@@RedCard94 That's probably one of the aspects (no pun intended) that makes high speed rail so expensive. I once read that high speed rail is usually much more successful if an existing lower speed line is then up graded to high speed. At any rate, I hope we see more of both types of commuter rail on the near future.
I didn't know you were a weather forecaster and an on air radio and television personality. I could see it in your work with Distant Signal. The way your stories roll out even and smooth. No mispronunciations with all your shots flowing effortlessly together. Your passion for quality and experience show in your product that's always a pleasure to watch even if it's dealing with a subject like train a accidents that involve fatalities.
Nice work...I am a big fan and envious you get to see my work through a video camera...I work at NS Simpson Yard and am on a local switcher job currently. Not as glamorous as fast movers but the switching is a blast!
Crazy times. My father is the owner of Universal Structures, which is behind crossing which the driver was leaving. Tragic accident that continued to affect all parties years after.
I don't feel no sympathy for any train crash victims, except for the train engineer. HE/ SHE IS JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB. If you try to beat the train, YOUR GOING TO LOSE EVENTUALLY!!! Just cause you beat it 1 or 2 times, doesn't mean you're going to beat the train every time. IF THE GATES ARE DOWN, DON'T GO AROUND, IF IT'S "MALFUNCTIONING," TURN AROUND, YOU NEVER KNOW FOR ABSOLUTE SURE!!
I knew I should have gone back to road service sooner. Missed a lot of action. Thanks for all that I missed. Can't very well do much when working a YM job...
Another great episode! Unfortunately the reason for the derailments and accidents is that drivers cannot obey the railroad crossings. They risk their lives just to save 1 minute, and that isn't a smart move.
People really need to remember to watch before crossing because they just don't know how much power a train. That is sad that the kids got hit. It was too bad, but they shouldn't be so careless. The derailment, I saw that on the news and read all about it on the 'net! Nice video!
We had a Amtrak train hit a dump truck just north of Savannah GA, back in February 2009. The truck driver was killed but as far as I know no one on the train was injured. The truck was going to a water facility. The crossing where the accident occured does not have any lights or gates. just the crossbuck.
0:34 I know this video is from 2007, but that is how I have my Icom ID-880H displaying the CSX channels for the CSX bank and NS ## for the Norfolk Southern bank. I use my desktop and sometimes laptop to program the radio. (a lot easier than doing it by hand.) I listen to CSX and Norfolk Southern here in Central Virginia.
I remembered the voice, I thought to myself that this guys must do some voice over work... I finished watching the video, BTW the way nice work, then I read the comments and came across this... At least I won't be guessing. ;-)
Rare? That is actually pretty common in the south. Cleburn, Texas has two sets of tracks that border the west and north sides of the cemetery as and a Y-out just to the south of it.
@FGLK1751 I have two that I'm currently using. A Motorola CDM1550 in the Mobile, which I also use for 2-meter ham radio. I also use a motorola PR-400 handheld. It's a VHF walkie talkie that works great for railroading.
Nice. The Waris (CDM's) series are some of my favorite M radios. I have several 1250s and 1550s, along with several HT1250s, which are the handheld equivalents of the CDM1550s. (and use the same CPS)
Ah, America... where even the "unusually short" trains are longer than almost anything we normally have... (the absolute longest thing that runs anywhere on our network is just barely over 2500ft) Plant City sounds like a lovely place ... whatever about it could be causing people to fatally launch themselves and their vehicles in front of express trains? :-(
Just not thinking about it, or being dumb. I live in a railroad dyown so they often test gates. If you look on both sides of the tracks and realise theres obviously no train coming after 20 to 30 seconds. You just go around them
I think that it should be a lesson learned that people should not go around gates. I personally think that if people were to see such horrific accident. Then again, people would forget. Maybe if they were to see a live accident, they would learn something.
trainguy Jax ramp is the intermodal yard in Jacksonville. Handles all of CSXs piggyback and container traffic. It's west of town about 5 miles right where I-295 comes over US90.
All engineers has that in there mind hitting a car at a srossing I had that happen once but no one got injured thank god for that the train that I was hauling was 10 tankers going 25 mph. Car went around the gates I hit the bumper. Car just spinning around didn't hit anything and I didn't derailed.
Lets see here, wait for train and live or don't wait for train and die..hmm no brainer for me. What they should of done is put what was left of the car on display and then put it by the crossing where it would say: Is that two extra seconds you might save by trying to beat a train really worth this?
