Oh Boy! Here Comes the NYC Heritage Unit! oh......, oh no................

February 7th, 2024 10:32am
Versailles, Ohio
State Route 47 ( West Crossing )
Everyone is okay, driver of the semi, Aswell as passenger both made it out in time before the impact, The Crew of M331-05 are shaken up, but they are also okay, definitely a scary incident, that honestly could've been avoided, stay safe out on the rails, and always watch out for events like this, I ended the video before an Eastbound i008 made it to the scene too, if possible, be on the same side of the crossing as the train so that way you wont be in the debris field like I was. Nothing struck me and I am okay, as I took cover behind my car, but you cant ever expect these things to happen, always stay aware of your surrounds, and stay safe out there my fellow foamers.

CSX 5267 Leading
CSX 1853 Trailing
CSX 3425 Trailing

[dummynodepanda]

Did he really think its a better idea to let a train ruin that truck over just backing out and damaging the breakaway signal? This guy is a genius

[johncompton]

Only about 30 minutes from my house.
It baffles me that when this happens, they always seem to think the breakaway signal arms are more important than a freaking semi and train. Just back the truck up.

[DXT]

My brother in law is a train engineer. He hit a car that was on the tracks with nobody inside once. He said it's like kicking a can. There was little to no impact felt in the cab.

[ladysilverwynde]

0:41 "It was, at that moment, that Earl realized he was unemployed." /Morgan Freeman voice

[OctoberChad]

Locomotive engineer here. It's best to not cross once the signals have been activated. But I understand sometimes trucks get into tight situations through no particular fault of the driver. If that happens, don't worry about breaking the gate arm, IF you are already in motion and can finish crossing in time. Otherwise, just get clear. The gate arm will either break off, or it will pivot perpendicular to the track, and I will finish the job when I get there. I much prefer hitting gate arms than vehicles.

[theshapeexists]

When breaking a $900 gate arm is completely out of the question, but destroying a $280, 000 rig is okay. A real Einstein.

[ComdrStew]

I drove semi's for 17 years and this happened to me on my second year. The Arm came down in between the truck and trailer. I backed up and broke the arm off and then called the number on the crossing light. Police and CSX came out and I told them what happened. CSX put a new rail up before I even got done talking to the police.

[IanZWhite]

I think he saw his fellow rig getting a free pass in the other direction and felt emboldened to “beat” the gate like a traffic light. It’s funny how quickly you see him regret the impulse lol

[crollwtide]

For a moment I was worried that guy wasn't going to actually get away from that tractor in time. He tried to go through the crossing even with the warning lights on...definitely a bad decision.

[dyingfromthelying]

Pay attention people. I was an engineer on the railway before I retired. That train was in emergency. Which is the strongest break that train can apply. And that's how long it takes to slow down. I don't think people realize it takes a loaded Coal train, with 112 cars 7, 000 ft. Long, going 50 mph... A mile and a half to stop...

[MattiAntsuK]

What a generous truck driver. To try and save the barrier rather than the truck itself. What a hero!

[usefulthingsabound]

The gate arm was coming down even before the truck got to it. Why he didn’t see it is beyond me.

[PowerTrain]

Love the truck driver just casually getting out of the cab and peeking between the truck and trailer like he has all the time in the world... until he realized, "Oh, right... train coming!"

[zapdog_]

This is a perfect example of why to run in the direction the train is coming from. That debris is crazy.

[aresee]

Man, those things aren't cheap. Completely destroyed that perfectly good railroad crossing signal barrier.

[kassarc]

The lights and bells had been going for 10 seconds before the fool rolled onto the crossing, utterly inexcusable stupidity

[Orionzeus]

I love how the cement truck driver on the other side of the road once he sees the truck driver get out of the cab starts backing away slowly, bro was like "I wasn't here"

[andyf]

The horn from the train sounds like it's virtually pleading with him to get out of the way!

[edwinsinclair]

What do they say? Hard to fix stupid. Those lights were flashing before those gates came down.

[AS]

This is a MASTER class in how to record an accident like this. Camera left alone, hardly any talking, phenomenal video title, exceptionally perfect thumbnail, great lighting. Friends, take note.