Its kind of ironic that the CRST truck was hit by an Operation Liesaver decaled locomotive!
Well all that fresh grain sure went to hell. LOL.
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Atmo I’m going with “Judy in the sky”…that’s a guess!
The trucker was not adequately trained or professional enough to check the track both ways and wait for the on coming train. Also he failed to check to see if there is sufficent clearence to get complety clear of the crossing… provided that it was all clear to cross.
I dont expect to see this driver work a big rig ever again in today’s world of safety first with lots of other applicants clamoring to work as a OTR driver.
I dont know about the first video with the covered hopper, I cannot see enough detail to understand about the status of the gates etc. But the behavior of the Minivan indicates he saw the danger in sufficient time to decide what to do and act quickly. That right there shows me that the trucker showed poor judgement. Probably even more so if he or she is a regular hauler out of that facility and ought to know better about that crossing.
I just wonder if the Truck Driver was talking on his cell phone, so he wasnt really paying attention to what he was (or should have been) doing…
That is the funniest damn thing I have ever seen.
That was the MPRPB I think. That was about 3 hours south of here, it was actually a crew that boarded in Dexter, MO. This happened in May or June I believe. Those 2 HLCX units really wiped it out. There are no gates at this crossing in Stuttgart, just signals.
Yeah what a shame too… that driver won’t have anything to make beer with when he tries to tell his boss where the rest of the trailer and load went to.
Remember, Trains out your window are closer than they appear.
At least he goosed it and didn’t get nailed in the cab. He would have been a super-moron (and probably super dead) if he would have stopped with the tractor on the track.
The song is Judy in Disguise (with glasses) by John Fred and His Playboy Band. Mid 60’s hit.
There is no doubt about it. The fool zig-zagged between the half barriers. A diliberate action that should receive the severest sanction the law allows.