11 foot 8 still killing it at 12 foot 4

[Paul_Milenkovic]

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Drivers are not the only problem. Railroaders have violently reduced the height of many cars or loads.

And those responsible have gotten discipline for their actions. The same actions at the same locations are rarely repeated, unlike to folk at 11 foot 8 . com. Doing it time after time after time.

I guess the beatings will continue until the incidence of a low-clearance accident is reduced. Either that or morale improves.

With respect to punishing people for getting into accidents, a railroad, at least in US and Canadian practice, is privately owned and operated, where the owners restrict who operates on their property to employees whom they instruct and supervise. Public roads, on the other hand, are open to anyone with the appropriate operator’s license for the equipment in question.

There was that accident where a motorcoach bus carrying casino patrons in a southern state got hung up on the lack of ground clearance of the motorcoach on a railroad grade crossing. I believe there was loss of life because all the people couldn’t get out by the time a train arrived. For some reason, this wasn’t the regular route taken by this bus.

Yes, the driver of a motorcoach should know the ground clearance of their vehicles and also be alert to signs warning of a crossing requiring a higher ground clearance. But sometimes a driver takes a different route to accomodate whatever needs and interests of the passengers, sometimes the sign may not be highly visible or maybe the driver has a lapse in attention. Sometimes one gets committed to going a certain path based on a wrong t

[BaltACD]

I believe this is the railroads and local DOTs fault…the warning signs should be at least a half mile up the road and there should be a app

I don’t know the ‘lay of the land’ at the 11 foot 8 bridge and where ALL the signage is placed. I am sure there are signs well in advance of the bridge on all routes that lead to it.

In my local area there is a restrictive bridge with low clearance under the CSX Old Main Line. One of the big box stores has contructed a Distribution Center in the near area - so near that ‘civilian’ GPS would route a 18 wheeler via the low clearance bridge to get to the DC. There is signage in place at every crossroads that leads to the low bridge as well as signage for about 3 miles in each direction on the highway that the bridge goes over. MD 75, Green Valley Road in Monrovia, MD. https://earth.google.com/web/search/monrovia,+md/@39.37411674,-77.27563682,132.08226264a,1168.40976245d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CigiJgokCfIfz3LgcDRAEe8fz3LgcDTAGU9Oxe4GhElAIU9Oxe4GhEnA

When I was working, we would get two or three trucks a month wedged under the stone viaduct that is the bridge and it was constructed in the late 19th Century. It has NEVER lost a fight with ANY truck.

I don’t know if the ‘higher levels’ of GPS show height restrictions of the various bridges. None of my three Garmin GPS units do, only two of the three identify railraod crossings.

[rixflix]

This is the CSX bridge in Syracuse by the Intermodal terminal

Your Syracuse picture didn’t show up. 11foot8 is in Durham NC.

Rick

[caldreamer]

Instead of using rope, I suggest chains. Would make a heck of a racket bouncing on the top of the truck. Of cousre there are the idiots who ignore the racket anyway.

[tree68]

This is the CSX bridge in Syracuse by the Intermodal terminal

Nope - it’s several miles west on the St Lawrence Sub, just north of the mall.

The coordinates will take you right to it.

As you can see in the link, it’s 10’8".

[ronrunner]

[:$][B]Like that

[Overmod]

All it requires is a an underpass bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcqfa_uj2hA

Memphis, on the line north from West Junction, shoving into a dedicated siding going into an oil refinery.

[tree68]

Instead of using rope, I suggest chains. Would make a heck of a racket bouncing on the top of the truck. Of cousre there are the idiots who ignore the racket anyway.

I was thinking wooden dowels. Lotsa clatter, less damage. Might have to replace them now and then, though.

Maybe a smashboard would work. Lightweight plywood hanging down from a frame. They’d take out the smashboard, but not the supporting structure.

Follow up either with a stoplight - don’t bother with flashing lights. People will still run it, but it might help.

The fellow driving the double decker bus was busy looking at his GPS, since he’d made a wrong turn and missed the bus/train depot.

[BaltACD]

caldreamer

Instead of using rope, I suggest chains. Would make a heck of a racket bouncing on the top of the truck. Of cousre there are the idiots who ignore the racket anyway.

I was thinking wooden dowels. Lotsa clatter, less damage. Might have to replace them now and then, though.

Maybe a smashboard would work. Lightweight plywood hanging down from a frame. They’d take out the smashboard, but not the supporting structure.

Follow up either with a stoplight - don’t bother with flashing lights. People will still run it, but it might help.

The fellow driving the double decker bus was busy looking at his GPS, since he’d made a wrong turn and missed the bus/train depot.

The 11 foot 8 bridge is protected by a ‘smash beam’. What is sheering the roofs of the trucks is the ‘smash beam’ which get hit before anything contacts the bridge proper.