Railroad Safety - Do's and Don'ts 

Thanks for sharing this. In 1970, I was riding in a car, with the stereo blasting and we didn't hear the horn as we passed over a grade crossing out in the country without lights or gates. The locomotive kissed the rear corner of the car we were in and we spun 720 degrees (two full turns). Fortunately, none of us was hurt seriously. For the last 44 years, I stop, look and listen at ALL railroad crossings. I'm not trusting my, or the life of my family, to any electro-mechanical device! Once again, thank you!

When I was a kid, I had no way of entertainment besides a TV. Every day after school, I would always go to the tracks near my home, and watch as the train passes by. If there are no trains, I wait until I get bored. I sometimes pretended that I was a train, and did crazy stuff on the tracks. I loved those days.

i agree with everything, tracks are for trains not for games.

3:29 - 3:51 -- This is not proper procedure. If your car stalls on the tracks, whether you can move it or not, go to one of the crossing gates and find the blue sign, which has an emergency number and a crossing location number. Call the number, give the location number, and tell them what's going on. The person that picks it up will communicate to the dispatcher to tell them to stop service so the problem can be fixed before sending the trains through.

If you are approaching a crossing and the signals activate, stop and enjoy the show. There is nothing better than a few minutes of unplanned railfanning. Those other cars that start making U-turns to go around just haven't learned to appreciate life's unexpected pleasures.

I'm a new Operation Lifesaver Volunteer in Kansas City. Just had my class on Tuesday. Love the video!

Awesome video, it would really help if more citizens would go by this.

You should teach the Elementary school students about this

Trains can come from ANY direction, on ANY track, at ANYTIME! Train time is ANYTIME!

I love the way you explained about railway crossings! Double thumbs up to you!

I love your video, I would suggest it for everyone that is interested in railroad safety forever, you got a lot of attention to detail, and I love that you have attention to detail

ive saved to kids lives who were tresspassing as an unexpected train was coming. we were staying at Lake winnapesaukee and me and my sister were on the way back from the beach. we had to cross the tracks after walking up some stairs. half way up the stairs i thought i heard a train. My sister and i doubted the train when we got to the top of the stairs i heard crossing gates(The the train makes when its heading caboose forward) i saw two 11-12 year old boys walking down the tracks. I suddenly caught a glimpse of the train through the tunnel! The boys were a good 25 yards away from us so i screamed " A trains coming!" they couldn't here me so i screamed louder and one of the boys got of the tracks the other one stayed on the side of the tracks by the end of the ties. They saw the train coming. When it was only 20 yards away they got of the tracks and walked on the board walk right next to the tracks

I just showed this to my driver ed students and they absolutely LOVED it.

That was a great video! Simple... Easy for people to understand. Great job BBT609.

I saw 2 people who got of the tracks like 5 seconds before a 55-60 MPH CSX was right where they were. Train coming down the tracks. Do not walk on tracks, get off, stop admiring your awesome close ups and GET OFF. He was blaring the horn at those people. I honestly was a little nervous. I want them to watch this. Be safe everyone.

I will always love this video because this video describes the necessary details or railway crossings.

Good video. Not enough people pay enough attention to this.

Cool Beans.

Very informative, the safety basics save lives!

God bless you Brother!

I live in an area where there are no railroad crossings but there is a signal to let me know of an incoming train. That is how I catch trains

Once I had to trespass on railroad property. I had no choice. A train stopped, blocking the only crossing for about 1 mile. It was very hot outside. I had to walk around the train. Luckily my parent was on the other side and told me to go, since another train was not coming. I had to cross 2 sets of tracks. It was maybe 98-99 degrees outside with heat index around 105-110 degrees.

i love when he said when tresspassing is a crime and if you trespass you could get fined

that depends on if they work properly

1:20 also never ignore operation lifesaver because it could be a heritage unit and if a big derailment happens that hertage unit may be scraped and then that railroad may even be forgotten.

i love trains so much i even build layouts with them my most favorite hobby but great job on discussing railroad safety

Legally, the Railroad's 1st priority has to be making a buck for the shareholders. After that they'll do the minimum possible to meet whatever safety standards apply to minimise their costs.

Commercal Vechicles are required by law to stop at all railroad crossings, especially school buses

The nostalgia of this 😭

veHickle

Excellent common sense video BBT!

Good video and critical information about safety by the rails. Very well done.

