USXpress challenges train - and loses.

Well maybe the conductor saw that it was a USX truck and goosed it...

 

Or some signage. I don't know how many places I encountered with no suggestion they occupied a building, been there 20 years.

 

Since that is one of the RC Moore terminals in the picture's background, perhaps the driver was busy admiring their fancy facility when he should have been looking for trains.

 

One article stated that the truck stalled out and rolled down the hill onto the tracks. After looking on Google maps I just dont see how that was possible. Plus if it did roll why didn't the driver get it stopped?

 

True, it is a short but pretty good hill with a nice corner to boot. As others have said, I don't know why some GPS units send drivers that way... perhaps they need to update their maps for that area?

 

The article made it sound like he rolled out of the parking lot, should have clarified that. It was one of them days yeaterday :/ I looked at the Google maps street view, if that's a 12% grade then the tranny probably got confused and cut power to the motor. Still dont explain why the driver didn't tey to stop it and let it roll back onto the tracks. Good thing there wasn't anybody behind him.

 

Here's a link to a news article with a few more details about what happened. It sounds like the driver has blamed his GPS...

Train, Rig Collide At Luzerne County Crossing

“Investigators said the drver of the tractor trailer was following a navigational system to find his way and stalled on the hill near the tracks.”

Source: http://wnep.com/2014/04/21/train-rig-collide-at-luzerne-county-crossing/

 

Oh, great....NOW ya tell me!