Amtrak train breaks down right in front of me and blocks funeral 

They just had to wait for it at the crossing.

At least it isn't a massive freight train.

This is just a crappy click bait video. The train clearly wasn’t blocking the crossing while it was stopped. It just moved through the crossing like normal, and the funeral procession only had to stop for a minute or so.

@@emd6459 They never said in the title that it did block the crossing.. Lmao

Real af

Yea it’s Florida

I think they wait because of the grades are probably too much for one P42 to handle and need an rescue helper

@@Jinnoth Perhaps that is the case, I’ve heard that situation on the California Zephyr. Amtrak just needs to establish their own rescue system somehow. Relying on freight operators is way too unreliable. Waiting hours for a rescue is wild.

@@MrMarshmallow26 Amtrak doesn't have enough locomotives to do that.

@@michlo3393 That is until now. Now that the P42s are slowly phasing out. They could (probably won’t) consider keeping them for situations like these. Just little sidings along the Amtrak system to store protection units and such. Problem is it would probably require a lot more people to operate properly, which is more an issue than the locomotives.

lol funny. grades are the biggest part of it. are you could pull again with just 1 engine but when that breaks then what.

Or maybe the US government should renationalize the rail network, and properly fund amtrack, like any other decent country on earth does

Just stop it, your comment makes no sense. That's beyond their control and I'm sure they weren't there that long

@@Schola718 AHHHHH, SHADDUP❗JUST WAIT UNTIL YOURE IN A FUNERAL FOR A CLOSE LOVED ONE, AND IT GETS INTERRUPTED, AND I WILL BET YOU WILL GRIPE YOUR @$$ OFF❗