I live on CN tracks in Illinois and within 5 months a train hit a pickup truck and hit a person trying to commit suicide. We never have accidents like that in the small town I live in and we haven't had any since. Both times these accidents kept the train stopped for over 2 hours

Great video Brylon.Now people will hope to understand to follow those steps to keep there lives.

meanwhile where i live, there is a very busy CSX mainline (a railroad museum just down the line says it's an average of 30 trains a day) and there is a rail bridge across a creek. but because of a very popular beach club being pretty close to the other side of the bridge, a lot of people try to walk the bridge as a shortcut to the beach club, and they do often times leave their own trash and debris around. heck just today I was near the trackside picking up half empty beer cans many of them left behind (wearing a high visibility jacket of course, not like it does much haha). I'm honestly amazed how a drunkard hasn't yet walked right in front of a train there. Next summer tho I'll see if I could interrupt their trackside parties though haha

I saw in one of ThunderBolt 1,000 Siren Productions’s videos where there was a passenger train approaching a railroad crossing and a semi truck was also approaching the railroad crossing and it went around the gates and the train crashed right into the truck and the train derailed.

I have a friend whose father was driving her mother and two other sisters. The first train went past, but he didn't figure on the second train. Her mom and sisters were both killed. Father and her lived, but she can't tolerate loud sounds and conflict. It's really a big deal. You'd think as big and loud as these things are, people would notice them. Not always...

playing chicken with a train and trespassing on railway proptey that's really asking for trouble

Toooooooo many people I have seen do dumb things on the railroad. As a railfan for 2 years, psh, stupidity is like an STD, can't get rid of it.

GREAT VIDEO!!! I've seen too many people do stupid things at railroad crossings, maybe this will help them learn.

I've walked on train tracks....at a museum. Although the museum has operational trains, people are allowed to walk on them on some days. I always take precautions.

I hope this doesn’t sound offensive, but you are black? I feel like you and me are the only black railfans out there. Lol Also, very informational vid! 👍👍👍

300 ft... never knew that.

Another safety tip. If your car does stall on tracks, and a train is not coming, get out, call either 911 or the emergency response number on or near the crossing. Also, call these numbers if the signals appear to be faulty.

Yes

Thank you :)

Nice work thnx for sharing

Good job Brylon

i walk across the track when one is coming in the distance no damn way im gonna be so close to a train and it makes pictures look ugly why would i want to be so damn close to it

Good

What happens if a Railroad crossing is not working and no train? Keon

Great Video Brylon! keep up the good work!

Oh yes. They need to understand, that life ain't nothing to play with.

Thank you :) Will do :)

I worked in the morgue, I have seen and x rayed the remains of people that have gotten hit by trains. There's barely anything left to put into the grave.

Stop. Look. Listen. Live.

I've seen cases where cars would intentionally run the reds.

VeHICKLE

good video.nothing in this life worth hurrying over the rr crossing when the train is coming and the gates down. the train usually isn't that long of a wait. maybe 2-5 mins max. when those gates come down,i'll wait. not worth getting killed over plus your family,friends and even your pets going thru a living hell trying to bury/cremate you with the vision of the train hitting the car/truck running over and over in their heads and killing you in their minds. your pets dog,cat,birds such as parrots especially asking for you ,looking for you,etc.makes it even harder to deal with. animals don't have the knowledge of their mortality like us humans do.if nothing else, just think of rover, fluffy or polly and what y'all mean to each other. our family and our pets need us and love us. as kids and adults, we have all walked on the tracks at one time or another. RR has gotten stricter about trespassing these days especially after 9/11/2001. that date has gotten fuzzy in the younger minds as of this post made by me on 2/9/2018. people on the tracks or in the yards get looked upon with close scrutiny, safety,security and terrorist concerns now. RR workers and RR police used to and probably still come down hard on kids playing on the tracks or yard. usually that and a threat to call the parents was and is now probably enough to discourage the foolishment.(the RR police will call the parents w/o exception) bottom line kids, think about how your family would feel if you were hurt or killed messing around the train tracks or yard. think about how your pets would feel if you never came home again. if that RR worker catches you, chews you out,calls mom and dad he's only looking out for your safety. listen to him. he's probably got kids at home too and thinking of that. also the RR workers, train engineers,etc. have a hard time dealing with hitting people and cars. a incident happens,it keeps running thru their heads too. they have a hard time dealing with what happened especially where people are killed or injured period. they go home to families like our own and really have a hard time coping with it.some become alcoholics, drug users and even commit suicide trying to cope with the accidents even blaming themselves.let's not make it any rougher on them but by doing what's safe and right. my post is long but my way of hoping everyone can see RR safety and doing it. again,if nothing else, just think of rover, fluffy or polly waiting on us to get home safely. i would hope the kids read my second paragraph and behave in a safe manner.

