TRRS 538: Man Nearly Hit by Metra Train - 3 Seconds from Disaster!

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BROOKFIELD, IL - 19 Aug 2019
Spend enough time around the railroad, and one will see people doing dumb things, such as playing on the tracks or risking their lives trying to beat the train to a grade crossing. In my hundreds (perhaps now thousands) of hours of both railfanning and working in the field for the industry, I have never witnessed such a close call - until now.
While shooting footage for an upcoming edition of the "Railroad Superhighway" series for this channel, a friend and I stood in shocked disbelief as this man came within 3 seconds of being blown up into a billion tiny indistinguishable bits of human goop by Amtrak #381 at Brookfield, Illinois.
Now just imagine how terrified the train's engineer had to have been!
Folks, the railroad maintains these grade crossing warning devices at THEIR expense for YOUR safety. Don't ignore them! This guy was lucky. Far too many have not been. Do not become a statistic!
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- Primary: Sony FDR-AX53 4K Camcorder
- Secondary: Sony HDR-PJ790V HD Camcorder
- Aerial Platform: DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Drone
- Radio Scanner: Uniden Bearcat BC125AT
- Edited with: Cyberlink PowerDirector 16
Created by Alex Christmas. Copyright 2019, as the Thornapple River Rail Series, All Rights Reserved

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@amessman 4 года назад

The sign saying "Watch for trains from either direction." couldn't have been timed better.

@jerryrogers55 4 года назад

HE SHOULD WATCH A LITTLE MORE!

@freecycling6687 4 года назад

Did he hold his hand up as if to say "Hold on a sec, I'm crossing!"

@electric7487 4 года назад

Yep. He did. Let's see him try to stop 100 tonnes barrelling towards himself at 50 mph.

@traintalkproductions5934 4 года назад

I went to Westmont a few days before, and unfortunately, people weren't any different.

@erikarroyo9272 4 года назад

I bruh so hard when stuff like this happens

@jimsannerud6254 3 года назад

In our junior year of high school a classmate was killed in exactly this manner by a Long Island Railroad commuter train. He ducked under the gate after a slow moving eastbound train cleared the station and started across the tracks, and was immediately hit by a westbound express. Unfortunately one of the train crew also died of a heart attack as a result.

@floridianrailauto9032 4 года назад

This reminds me of the time someone walked out in front of me in a parking lot whilst I was driving. They didn't even look both ways before crossing, they just stared down at their phone.

@chuckashton9688 4 года назад

Face in his phone. He's a lucky boy. Almost a Darwin award winner.

@MetraFan81 4 года назад

*ALMOST??!!!*

@electric7487 4 года назад

Meanwhile, at his parents' house, his mother be like "Awwww, it's okay, sweetie"

@bobgallo2178 4 года назад

Most people are oblivious to the dangers on the tracks. I feel for the crews, as they can see an accident unfolding, but can do nothing about it. If they were to hit him, they must live with it for the rest of their lives.

@colonelhacker3661 2 года назад

They started using an audible warning on the UP West Line here in the Midwest, really loud voice announces "ANOTHER TRAIN COMING, ANOTHER TRAIN COMING" when there are trains obstructing the view of the other tracks as they pull out and the crossing might appear to be safe to cross.

@tomhanna2714 4 года назад

It's the headphones, dammit....always the headphones! I saw the immediate aftermath of a man killed in Decatur, Georgia a few years ago at the McDonough/Candler St. crossing. I was about 500 feet back of the lead engine when I heard a funny pop and the train ground to a stop just as fast as hell. Thought the engineer had blown the block signal just adjacent to the crossing, but sadly, a pedestrian on a skateboard wearing earphones had skated up to a stop ON the track, kicked up his skateboard just in time to be punted 200 feet down the tracks by a CSX train traveling about 30mph. There were several pedestrian witnesses trackside at the crossing as there was a festival of sorts going on only 3 blocks away. Terrible scene, I'll never forget the looks of shock and horror among them. Just as I passed by a Decatur PD Charger roared past me going at least 70mph where people normally go 20-25mph - he had been stationed at the festival. Worse yet was his body, just off the tracks on the other side. I looked away. While it was never established one way or the other, it was speculated that suicide was a possibility. But people are just SO unawares of everything going on around them, too. I guess we'll never know. All I can say is fer Chrissakes, when around RR tracks, LOOK UP AND TAKE THE FUCKING EARPHONES OUT! *Rant over*

@rjames45_3 4 года назад

for a few seconds the guy didnt look when the engineer blew the horn. If that guy didnt look up he would have for sure gotten killed

@WillGrimm623 4 года назад

Not even joking, I may‘ve been on that Metra train. And yes, lots of idiots in this area and plenty of near misses. Spent my entire life in the area.

