CSX Train Close Call... 

Doug Obert why didn’t have it already done in the first place

@@nyccrcsx It's hard to stay ahead of some folk's foolishness. Just be glad it didn't take a fatality to do it.

Do we need to put flashing lights also? What happend to common sense? Yellow lines are for liberal snowflakes without a brain!

Was wondering where the yellow line was. Probably wouldn't have made a difference anyway, some people just don't have any common sense. Hard to protect people from themselves.

It's for everybody's sake, surely you don't expect young children to have common sense, do ya?

A guy I met during high school back in 1991, well we're still best friends. Long story short, once in a while I take an hour drive down to his state and we hang out for a couple of days. He is always saying things like, "hold on", "slow down will ya", "okay... make sure all ways are clear" So we went to his local walmart the one day, he is all about taking your time, making absolute sure everything is clear before crossing roads, etc. So we walk down the parking lot toward the front entrance. We get to the crosswalk. I see a Jeep coming up on my left, he was standing to my left, I look to my right, it's clear. So I started waiting for the Jeep, I guess my friend never looked left, and started crossing. BEEEEEEEPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!! That Jeep stopped, and was literally inches away, and I could sense the level of fear coming from him, without having to see his face. So after a while of walking in walmart he started mentioning it, but I didn't dwell on talking about it, because something like that for me is embarrassing and I figured he might have been at that point of embarrassment. I just can't believe that all of his "words of wisdom" about slowing down, taking your time etc., literally went out the window at that moment. It scared me too because I thought the Jeep had hit him, and I was thinking okay, time to call an ambulance, but I seen him standing there and thought, sheeesshhhhh. That was waaaaayyyyy too close. Still I was shocked by the whole incident. Next time if he and I go out, I guess I'll have to be the one to be looking out and slowing him down. My friend here imprinted the whole, slow it down, and take time crossing roads thing onto me, but I'm not sure what happened at walmart.

@@movie0007 Just keeping it real. Everybody has to have an, "Oh shit!" moment every now & then or else all the true-isms and slogans don't mean much. Take 'er easy! ;-)

@@movie0007 A guy I knew got hit by car at speed of 200 km. they took him to the hospital. but He passed away After he reached the hospital in few minutes.

Wow 3 years old, why so late? Most babies are taught this by 18 months.

@@Victorseafog Better late than dead.

Let it roll buddy... You can only do so much

CN is where it's at

People just assume that trains are as loud in front as they are by the side - when the reality is - it's not even close: trains are DANGEROUSLY quiet right in front! If she's doing track speed, and your back is turned, and it's quiet, you'll get maybe a three second warning from the rumbling to jump out of the way - if you're talking to somebody, that goes down to about two seconds, and if you're wearing headphones, you're dead.

@@CusterFlux Absolutely dead quiet in the snow...

No way, train accidents only happen to other people.

Wright County Railfan the speed of train is like 30 km/h

Especially in between legs.)))))))))))))

@Craig F. Thompson I admit you are right! But I still believe he would have survived from the collision

@blue heeler What is the speed of the train in your opinion?

@blue heeler The speed affects the power of collision. When speed is doubled the kinetic energy is multiplied by four. In addition, the collision area is small. He would have survived the collision.

Didn't even look like he was paying attention

@@Ukraine2011 till last .8th of a second

Playing chicken with the train. 😆

Groundhog day ref.

Yeah like DPUs

@@sunsetrailfan2004 DPU locomotives don't blow their horns. So not an option. He's dumb as fuck. That's the option. 🙄

By how much?

must have been using the portable cone of silence

Crap, he could have damaged the lead locomotive if it hit him in the head!

Nah, we might've finally got the answer to what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object 😂

Gribbo9999 maybe could’ve even had an influence on schedule... ah, it’s strange thinking that while railroad safety is easy to follow, people somehow don’t know the rules

Gribbo9999 .😂😂

😂 this comment deserves so much more likes lol

Well said.....no one really considers that.

