Train versus CarHauler

The Norfolk Sothern engines dont mean its a NS train. Its depends on who owns the line on who's train it actually is. Ive seen trains up here in the north west that have had BNSF, UP, Norfolk Sothern, Sothern Pacific, Kansas City Sothern, Canadian Pacific, CSX and a few others. They swap engines around like $2 working women it seems. Lol

 

They do have emergency numbers at railroad crossings. All crossings are required to have these signs now.

 

Exactly, I don't know all the details behind the situation. I'm just saying there should be a way to avoid it. I have read people say the driver was just stopped over the tracks. I don't believe anyone should suffer through an ordeal like this. Perhaps if the driver did stop on the tracks it may be best that they not be put behind the will of such a potentially deadly machine.

 

Another stupid trucker tarnishing the trucker image. No reason for this to happen.

 

Don't. Stop. On railroad tracks.

It doesn't get much simpler.

 

There is. Usually on the two silver signal boxes controlling the gates and other track signals. It's a 800 number you can call. And it will patch you straight through with the serial number for that specific crossing. Most people will not have presence of mind to process a crisis well enough to execute what is still possible in the time that is left. (If any)

Engineer did it right, took her out of notch, waited for the smash (Probably on the cab floor) then applied the big hole to get it all stopped.

Im assuming the car hauler bottomed out. Otherwise there is a set of batteries to burn up standing on your starter button in granny gear in a last effort to get it off. I see the gates were already going, that means a train has already tripped it down track and coming on, best to get out of the vehicle and go towards the train, not away from it. A bad day all around.

 

Maybe but it's their brand/logo on the engine and as such,they're the owner/lessee.

 

my statement of "there should be a number on etc. Wasnt a suggestion more of a statement. Im aware that somewhere around the rr crossing there is a number. XD XD XD XD sad day there though. Sad day

 

It's called run through power. A train might originate on BNSF with all BNSF power. 200 miles down the tracks, it switches to UP. It's much easier to simply hand it off and keep the power on then mess with switching locomotives every single time they hand off the train to another railroad. Railroads keep a rolling tab on each other called horsepower hours. They are constantly tracking where their locomotives are and who is using them. If UP owes CSX a bunch of horsepower hours, then they send locomotives that way to help pay them back. It is a constant back and forth between all the railroads.

You also can't just go by who owns the line to figure out whose train it is. Railroads have trackage rights agreements where foreign roads can run competitor rails. You could hypothetically be standing by the BNSF main line in Fort Madison, Iowa, and have a manifest train roll by with all CSX power that is actually a UP train with UP crew. Confused yet?