking at switch points is part of basic training. This in particular pertains to the individual working the ground.

But from the cab checking switch points is almost impossible unless you are right up on them and stationary. A gap of an inch would be very hard to detect from 100 feet away but it can certainly cause a derailment.