That's so correct! I've been train spotting for over twenty years. Walking along with my three 35mm cameras around my neck and harness and a tripod. I also carry a radio scanner and listen to all traffic from the track inspectors, dispatchers engineers conductors etc, you get the idea. I always watch ALL WAYS on railroad right of way especially with multi track locations. It is that train that the person NEVER SAW that caused the incident! And Yes think of the crew on board and what they go through. I most of the time got a friendly wave from the engineers and conductors as trains passed. Once in a while I would hear a track inspector that saw me, as he went into a siding say" Smile when you get to that junction that guys out there taking pictures!"

ChachaChapati Because he's a fool!

Richard Gerlach I lived right next to the old Southern Pacific line when I was a kid; even way back when, I used common sense when crossing or near the tracks. Some people...

ChachaChapati Thinning the herd. Dang. Missed.

Because he's STUPID!!!

Inexperienced. They learned something.

Evolution? more like de-volution.

Unless he had kids in which case I don't think he could win

Pretty sure he was somebody's Grandad. You only get a Darwin Award for stupidity that prevents you from reproducing.

he didn't even pull the woman away lol

A posthumous Darwin yes

Probably not much luck left in the tank.

@@spikespa5208 : Yeah, I was thinking he's used up all of his luck for the day!

@@Milesco For quite a while.

Jr Straight your not wrong

PRESSUREWORKS I don’t get It

His daughter was far away enough. So she wouldn't have got hit

That's sexist, she can do it herself :P

He shouted to her, that's why she turned so quick.

sanny terry He didn't shout nor did he even make any attempt to pull her with him. She'll remember that when making the decision to pull the plug.

Ant that the truth lol id went up and jerked em back

I am sure someone thought about it and decided not to get involved

Well, the semi-conscicius state is like that.

It looked like nobody was watching that direction. Maybe the guys way down the end of the platform but they couldn’t exactly run and tell the guy who wasn’t looking. What a dumbass. He almost paid for his ignorance with a very serious, perhaps fatal, injury.

No because everyone has their heard buried in there phone

True, look up the video "Midnight Moment: Counting Sheep" on Times Square NYC's Channel

That was too close, unfortunately I've seen so called professionals getting caught likr that.

so easly could have been fatal.

Congrats, you saved his life, but was getting closer to him to move him not an option?

***** I would be happy to. Steam locomotives have their cylinders in the front underneath the smokebox. On the bottom of each cylinder are 2 cock valves controlled by the engineer. When steam locomotives first start moving these cocks are opened to allow condensation to be drained from the cylinders. This condensation can actually damage the pistons if not drained out. This process is accomplished by high pressure live steam which can shoot out up to 20 feet in some cases depending on how fast the engine is going. Check out the You Tube video C&O 614, Hoboken NJ to Port Jervis NY, October 1996 for an example of this. It happens briefly 20 seconds into the video and again around 5:00. In my opinion this is steam at its finest.

I've been thanked more for holding a door open for someone

@Craig F. Thompson Yes. The actual Erie Limited was gone by 1976.

Speak for yourself. No, "we" haven't all done something like that.

Jill Jones , I stand corrected. Jill has never done anything like this, and to all who are like her, I'm sorry that my opinion offended you.👍✌️

why didn't those women sitting on the bench try to warn that guy?

*cough* Description *couch* "A CSX WB mixed freight heads toward the station that has some folks waiting for the Capitol Limited to Chicago from Wash. DC.. I swing the camera around and--- OMG, he can't see or hear the EB coal drag bearing down on him. Too much noise to yell, I frantically wave left arm back&forth and jab point with right arm at the oncoming train. Wow--!!!!So Very Very Close!!!!"

why didn't he stand in the middle of the track?? :)))

Was probably a bit weak in the legs after that.

@@Milesco or he wanted to make it look like it was on purpose.

There always chances of heart attack...time just stop tikking in that second..ur body just loose up... happened with me on electric train...

