Semi Truck Stuck On Train Tracks With Train Coming! You Wont Believe This One! 

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As an old truck driver that's hauled many low beds put the PTO on get out on the gooseneck lift the hydraulics which raises the trailer about a good 8 inches, block it and then back off the tracks, then lower the hydraulics again and you're good to go It's basic trucker 101 knowledge if you drive a low boy.

As a car hauler running a 9-car stinger rig here's a tip to help you guys out. If you get high centered like this, set your park brake, climb underneath your drive axles, unhook your leveling rod from your axle (it's typically attached to the pumpkin), and lift it all the way up. This will max out your airbags and will lift your drive axles 4-7 inches depending on where your bags ride static.

As a lowboy operator this is my worst nightmare. The one thing I keep in mind when approaching a RR crossing is; observe the angle of approach. If it's a steep angle, slow to a creep. If the lowboy doesn't clear, it stops you before you're hung up, so you can back up. I bellied out once, but I was able to arch my gooseneck and back up. Always make sure you're going slow enough that it doesn't high-center you

Thank God no one was hurt and thank God no train was derailed thank God the trucker was not hurt .....all ahead full speed ahead

Hey truck drivers, if this happens to you , don't try to fix it first thing. Call it in immediately. You never know when a train is due. They were lucky here as there was a good line of sight. That's not always the case. Every crossing controlled or not has an emergency telephone number posted on a small blue sign. Use it.

That could have been way worse. Thanks for calling it in Mike and kudos to the engineers for paying attention and stopping in time. That could have been a full shutdown for days.

It's pretty cool seeing NS and CSX running parallel like that.

Driver should've known. This type of "oops" is a career ender.

So glad I found your channel. I come from a railroad family. My Daddy was a locomotive engineer for Southern Railway (now Norfolk Southern) for 40 years. He told us many stories of people running around the crossing gates right in front of his train. People don’t realize the power and weight of freight trains. It can take a mile or more to stop one. He told us of one guy that pulled his car up on the track in front of my Daddy’s train. The guy got out and ran, but Daddy said he couldn’t stop in time. He said the car wrapped around the front of the engine and it was pushed almost a mile before Daddy could stop. It later was discovered this guy wanted insurance money so that’s why he pulled his car upon the track. Please folks, don’t go around crossing gates. They’re there for your protection.

Just wanted to take a second and Thank You for getting involved and calling to warn the train company! With so much anger etc in our Country right now, its a blessing to see Good/Kind people watching out for other People!

I can't imagine the stress situation for these two guys trying to fix the problem... in the end it was a great job from everyone. This was a great video. And everything filmed perfect. Thanks to what a great camera you have.!!

I like how he keeps changing his tactics and does multiple burnouts at different times, lol omg

19:50 These Lowboy trailers have a small gas or diesel motor in the neck (the part that sits above the truck's rear tires) that powers a set of hydraulic rams that allows the trailer neck to disconnect from the low slung flat section so the cargo can be easily driven on or off without having to climb up over the trailers tires at the rear. These Rams also adjust the ride height of the nose of the trailer. The pick-up seems to be attempting to jump-start that small motor so the truck driver can then lift the trailer nose to get more ground clearance and hopefully be able to get himself unstuck from the tracks...

WELL DONE FOR STOPPING THIS TRAIN! That would have been catastrophic! U were there at the right time👏👏!!

Waits to make phone call after train shows up 😅 👌

I am a Retired Trucking Company Owner of over 40 YEARS. Never ONCE did any of our 25 Rigs Block Tracks from 1972 until 2012!!

Good to see you calling the railroad. For those of you reading: most rail crossings will have plaques on the control box/shed with phone numbers and crossing numbers printed on them. These phone numbers are connected directly to the local railroad dispatching office and they will take the necessary steps to stop any approaching trains if a truck or other vehicle is stuck on the crossing. Many people do not know this and will instead call 911/police/fire departments who may have the means to communicate directly with the railroad dispatchers, but not always.

That was cool. 👍 I lived outside of Pittsburgh, between another mill town. In the 50s & 60s, there were so many trains running from the mills & back, to the rivers & back & across country. 12 to 15 parallel tracks in a yard, splittin' different ways. One of those circle things to move the engines around. Tracks above the road, tracks below the road, tracks across the road. My Mom almost delivered me in the car because of a freight train. Trains dumping slag at night that would light up the entire sky. All that's gone now. Where there were 15 tracts, there's only one. Many left behind are overgrown & rusted. Their unused train bridges are falling into our 4 rivers. 🥺 I miss going to sleep at night without hearing them rumbling & squealing down the tracks & the horns in the distance. My fondest remembrance...the caboose. 🥰 It always brought a cheer from the backseat that the train was done. 🤗 Only to see another one coming the other way. 🤦‍♀

I can’t imagine how far the truck had to back up to get out of this situation and The delays of these trains now to get it all started back up and on the move lol

Holy crap! Good thing the truck wasn't stuck on both tracks! Wow! Thanks for sharing

The one time that a train stops just in time before disaster. Great video!