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 4 года назад

Metra was #1240 of August 19, 2019.

@WillGrimm623 4 года назад

Thornapple River Rail Series Yep, I was on that train.

@johnstudd4245 4 года назад

So worried about that phone. You can't fix stupid. Natural selection at work.

@railfangraham4182 4 года назад

Exactly why quiet zones are incredibly dangerous sure he could've looked both ways but still come on local towns is your beauty sleep more important than pedestrian safety

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 4 года назад

VA Railfan, not really. Quiet zones have not proven to be less safe, and for a few reasons. First, crossings get high-level protection with gates, including over sidewalks. Second, train crews still get to use the horn in an emergency, as you saw in this video. So 99% of the time, everybody heeds the crossing protection and no horn is required. But if people ignore the crossing protection - which happens whether it is a quiet zone or not - crews will use the horn to provide additional persuasion to get the hell out of the way. But for the 99% of the time when no horn is needed to prevent somebody from fouling the tracks, then it is just is extra noise communities don't need. Both studies on the subject as well as a high degree of exposure to the industry and the people within it agree with the above almost every time.

@alabamarailfan 4 года назад

Wow! That was close!

@plk5520 4 года назад

That wasn't really a close call. The engineer saw the pedestrian and announced his presence by blowing the horn. The pedestrian made the decision to speed up his pace and continue across the tracks, knowing he had enough time to make it. Nevertheless it was a foolish risk because of what could have happened. A stumble at the wrong moment or his heel getting caught on something could have resulted in a tragedy. I guess the question is whether or not he was breaking any laws in doing what he did. It is however important to keep in mind that the laws of physics are inviolate.

@ksrailfan1008 4 года назад

He should have been paying attention. You can almost see the shock on his face when they blow the horn

@hnf1930 4 года назад

Great channel, just subbed

@RailfanNetwork 4 года назад

That’s how that women was killed in the infamous Metra video.

@zackbobby5550 4 года назад

Come on the Amtrak had plenty of room to swerve out of the way. Sheesh lol.

@SpectreNight 4 года назад

Lmao

@sd8313 4 года назад

Lmao

@MakeItWithCalvin 3 года назад

This reminds me of that grainy video of the lady and guy who step around a stopped train at a station and the video always cuts out right before but you assume the worst. My question is what did he gain? Anything?

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 3 года назад

About 25 seconds

@johnstudd4245 2 года назад

I believe I know what video you are referring to, and I have seen the uncut version. It is not pretty. A video I saw gave some background info on the 2 people, that being the man was the woman's divorce attorney. If I remember correctly, and if that was true. So seemingly he had nothing to gain. That being said though, you hear all sorts of people saying things like he let her get killed, or he should have done this or that. That is easy to say when you see the big picture and you know what is coming and what is going to happen. But that man could have had a lot of things on his mind and not paying attention also, with a case of "get there itis". No one can say how they will react in an incident of split second life or death situations. He just happened to see it a bit sooner to take action and stop himself. People can get the "deer in the headlights" syndrome.

@TrucksNTrains-m6x 9 месяцев назад

This was almost like the incident with Mary T. Wojtyla, where in 1991 she was struck by a fast moving Metra Train in Downers Grove that was on the left of another stopped metra. She ignored the bells and the sound of the horn just like this man. But she wasn’t as lucky and she was killed on impact.

@daytona1073 4 года назад

Holy shit!! This video is spooky... Not because the idiot almost got turned into hamburger, but because I live near there!! That's THREE BLOCKS from my house.... I cross there daily... There was a suicide east of here, not more than a mile to the right, a few months ago... Person wanted to be hit...Scary...... : (

@vinnysrailmedia8438 4 года назад

How close do you think the engineer was to applying the emergency brakes?

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 4 года назад

From the engineers and conductors I have talked with over the last several years, if a car or pedestrian is moving across the tracks in front of them, they won't initiate emergency until a hit has either occurred, or for cars, appears certain to occur. That's because 99% of the time the situation looks like this one, and if they dumped the train it'd lead to a lot of delays, while the problem's cause is long gone. Plus, a few seconds of emergency braking (about 8 seconds in this case which could be considered reasonable), is not going to really make a difference either in arrival time, or damage inflicted. You're dead if hit as a pedestrian over 30 MPH, and probably dead even under that.

@vinnysrailmedia8438 4 года назад

@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries I see. But it was still a fairly close call nonetheless. There should've been something added to the crossing to warn of a second train approaching. The Metro Blue and Green Lines use that method in the Twin Cities area.

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 4 года назад

That doesn't need to be a thing. Simple: don't cross until the gates start to rise. 99.9% of people on the Racetrack get that. This guy obviously doesn't

@anniebellemiller2986 4 года назад

Now thats scary!