+Anthony Smith Your quite the grammar nazi.

+Anthony Smith *you're

Don't you think people should have some common sense as well?

Alley Cat OK, and you think ticket prices should then be increased in order to pay for the paint and labor involved, at all stations?

Yellow lines mighht be a liability showing it is safe behind the line and someone leans forward or is wearing a backpack.

I C it all de time @ Walmart,, people just walk rite out in front of cars,,, i asked 1 woman who did that, U sure hv a lotta faith in yer fellow man,,, her reply= pedestrian has de rite of way,,, my reply = hope they put dat on yer tombstone, here lays stupid, she had the right of way........

@@tomcatt1824 fuckin' savage hahaha

A very special example of stupid...

That's the dumbest thing I can imagine.

That could have happened to anyone. Are you 100% attentive 100% of the time?

Anthony Smith stfu

@Stan Schurman: Yes! Most people are so ******* stupid! Moron..

Absolutely. If I was the engineer, I’d assume he was hit.

Facts.

Why? Is being a railway fan a dude thing? Guess that makes sense

You can find females pursuing any interest under the sun. Same reason the are men that are into female dominated hobbies

@King SP ikr

probably not a "real" railfan, either of them This town is very popular with tourists and history buffs because it looks much the way it did in Civil War times. On a busy fall day in the early 2000s, an idiot parked his BMV on the tracks (there used to be an overflow lot very close to them) because he thought they were 'a prop'. No kidding. His car made it half way across the Potomac plastered to the front of a locomotive. You could hear the scraping sound of the wheels as the emergency brakes were applied. Too bad this was before phones had cameras and my film camera was out of film.

@@Salmagundiii Probably right. Damn I forgot I even left this comment and people got mad over it lol

Absoluty

Let natural selection sort them out. Then they won't be able to reproduce other morons.

True... But people do get caught up in the moment and make mistakes... and no matter how smart or intelligent you think you are... things or accidents still could happen to you!!!

Only another 200 million or so to go then.

@@im1who84u 😃😃👍😃😃

No kidding....that's why common sense tells ya to stay back~

Joe Dohn That was close. Today they have a yellow line that you aren't suppose to cross to prevent this. He could have been killed.

Joe Dohn Thats a good idea. I bet they prevent ppl from getting hit. I dont get to see very many Amtrak trains.

Joe Dohn Man, I wish I lived in Florida. I go there every winter to visit my mom. I went there in Feb and March this year. I hate the ice and cold up here in Ohio. Tri Rail has been on my list for a while. You guys are lucky not to have ice and snow. I go to Plant City and Tampa. When FEC opens their passenger trains you guys will have it made. I want to see those trains also.

Joe Dohn I remember when I first saw FEC. I was near Titusville and it was the first time I ever saw a concrete tie. I hope you get that job soon bc they would be a great job with benefits and great pay. Ice is one thing I could do without. I live on a one lane road in a farming area and they dont use salt or remove the ice. It has to melt and can take a month or more to melt. People wreck here all the time in the winter.

Joe Dohn Its a great job especially since you will be outside and get to see all kinds of trains. Salt is used in Ohio on all the main roads but our township cant afford it so they never use it. If we get heavy snow, they started plowing the road I live on a few years ago so the school bus doesnt get stuck. I have seen a lot of cars in my ditch

Low level platform.

Tomiata It's America. They don't even have platforms.

Paul Kennedy Yes we do. That's what we call them here whether they're high level or ground level. This one (obviously) is ground level.

Richard Gerlach Yes, I understand that. I was just having a go. Seriously, though, for a country where freight railways are so extensive and well managed, the passenger rail system is very backward. I remember rail journals being proud of the new Albany-Rensellaer station, but in fact it felt like a very minor station, located on the opposite side of the river because the freight companies wouldn't let Amtrak trains into Albany itself. Chicago Union station has a fantastic ticket hall, but it's no longer used by travellers, who instead have to wait in cramped, glass-box waiting rooms. They then reach the (enormouse, double-deck) trains from the end of very narrow, very-low 'platforms'. There's a station on the Boston--New York line (the premier route!) where passengers have to arrive 10 minutes early, to be bused to the opposite platform, because the station doesn't have a bridge or underpass. (Perhaps this has now been fixed; my visit was years ago.)

