Posted on 12/21/2022 8:42:55 AM PST by Morgana
This is the terrifying moment a train smashed into a truck carrying a 134-foot concrete beam, causing a huge derailment and several injuries.
Miraculously, nobody was killed when the train ploughed into the truck in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Tuesday.
The semi-truck had crossed the tracks, but the trailer carrying the massive concrete truss bridge beam was still over the railroad as the driver waited for a traffic light to change.
Dramatic footage shows how the train's driver attempts in vein to slow down while ringing out his horn before the disastrous collision.
The train struck the trailer with enough force to cause three locomotives and 10 railroad cars to derail. The concrete beam was completely obliterated by the force of the smash, which also sparked a fire.
Photographs of the aftermath show the catastrophic pile-up of train cars strewn along the sides of the tracks.
Two Norfolk Southern Train employees were hospitalized with minor injuries, according to the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management.
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This video is a bit different. Different view.
https://rumble.com/v21nshy-insane-video-train-plows-into-truck-carrying-concrete-barrier.html
The train “driver” tried in “vein”...
Amateur phlebotomist???
“I used to pull these.”
I did some transport for the military but I’m not sure the pilot cars could have had a lot to do with it if they even existed. The shipment was on the truck that the driver parked on the tracks while waiting for a light to change. The only illegality here is that the driver just flat broke the law by blocking the tracks.
In Tennessee, where this happened, if a shipment is over 85 feet and 1 inch in length you will be required to have 1 pilot car (escort vehicle). If your shipment combination is over 120 feet in length you be required to have 2 pilot cars or escort vehicles. Width: If a shipment is under 10 feet wide you will need no pilot cars (escorts).
The law does not clear the vehicle to park on tracks whether pilots were there or not. If it had been a four wheeler and parked on the track it would have been just as illegal. (Just as stupid, too)
wy69
Which film was that collision from?
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.
The truck driver DID block a major artery.
LOL In vein, not in vain? The Daily Mail needs some new editors.
I was awakened by a derailment up close one time. You cannot believe the noise and vibrations — you think it’s an earthquake.
My first thought as well. Wonder if the driver went rogue and dispensed with this commonsense precaution?
and p=mv
A traffic signal before the crossing, linked to the traffic signal on other side of the crossing, would minimize the chances of anyone being "in the box" across the tracks. These are found throughout the world on either end of single lane bridges.
They have similar signal setups for staggered intersections where two signals operate like two halves of one large intersection.
That truck is going to need a lot of good liability insurance
Mebbe he could have stopped behind the tracks, duh.
Yes it is !
Big lawsuit to follow.
“So dumb he could mess up a train wreck” comes to mind. (and to Chattanooga!)
They lower when a train is :30 seconds away.
There was a guy in town who got his motorhome out of storage but the engine wasn’t running quite right. He stalled out on a nearby railroad crossing and got clouted by a train. Luckily the front part (where the driver sits) was clear of tracks and he miraculously escaped with fairly minor injuries. There were parts of that rig scattered for a half mile down the tracks.
The contractor moving the beam should have called NS (Norfolk Southern) at 800-453-4530 and tell them they have a large object moving over a grade crossing and stop all traffic. All the Dispatcher has to do is throw a signal and radio the Engineer/Consuctor. Totally avoidable.
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