Congratulations on 15 years. Thirty years ago I drove a heavy duty tow truck. On incident where a tractor trailer made a U turn in a business parking lot. Many trucks that do this gets the trailer stuck on high pavement. The trucking company called the company I worked for instead of the local police in the town where it happened. The police arrived right after I did. I had a few planks of wood that I laid out next to his drive wheels. Had him disconnect the trailer and pull up. Cop on the scene knew me and said that will never work. You have to hook up to it with the tow truck and lift it off, he seen it done that was hundreds of times. I then had the driver back onto the wooden planks and he was able to back the trailer off the high pavement. Cop was amazed.

This film should be shown to all driver training classes

Good job man, you saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and perhaps the lives of those involved.

Awesome coverage of this incident. So glad it all worked out and no one was hurt... stay safe out there

And the engineer honks the train horn twice, break release. That's cool 😎

That double drop trailer has a feature to raise the gooseneck and add ground clearance. Always easier to comment in hindsight but the tractor operators should’ve raised it up along with the rear air bags (although it’s certainly not a given it has bags). Many times those pony motors are not in the best of shape which looks like the case here. The 2x4 trick might’ve worked had they used 4x4s and maybe some mudflaps but a lot of times the suspension just flexes and shoots the wood out the other end of it can even grab. Cheers to the train for stopping in time and good work on everyone getting the tractor out of the way, I’m sure they’ll keep an eye out way more from now on for that type of issue.

I live in Cincinnati. I love watching trains go by. For some reason it's so soothing

It’s so good to see one of these situations NOT end in a crash for once! There are SOOO many videos on RU-vid of semis getting stuck on train tracks and then getting hit, it’s ridiculous.

It's a good thing that truck was sending up smoke signals for the train.😄

That truck driver was very lucky to have the train not hit him!

That is incredible that the train was able to safely stop. Kudos to the engineers for paying attention, and reacting swiftly.

The truck driver is very BLESSED that the train didn't cause any harm to him...

All you need now is to see a jumbo jet make an emergency landing on the NYS Thruway & then you’ve seen it all.😳🚂✈️

That poor truck driver will be hearing train horns in his nightmares for quite a while after that. As soon as I seen the gates drop and the wig wags on the train start I was like oh shit, the train still hasn't stopped. Poor guy probably thought he was going to get hit when he was trying to get it off those tracks. Glad it all worked out.

That’s an asphalt paver on the trailer, pretty heavy .

I feel for guys in the truck. That's a pile of pressure. Glad the train could stop safely.

Hallelujah!!! The truck driver got off the tracks after considerable work and worry. Pretty scary situation with a train heading his way.

Congratulations on 15 years of entertainment

This is a good training video for young drivers as to what not to do in this type of situation.

Thanks goodness the train got stopped in time. I’m a retired engineer and let me tell you there’s very few instances you see something on the tracks in time to stop.

All he had to do was adjust his airbags to raise up the suspension, then back up.

Many thanks.I LOVE trains.Its amazing how something that big is completely silent until it passes,unless they blow the horn.Great video.I took a train from Missouri to California and back in1983.I was 17.Took almost 2 days and it was THE MOST FUN I ever had traveling. Met some great people on it.Traveling by train is the best.ALOT of freedom.

For the driver Poor Bastard and Lucky Bastard. That’s an ego crushing day. To the poster/cameraman… good stuff. The train had a great line of sight, hats off for being alert and underpaid.

That was a pretty impressive burnout, but that was potentially very bad. Often with trucks being hit by trains on crossings, it's the trailer that gets stranded, and being lightly constructed the train just punches right through it. A big tractor unit with a lowboy trailer with an asphalt machine on it would be a very different story. The first thing that driver should have done was to use the emergency phone to notify the despatcher

I bet CSX 5301 with Manifest M368 is thinking, “What is that truck doing on the tracks?” Even the M364’s Lead engine is asking that question because it can see the truck.

Thanks for sharing, it's amazing how they lifted the trailer just those few extra inches to get over the tracks. You were in the right place, right time.

I'm talking to myself... Unload the trailer Unload the trailer. Lighten the load.... Great Video !!!

Oh wow! That semi truck is stuck, at least that engineer had enough site to see that on the tracks. Thank God he wasn't traveling at 50mph, that would have been terrible, close call for sure

I really liked this video. It was nerve-wracking seeing the semi truck stuck on the tracks with the train coming. I am glad that the truck was able to move without any trains colliding with it!

Low boy trailers are low to get heavy equipment loaded easier but they get stuck. Getting stuck on a train track is on another level!

