That sure took my mind off my little problems today. Thanks for being so level headed and not inciting someone to be more angry than they are. Seeing Chessie always makes things happy!
No ambulance will try crossing that location Nearest hospital is in downtown Cincy Easiest route to those is down roads that are mostly parallel to set of tracks Vine st / Spring Grove on the side he is filming from Este Ave on the far side which turns into Mitchell Ave The rail is elevated with road underpasses at the Mitchell / Spring Grove intersection
@@Morcaiden That was just a little ‘local knowledge’ so people wouldn’t be too worried about a delayed emergency response around some thing like a blocked crossing in this particular area.
I would bet folks were hotter than the outdoor temperature! Thanks to Precision Scheduled Railroading - that autorack can sit and cover as many crossings as possible waiting for clearance and add in two long trains in quick succession to get to "full boil" :)
@@TheKuptis People have and many cities used to level fines for blocking crossing for x amount of time. But the feds decided states and towns can't do that because it violates the Interstate Commerce Termination Act.
Unfortunately the laws generally say they can or at least for as long as it takes for them to conduct any business, freight loading/offloading, waiting on signals,or deal with breakdowns or whatever holdups
Most trains are now between 1 mile and 3 miles long. They put 9000 hp engines on them and possibly one in the middle of the train if going through mountains. That town needs an overpass or underpass.
My community considered it and the years it would take, plus the expense, made it prohibitive. One of the rail carriers now follows an alternate route that's lessened traffic.
That's always a possibility, but it would be on the city's dime, not the railroad's. Especially when you consider two things: 1, the railroad is private property; and 2, that particular line has probably been there far longer than the street. Before I forget, there's a third point: street-rail grade crossings, all trains have absolute right-of-way over all other vehicles; this includes emergency vehicles and irate tow-truck drivers. Fire stations have alternate routes which can use during a Code 3 response in the event of a blocked crossings, and some cities will have adjacent fire stations on opposite sides of the railroad.
Awesome! Thanks for sticking it out! As I recall, from years ago, a lot of towns had time-limit ordinances that prohibited blocking crossings more than “X” number of minutes due to public safety concerns. After that time limit, the railroad was subject to fines. I wonder how that is playing out today?
The local governments and state governments are powerless in enforcing any ordinance governing how long a train blocks an intersection. It isn’t going to change until the US Department of Transportation puts a stop to it.
@@alanfan8941 You are right - the railroads are regulated by the Federal Government since they are involved in interstate commerce. A suggestion for the local authorities - for problem crossings, work with the railroad on grade crossing elimination projects where bridges or underpasses are put in place to deal with these situations - no one would want to block a road when police, fire/rescue or EMS needs to get through.
This is going to be an ongoing problem with longer trains and more train frequency. Alot of these crossings have been in place for decades or longer in some cases when trains were shorter and less frequent. Over/ underpasses are great, but are expensive and in alot of cases just not practical on lesser used streets. As with alot of things in life, no easy fixes.
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Trains always have the right of way i thought. Even above fire trucks. Fire can "ask nicely" but they don't have to yield to Fire, police, or ambulance
I remember this area you filmed the train here before they going to redesign that street keep up the good work and be safe job well done A+ across the board be safe
LOVE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME THANKS AGAIN FOR THE VIDEO AND YOUR FREIND IN THE CAB WITH YOU. BE SAFE AND CAREFUL, JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA . HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOUR GREAT VIDEOS. I APPRECIATE YOU AND THEM.
The only other thing I like next to the "STREET RUNNING TRAINS" is you guessed it "AUTORACKS" great catch JAW TOOTH, from your BIGGEST FAN Shawn from Delaware!
What a brilliant level crossing / railroad crossing! So unlevel and steep that the large trucks struggle to get over the tracks, and liable to be blocked for literally hours at a time. Other than that, I expect the locals really love living next to it!
Between the railroad and local goverment they neef to finance a underpass especially if emergency vehicles need to get thru it could literally be life and death
Government idiots won’t do anything until enough of death happens, and depending on the state and party, it can either be planning all the way and accounting for delays and problems, or it can be Democrat.
The emergency services wouldn't ever need to cross the tracks there. There are other routes available, with underpasses, which they would use instead. Your point is valid in little towns with no underpasses, but it doesn't actually apply here.
@@Shuttletrain Because they carry stuff for you, your neighborhood etc. Infrastructure investments should be borne by all parties, not one. You will get your returns by your economy.
Well part of the problem is BASF/Emery south of there has their own locomotives shunting cars in/out oftheir yard across the main into P&Gs yard on Spring grove. Then below that at Rallys all 3 rails come together for the triple main into Queensgate.
I always feel sorry for the employees at the Rally’s The noise from the wheels against the switch there is absolutely deafening Bring them earplugs if I get food from there
Like I said I had distractions this time I counted 2 hundred and 8 including the 2 engines that's the longest I've seen a a while .... thanks for the upload ✌ 😎 👌
Theres a track close to where I live if the train is going to be setting there very long they separate the cars. It has an air line down along side the track so they can reconnect the air supply to keep the brakes set. Look like they need that at this crossing as well
@@4423422 Csx.com has a demurrage guide to better understand loading and unloading guidelines. They are not so liberal as you may think. In any case those cars are posing for the artists no matter the charges that accrue...the clock ticks on.
Great video Jawtooth! This reminds me of back in the 70's the town I lived In built a extra fire and rescue on the opposite side of the track's for a situation like this. I always wondered why they just didn't build an access bridge in every railroad town for emergency's. Great video! Thanks for sharing!
The emergency service would never really need to cross here. For example, if an ambulance needed to get to the other side of the tracks, it would be coming from the hospital and use this route: goo.gl/maps/KjWn11jHs1FPREQj9 All the rail crossings there are underpasses. There are multiple fire and police stations on both sides of the track.
Out in the country near where I live there have been a couple people who died in the past couple months because the train tracks were blocked for an ambulance. Like this, blocked for over an hour, and out in the country there isn't a good way around, its like drive 5-10 miles out of your way because of the blocked tracks. Did CSX tell the local county government or fire department about this, HELL NO!!
Engineers and conductors laying in bed at night wondering how many people I pissed off today? 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂. Nice video Brian, it makes me wonder what are they doing?
Years ago,I wanted to put my foot into the Mississippi river in Vicksburg.To go back to the mainroad I have also to wait and to wait and to wait until only two trains which pass the Mississippi brigde up and down have passed.🇺🇸👍
I live in the UK and my wife and I had our first holiday in Canada in 1995. We hired a car and toured British Columbia, our first big crossing hold up was at Revelstoke, we were stuck there for almost half an hour as a huge train slowly climbed the pass through Revelstoke. it was then we understood why some car drivers still crossed even though we were stationary obeying the red lights. Since then I have watched dozens of clips seeing vehicles being hit by trains and can understand why drivers take a chance and jump the lights if they have an important engagement somewhere. The longest I have ever been held up in Southern England is 8 minutes so our crossing are much safer.
I remember being yelled at because there was this long BNSF train, I was on my phone and the guy came to me and yelled at me saying: WHY WON'T YOU MOVE and it was because the train just passed, yet now there should be more impatients, great video, I think I saw cursed graffiti on the CP autorack
Good evening from Brunswick county Virginia Freeman Virginia today from Eugene Kleis hello jaw tooth train man good how are you and your family friends doing today
I was out in Pennsylvania last night around Meadville I could not believe the amount of crossings that had just the Railroad crossing bucks no lights bells or gates on mainline tracks it was cool to see as I was looking for trains definitely a rare sight these days
