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Train strikes truck in Indiana, derailment closes nearby highway
The truck driver STOPPED his rig on a railroad crossing? And his only reply was, “He didn’t see the train.”! Boy, is INDOT going to have his posterior and his CDL for Christmas dinner! Of course you have to admit, the truck drivers today come from a different mentality than those 20 years ago. That’s why I enjoy watching those long, long stacked container trains - less of those idiots on the highway. Hope the train crew are OK.
He didn’t see the train? He shouldn’t have been on the tracks in the first place. One of the first things I learned 40 years ago. What kind of training did he get?
He didn’t see the train? He shouldn’t have been on the tracks in the first place. One of the first things I learned 40 years ago. What kind of training did he get?
The trucker “stopped on the tracks” and then says he did not see the train coming. Well, duh! If he had seen the train coming, hopefully he is smart enough not to have stopped on the tracks. Then, again, maybe not, since he stopped on the tracks regardless of what he saw.
He did not hear the train coming? Why did you stop on the tracks in the first place?
Sounds like more example of trying to beat the train.
When an incident happens like in Logansport IN " 5 locomotives derailed after striking a truck " does the RR get compensated for the cost of putting that equipment back on the tracks by the insurance of the vehicle that stopped on the tracks ?
many truck drivers are clueless
Looks like only 3 of the 5 derailed to me.
his career as a truck driver should be finished.
I cannot speak for Indiana law, but here in North Dakota/Minnesota, the truck owner’s insurance would be liable. I learned this the hard way some years ago when I collided with a truck. I was very thankful to see the driver climb out of the cab with only a bump on the head. The truck was a write-off, its load of wheat was salvaged.
Train crews learn early how to spot those that “simply did not see the train” and those that are trying to beat the train.
A co-worker recently retired and the odd collision aside, walked through a 40 year career without a fatality. He was the only person in the room who could claim that.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Be safe and always look at the crossings.
JW Freadhoff Jnr.
BNSF Locomotive Engineer
Dilworth Terminal
I live in NYC and don’t many truck train collisions, how did one truck manage to derail 5 massive loco’s ?
Merry Christmas Everyone from NYC
FOR SEVEREAL YEARS RODE WITH DRIVERS ON A TEST RUN TO SEE IF WE WANTED TO HIRE THEM. YOU WOULD BE SUPRISED AT THEIR ACTIONS PERTAINING TO RR CROSSINGS.
The cure for these wrecks is to get rid of the crossings/ overpasses, underpasses. Also, are the truck drivers trained anymore or has the truck companies become so greedy as to hire untrained people? Just my 2 cents (Sure don’t buy much anymore).
I wish the news about such incidents could be reported differently. It always seems like the train is portrayed as the problem - for example “train slams into truck at rural crossing” or “train hits truck killing driver”. I wish they would report something more like, “a truck carelessly impeded the right-of-way of an approaching train, inflicting severe damage to several locomotives and railroad property. Fortunately, railroad employees escaped without injury.”
Should give Congress something to do drafting up a bill to prevent those trains from chasing down trucks so the can hit them.
Maybe actually BLOCKING THE SACRED HIWAY is a way to get truckers and other motorists to be aware of the trains…when it happens out in the boonies at a rural grade crossing no one notices…but blocking, by God, an actual highway! Then it gets serious
Ironically I was driving east on Route 24 from Monticello to Logansport and drove north of this and did find out about until later on.
When an incident happens like in Logansport IN " 5 locomotives derailed after striking a truck " does the RR get compensated for the cost of putting that equipment back on the tracks by the insurance of the vehicle that stopped on the tracks
Yes the railroad charges them for any delays the subdivision faces, plus the cost to repair any and all equipment damaged, and they have a formula for all the time the power sits not turning a profit, and finally if we hit a vehicle we get three days off with pay.
And let me this, for every one truck driver that does something stupid like this, we have ten times as many cars doing this.