Another Truck/CSX Train Collision In Georgia

I watched a video where the narrator states that a car crossing RR tracks after the crossing was down was struck by a train.

No.

The car hit the train because it entered a prohibited space. The train was where it was supposed to be, the car was not.

Kinda like how a car driver can strike a bicyclist from behind and it's the bicyclist's fault because he wasn't wearing a helmet.

 

I recall listening to one of the Norfolk Southern track supervisors discuss a crossing similar to this one. They later fixed it so that trucks can cross over it. What happened was that the brakeman of another train working near the intersection on a side track saw that the truck was stuck. Used his radio to inform the engineer/dispatch to stop. As it was, the train stopped about 200' from hitting the truck. One of those trains takes miles to stop. That observant brakeman might have saved some lives as well as the truck and a lot of delays cleaning up.

 

EVERY RR crossing has a sign posted with a phone number and a crossing ID. The first thing you do is grab your phone, run to the sign, call the number and report a vehicle stuck on the tracks at crossing xxx-4567, or whatever the crossing ID is. After that a few of you guys might want to consider switching from no-name cell provider to one with nationwide coverage.

 

“A person who won’t read has no advantage over someone who can’t read”

~ Mark Twain ~

 

and never argue with stupid people , they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Twain.

 

One of my favorites right there.

The other is about smoking in bed, lol.

 

The incident I mentioned occurred in the 1960s.