Paul Kennedy What can I say. We Americans are married to our automobiles! We tore down the grandest terminal of them all in 1966. The old Pennsylvania RR station in NYC. Now it is just the basement of the new (now relatively old) Madison Square Garden arena. We never want to spend any Federal funds on passenger infrastructure. Amtrak is really only strong on the Northeast corridor (Boston-Washington, D.C.) and even there they have to fight for every last Federal penny! Long distance train travel here is usually more fun for the person taking video from the side of the track than the actual rider. You often have to wait in sidings for priority freights to pass. There are frequent grade crossing accidents which tie up the line. If you travel all the way across country here (by train) you'll probably be happy if your return trip is by plane! And planes are nothing more than flying cattle cars today as well! This is progress in our "Brave New World"! LOL!

Richard Gerlach You say that the country doesn't want to spend to federal funds on passenger infrastructure. I know you mean on the railways, but it's ironic that huge amounts of public money (incl federal) have been spent on infrastructure for passengers on the roads and in the air. The interstate highway system, the airports, air traffic control, highway patrols, airport security, etc, are mainly publicly-funded and have cost vastly more than what has been paid for railways.

The Loki Looks like he/she is taking a "selfie" too! Person in faded blue jeans does nothing too! Is Harper's Ferry full of zombies?

looks like he didnt notice how they were in actual danger. maybe he saw they were there. but he was focusing on a selfie

The toilet is where the girl went next, her mother ran for the key.

Yep, people need to learn to RTFD.

+Doug Obert Doug, I would like to ask permission to use this video in training - can you reply to lthomas@findlay.edu?

Bet he had to change underwear when he saw that

Miss him..

@@princessofthecape2078 something is very wrong with you! Try getting laid even if it is by another woman!

No time...Too Loud...Read the intro! Doh!

Fuck that idiot

I agree, the guy with the camera should have yelled or done something.

I'm surprised the guy with the camera upsets you for failing to warn people from meters away, but you say nothing about the man who turns and runs to take the sit without warning a woman centimetres away from himself.... Anyway....

she wasnt even close enough to get hit

@@GiekoGecko123 He still didn't even think about her.

Probably thought "Who else would be stupid enough to be this close the tracks with me?"

@@djtoona Probably didn't think... at all.

Read the description before making assumptions.

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Maxie071 yeah obviously pointing didn’t work so you passively stood there instead of going over to him. Can’t really cover yourself on that one buddy.

Anthony Smith if you can't handle people not using the English language, you would be a complete mess here in Australia.

She wouldn't have been hit. She was far enough away from the tracks

He never thought about her. It was all instinct.

CenturyOakWindStar Counting his fingers and toes!

webdenis12 Agreed. Sometimes there's no precautions enough that you can take for a lack of brains. Best just hand them the Darwin award and be done with it.

***** its a combo of both

The WV DOT hasn't put the money together to put down lines or place signs. On top of that it's a curved station. Personally I think they don't want to put down lines or place signs for historical purposes. Also it would be common sense.

I agree with cu29640

That's the problem in this day and age people have no COMMON SENSE when I was young in the UK there were no keep back lines on platforms on railway stations but I knew not to stand to close even when there was no train coming because I might fall off and hurt myself. COMMON SENSE. nowadays it's just "oh I get hurt I'll just sue you"that's the compensation culture that exists not just here in the UK but all over the world. COMMON SENSE is a lot cheaper and it don't hurt half as much as a 1000 tone train up your wazoo. Right rant over!!

Read the video description folks

😂🤭🤭

He most definitely shit his pants