Truck stalls on train tracks in Queens

The article stated that the crossing arm came down between the truck and trailer. He couldn't go forward nor backward because of the powerful arm trapping the truck there. It would take at least 1000 horsepower to break through those crossing arms.

 

Umm. I dont think so. If you look at them the are designed to pivot and or break close to the hinge. granted it would have tore his truck up as it was loke you stated in between the truck and trailer. But it would have moved.or broke well under that power requirement.

 

I would have blasted through those arms as soon as they went down.

 

Yea, looks like he is going to hold a "preventable" (that is if he keeps his job). He is probably dialing 1-800-Covenant right now.

 

You've obviously never bottomed out a trailer. That's not how it works. By the time you realize what happened, it's too late.

 

""""trapping the truck in the path of a two-car train.""""

Trapping? *cough* #########...

Now did it stall or get "trapped'?

 

Nope, not that dumb Tracks like that there is usually a warning or scrape marks all around it. It takes a pretty steep rise to hang one up. Why would you even try? In my home town I was warned about a set of tracks that hang drivers up. So I have a good idea what I can and what I can not do.

 

depends on what kind of trailer you're hauling. car hauler doesn't take much at all. if there's scrape marks all around someone else either did it or got lucky. very few have those signs, and they are usually at extreme rises that you can see without the signs.