Glad to see that the truck was able to back out of it.

Congratulations on your 15 years! Great job calling this in and sticking with filming.

The truck driver needs to raise the trailer up

Hobo shoestrings sitting back there saying to himself what's the holdup!😂

Train vs truck in Premiere 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

Excellent video! Those low haulers get stuck so easily!

5:25 Track looks like spaghetti. It's as if you travel a hundred years back in time, overhead electricity wires, stop signs everywhere, incomprehensible AM radio traffic. I love it.

15 years, WOW, that IS a lot of trains. Thanks for your dedication to sharing with us.

Hey WWOT. Congratulations on 15 years. That’s a milestone. This video was a good one. That poor truck drivers nerves are probably all shot to pieces. Being stuck like that. That could have been very bad. I’m glad they got it off the tracks. 👍👍👍❤️

Well I think I just got educated reading some of these comments. My Daddy had a footing company so we towed the tractor on a trailer behind a dump truck. The first thing I thought was, unload the equipment to make your trailer weigh less and you can go. But after reading the comments maybe it's different because it's a semi with a different type of trailer. But right here at 16 minutes in I was yelling at the TV for them to unload that thing so they could get off the tracks!

That train at start. Hard to believe only 1 traction unit pulling all that

Wow what a catch. Nice job calling it in just to be on the safe side. Thankfully they were able to stop in time.

They had to jumpstart the hydraulic pump engine on the trailer to try lift the trailer up with the on board hydraulics.

The power behind trains, is simply mesmerizing. I had to remind myself to breath, seeing that truck stuck on the tracks.

WOW ! If I counted correctly, there was two engines followed by 137 cars.

I can only imagine the feelings of panic that driver had to be feeling.

I bet this premiere will be awesome

*Driver was smart to smoke the tires, he knew the train operator would see the smoke further away and have time to stop. Better to ruin 4 drive tires than a whole rig!*

On the first clip that was the longest train IV ever seen😯

I'm surprised they didn't pull the cotter pin on the leveling valve. They could have raised the trucks air bags 4-6" and probably cleared. Just my input.

I had a similar situation happen years ago, I disconnected the air ride level adjustment rod and raised the ride height to it’s maximum. I made it off the tracks shortly before a train came through.

That train was PUSHIN!

Thank you for the video, you may have a savor today 👏👏👍

nice catch and great work by all involved for preventing a crash and saving uncounltess lives in the process

Lost time and money but everyone and everything is safe and sound, great video, thank you.👌

Congratulations on 15 years.

138 wagons !! Impressionnant !

The whole tounge of that trailer removes. It has a pony motor on it to run the hydraulics. It probably needs a jump start.

Wow, this could’ve been ugly if not for your heads up call and the train crews clean line of site. Of course the truck driver had to know he couldn’t clear the crossing I don’t know but it was very stupid and dangerous. Thankfully it was just an annoyance for everyone, and nothing worse. Good job WWOT for calling this in, just holy crap that’s nuts.👍🏼🚂😎

Uncouple from the Trailer, Lay boards down where the Drives are, and then back under the Trailer again.. GEESSS!

Finally after a big ticket, and new set of tires everything back to normal,

Happy 15th! Hope you have another 15 in you!!! Great catch. Naturally as a former truck driver and railfan, this episode had a double interest. I am so glad the engineer saw the truck and was able to safely ✋ his train in time. And that no one was hurt. Also glad to know that when you see a problem, you call it in. I think it ought to be a railfan rule that when they see a potential problem of any kind, they ought to call it in. There can never be too many eyes on the railroads.

10:41 At least that six-engine NS monster didn't have to stop for this issue all of a sudden...

George Westinghouse would be proud of his brakes!!!

Good thing he didn't break the king pin off. I've seen that happen before. Luckily no one was injured and nothing destroyed.

WOW! What a great catch. Not so much for the truck driver though. Glad you stayed until the truck was able move off of the tracks. 👍👍

It's like Homer Simpson with his hand stuck in a candy machine. "Have you tried letting go of the candy?" 🤣🤣

The pickup that pulled alongside the trailer jump started the lift motor. Sometimes those pony motors don't like to start, they just aren't used all that often, so the batteries are often dead. If he had been able to start it up right away, he could've lifted the front of the trailer deck like they did to get it off the track. If you aren't hauling a high or overly heavy load, there is really no reason to low deck a drop-neck lowboy. Also, he should've known the route he was taking. Driver brain fart.

That was wonderful! Thanks, and congratulations.

An old truck driving friend of mine once told me '' Theres truck drivers and theres guys that drive trucks ''

I can't believe how broken those rails are at the beginning. I worked for CN rail during University and the US trains would always exceed the speed limit on the CASO sub between Detroit and Buffalo. We told them the track was not rated for that speed and they would reply that it was the smoothest rail along their route.

