Train & Truck Collision In Brownsboro,TX

mjd4277 · Aug 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM

Flat Earth Trucker said: ↑

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Had our boy Elroy been able to read English, he may have been able to call the emergency number at the RR crossing with the four minutes he had before the train came along and did what trains do to tractor trailers stuck on train tracks.
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The problem is,in those 4 minutes that train has probably already traveled 3 1/2 to 4 miles,and it takes about 1 to 2 miles to bring a train to a stop-and that’s if the engineer throws it into emergency mode!
It was already too late to call if you hear the whistle!!

JB7 · Aug 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM

mjd4277 said: ↑

Look at the videos,there are two vehicles at the crossing(one of which had a dashcam) when the truck got hit by the train.
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Watched it again multiple times. The truck was coming from the other direction. There is no picture of the trailer because it was not in front of the cars but on the other side of the tracks. Dash cam video from a car directly behind the trailer would have been valuable.

kemosabi49 · Aug 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM

Fire chief said it was lucky that the train didn’t derail because the cars were full of diesel. Didn’t know they hauled diesel in those bulk tank cars.

mjd4277 · Aug 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM

kemosabi49 said: ↑

Fire chief said it was lucky that the train didn’t derail because the cars were full of diesel. Didn’t know they hauled diesel in those bulk tank cars.
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Diesel,gasoline-pretty much if it’s petrochemical related it can be hauled.

kemosabi49 · Aug 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM

mjd4277 said: ↑

Diesel,gasoline-pretty much if it’s petrochemical related it can be hauled.
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those bulk tank cars do not haul liquids. They haul anything from ag products to plastic pellets to chemicals and more.

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