Solid video, bro!

i remmber this video. it seems the trains combined take forever!

or you can run in the way the train is coming and of course not in front of the train

Never try to beat the train across also trains look slow but thats because theyre so big its kinda like how planes look slow but really theyre going 634 mph or even 2,993 mph also trains are way bigger than cars so if i were you i wouldnt even attempt to beat a train across

Well done

Final actions superb understood Thanks

Nice Video

I think half of Miami has Mecanic bells

Nice Video Brylon

Good job sir.

I wish the man who learned a fatal lesson from fooling about on the CSX Ohio River Bridge this morning could have stopped and watched this video and had some sense in him, before he went out and did the things he did.

Eooooo just imagine if you’re foot got stuck in a switch

Thank you for sharing. I've seen many numbskulled acts performed at RR crossings, and each time I do, I lose a bit of hope in humanity. Do you happen to work for a RR or are you just a railfan?

Good vid, but the word vehicle has the accent on the 1st syllable (ve) not 2nd syllable (hic)

4 easy steps. Thats all there is to it lol.

You say Railroads move 80% of freight in the USA.

*vehickle*

Coffee (1:35) LOL!!!

BBT609: You would make an excellent presenter for Operation Lifesaver. You should check into it. Go the their website, OLI.ORG and fill our an application for becoming a volunteer.

It's NOT illegal to go over the gates. Suppose I'm 10,000 feet up in the air. What then? Trespassing fine?

That’s the most ghetto looking railroad crossing I’ve ever seen

But what if track is no train?

I DID SUBSCRIBED TO THIS VIDEO ON YOU TUBE THANK YOU FROM DENISE TINDALL😂

We're sabeage *gets hit by a train

are you a rep fot the rail road are you the health and safety person ?

Just like coffee! Without it America would collapse lol. You're probably not to far from the truth lol.

Post on RU-vid and twitter and Northfolk southern operation , Eileen Maria Wysocki , thank you up rail fan : thank you , so many people not only them kids , take their chances here , I don, t know they, ll all stupid or suicidal , and police watches me I , m trying to tell them to do the right thing , oh , well ,Eileen Maria Wysocki

great video. The # of motorists and trains operating per day is ever increasing, thus railroad crossing accidents are going to occur at a faster rate. education is not the answer! teaching patience is.

sometimes i will step over rails to cross.

Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else needs to find out about getting a railroad job try Tarbetti Rail Work Tutor (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some super things about it and my mate got amazing success with it.

Do you work for a train company?

People are too uptight about train safety. Just... people need to chill. If kids wanna smash some coins on the tracks, where's the harm? As long as they are not stupid, y'know? Just... lighten up people.

Rail fans are just as much of a nuisance as, the crew really can't stand them. Trespassing is trespassing

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Post on you tube and twitter operation lifesaver Northfolk southern ; rail fans ; Eileen Maria Wysocki ; welcome to train safety ; okay ; sitting on porch it , s raining watching what to do and not to do around trains ; should you pace a train to crossing ? No ; because you don, t know the speed of that train , it might look like it. , s doing. 20 it could be doing 90 , only engineer knows , and is there anything more important then life ? No , should you go after one train and gates are down ? No , if there , s more then one set of tracks , look both ways or it could be your last look at anything , and remember those signals are there to save your life and my , plus I , m paying for them I , m a taxpayer . You own property it comes through the county that I pay , and mr engineer works hard enough without being your baby sitter every time you break gates , he should find you and put a boot in your ass , and should you play with switches ? No , you get foot or leg caught , don, t look to me hell no , I value my. , today three teenagers maybe 15 fucking around tracks and switch I told them you , re not to be on them laughing , their not from around here , well when he looks them up I would ,ve want to be them , jesus Northfolk southern and me would love to enjoy life please lo

what The heck

An uncle of mine worked for Grand Trunk and Canadian National along their Detroit to Chicago line for 38 years. I’m sure he had his share of car and train accidents under his watch.