I am sorry that I don’t share the love of Trains like you do. It was hard for me to watch your video. It brought painful memories back to me. I have 3 true events that has happened in my Family it would take me awhile to tell you everything so I will try to just get to the point. It was very traumatic! It took a good 15 years for me to remember exactly what had happened. On June 8th 1989 I was getting my horse ready for the Lehi Rodeo a Train came past with the conductor honking it’s horn which startled my horse. I rode my horse out of the arena to take him to a small corral to work with him. I almost had the gate closed, but when the train conductor honked the horn again my horse bolted. He ran out through all of the trucks and Horse trailers. I thought I would be ok once he got to the gate, but somebody forgot to close it. He ran between the cars that were waiting for the Train to pass and ran up along side the Train. I was able to get him turned around and heading back to the Rodeo Grounds but he was startled again so there we were back along side the Train again. I remember praying so hard at that moment. Within seconds of being alongside the Train again something that was hooked to the Train picked me up by my back and right off my horse and through me up in the air as high as the telephone wires. I landed on the rocks below. With that much force of me hitting the rocks my head was as flat as a pancake. Thankfully my Dad was there at the Rodeo Grounds with me. After I hit the ground I could feel my Dad’s presence I told my Dad that I was fine and to go and get my horse because I didn’t want anything to happen to him. After telling my Dad that I then died. Thinking about everything now, I believe my horse and I had died at the same time. My Father Then gave me a Priesthood Blessing after he felt me slip away. Little did we know that our Home Teacher was on the other side of the Train in the Ambulance. He had heard someone telling him to get into the Ambulance after the third time he knew it was the feeling of the Holy Ghost that he needed to get into the Ambulance and just drive he didn’t know where to go but to just drive. After the Train had past he could see my Dad kneeling next to me off the side of the road. He then knew why he needed to drive. He took me and my Dad in the Ambulance to the American Fork Hospital. The Doctors there knew I needed more care than they could give me so I was than flown up to Primary Children’s Hospital. The Doctors there knew they had to induce me into a coma because my head had so much damage done to it. During my surgeries I had died 4 additional times, so the Doctors had to shock me to bring me back to life. After waking up from my coma my Dad and Mom were there. They were the only two people that I recognized, my brother’s and Sisters, Aunt’s and Uncle’s I could not remember. My memory had been erased I had to learn how to talk and walk again how to read and write again everything I had learned was gone, I was like a new born in a 12 year old body. Anyway it had taken me until my 16th year Anniversary date to go back to that exact spot where I had lost my life and where my horse lost his life. I was then able to see where and how my horse had died when he was running up along side the Train a bit further up there was no where for him to go there was a concrete wall that was along side the Train tracks so he had been squished in between it and the Train. It had been Heartbreaking to see that!!! To this day I don’t think that I was ready to go back there, I had walked from the gate of the Rodeo Grounds to the Train Tracks and within a minute or two a Train came rolling through. As I stood on the side of the Train passing me everything that had happened to me the day of the Train accident flashed through my mind! Also the force of the Train going down the tracks it felt like it was pulling my body towards the Train, I literally had to pull my body back from that force. It has been 33 years since the day of my accident and I don’t think I will ever be ready to go back, it was so traumatic that when I hear a Train or the horn of a Train or see a Train it all comes back to me like it had just happened all over again. This is the first time that I have been able to write this down and to tell people about the day I died. I just want everyone to know I believe in God I believe we have a Savior and I believe in the Holy Ghost! I am living proof!!! My Great Grandmother also died in a Train accident, but her car was literally broken down on the Train Tracks. She kept trying to start her car to get out of the way but the train was coming to fast it was to late for her to get out. Her car was hit by a Train she was torn to pieces it has been said that they found her wedding ring still on her finger in the pasture next to the Train Tracks. My cousin’s truck also was broke down on the Train Tracks and he could not get away in time his truck was hit by a Train. Thankfully he survived!!! My truck also has broke down on the Train Tracks but thankfully there was no Train coming down the Tracks! Thank you all for reading about my 3 true stories. 🙂

Lucky for that driver, you saw and called railro:ad. Otherwise, he'd have lost his truck and lowboy, and there would have been an awful mess. Thanks for your help!!❤

Truck driver lucky day

Congratulations on your 15-years of doing these great videos Man, if that train wasn’t able to stop in time

Great moment

I'm just glad the train saw Optimus Prime and stopped

Unfortunately the issue with the truck is all too common especially with gooseneck trailers. On conventional trailers the landing gear tends to hang up hence all the truck/train collision videos. A very dramatic situation plus a nice surprise meet with some vintage power. CSX should give you a medal for this save. Looks like a black top paver on the trailer, they have a 4-2-0 wheel arrangement with a big hopper up front over the 4 small wheels. Absolutely awesome video!