@JohnAckerman93 Год назад

As they say, you can’t fix stupid. There are going to be people out there who just don’t pay attention, and end up paying the price by having their lives put as risk, or worse.

@Lakeside_Rail_Productions 3 года назад

I wish more people understand the fact that multiple tracks likely have trains running at the same time.

@sirensandrailroadsofoklahoma 4 года назад

Dear god! If he tripped he would have been done for

@mittelfruh 4 года назад

I always laugh how North Americans are so impatient. Go to almost any European railcam, you'll notice nobody even starts to cross until all the gates are up and the lights are off.

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 4 года назад

Well half the difference is how grade-separated Europe is, and that most lines are super busy. This is one of the few American railroads which comes close to the traffic density of most European lines. Most do not expect another train, because usually there isn't.

@AmtrakTBL 4 года назад

Wow!

@throttlebottle5906 4 года назад

I say remove all warning signs and let natural selection win :)

@NapierNimbus 4 года назад

Sadly exactly the same happens in the UK. One train passes they never expect a second totally ignoring the crossing klaxons. Very unnerving for the driver.

@StephenMortimer 4 года назад

Heck .. you got nervous nellies .. give the throttle to Boris or a UKIPER ...

@johnstudd4245 4 года назад

That seems to be a major factor in many cases, their attention is focused on one train then a second one comes that they do not see or hear in time and........ You really need to use caution when there are multiple tracks, especially in high traffic areas.

@fumi23ful 4 года назад

It ’s a big train! Again, the scale is different from Japan!

@traingawker2121 4 года назад

Yikes too close!

@Fullsenddiesel 4 года назад

Did he just give the engineer the finger?

@JJGeneral1 4 года назад

the "oh sorry" wave... seriously, i don't get why people do that.

@electric7487 4 года назад

Engineer: "I'M sOrRy? You're the dumbass that crossed in front of a 200-tonne train here, you know!"

@electric7487 4 года назад

I really wish more people would see this.

@TexasSpecial91 4 года назад

Darwinism at work is a beautiful thing.

@YardLimit 4 года назад

OMG! Thank god you put that big copyright in the middle of your video!

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 4 года назад

Because some people can’t keep their greedy hands off of other people’s work. Going out to shoot this stuff isn’t free, so why would I just give it away for free? Oh wait - I do - here on RU-vid. But I don’t want any other channels or backpage websites stealing my work. I have already offered the raw footage to Operation Lifesaver and will gladly hand it over to any other organization who is in on the cause - without the copyright marks.

@Pinkfloydisme63 4 года назад

@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries You are one hundred percents right on everything but I would joke that on this segment you should give it away for free to every rail safety organisations in the world as the ultimate example of a close-shaved natural selection failure ! Anyway thanks for all the videos you've done and keep up the good work !

@duxberry1958 3 года назад

also far to many people walk around with ear phone,s in ...

@pica6888 4 года назад

That wasn't even that close. He was far off the track when the train came to where he was.

@Lakeside_Rail_Productions 3 года назад

He was certainly close. It's not safe to cross tracks until the train has completely passed and the signals have de-activated.

@bigbossrailfanner 4 года назад

That person is stupid for crossing railroad even when the warning light is still going on for the amtrak... I've recorded a jeep going through the crossing railroad as soon as the bnsf eastbound cleared out... but the crossing railroad gates warning lights is still going on and a westbound bnsf was coming almost hit the jeep. Rule train 101 its not worth dying for to beat the train!!!

@MrUranium238 4 года назад

what if he tripped ???

@ThornappleRiverRailSeries 4 года назад

SPLAT!

@k1mgy 4 года назад

The man was dumb, but shouldn't an oncoming train signal with its horn that it is approaching a crossing?

@mittelfruh 4 года назад

Quiet zone.

@tjbailey29820 4 года назад

That wasn't even close! Clickbate on your part!

@maxbuskirk5302 4 года назад

If you look and count, it is actually about 3 seconds.

@electric7487 4 года назад

Maybe watch the video?

@duxberry1958 3 года назад

Stop Look Listen ...

@chrisfeleciano-ws1ze 4 года назад

He needs to pull hem dam headsets out of his ears!!!!

@tecuteli 4 года назад

In Deutschland gäbe sowas ne VOLLBREMSUNG...

@alangibson3293 4 года назад

Missed him by a mile.

@kittty2005 4 года назад

No conductor or engineer to be squeamish or terrified,just a computer,then you judge how good your system is by the amount of spatter on the front of the locomotive,railroads have to evolve.

@floridianrailauto9032 4 года назад

Yeah I'm sure that's gonna fly