DanielB Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Looks like someone in a white pickup was having engine troubles before attempting to cross the tracks at Grand Island. Predictably, his pickup stalled out on the tracks and the Union Pacific obliged him by removing the front of it. From the seems of things, no one has been hurt. Saw it happen live on the webcam for Railstream, and I've got to hand it to the UP crew, they reacted FAST. Truck has since been taken away by a recovery vehicle, and the driver has since been taken away by the police. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouser Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Hello, can anybody explain why it is that so many people stall their cars on railroad tracks? I just don't get it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) If he didn't have engine trouble before, he's certainly got a problem with it now. Also, good job the train was on that track, and not the nearer one. Edited December 22, 2017 by Zomboid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 His truck stalled out about half a dozen times before the crossing, and he still tried to get past. Some people just don't have any sense at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Darwin Award candidate... My sympathy lies with the footplate crew who were bearing down on the fool, unable to do anything other than drop the Emergency Brake, whistle and wait for the crunch... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hello, can anybody explain why it is that so many people stall their cars on railroad tracks? I just don't get it! Most people take level crossings slowly with the engine barely ticking over. If there is a hump or incline at a level crossing this can slow a vehicle down even more resulting in the engine being more likely to stall. But in this case as stated the engine had a problem and failed in the wrong place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTDB Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I subscribe to railstream it amazes me on the Chesterton cam how many drivers dodge the barrier or once or twice drive around! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2017 Stupidity operates without international boundaries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2017 If he didn't have engine trouble before, he's certainly got a problem with it now. Au contraire, that servicing on the engine he had deferred is no longer needed. Result! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hello, can anybody explain why it is that so many people stall their cars on railroad tracks? I just don't get it! Its because they slow down to see if there is a train coming, many of us are aware of crossing light failures where the barriers stay up and the lights don't flash and a train comes barrelling through, hence we slow down and with humps and dips that makes the engine stalling (UK) much more likely. US parlance stalling is the engine stopping, stalling as in abrupt clutch action is pretty rare as historically most US trucks and automobiles have automatic transmissions. In Cheltenham the level crossing barriers come down as the train approaches the station, stay down while people bumble about aimlessly, stay down while the driver has an extra Yorkie bar after the doors are closed and eventually rolls casually across the crossing after wasting 5 minutes or more of peoples time. No wonder busy people dodge round the barriers. I park up and try to get a photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2017 In Cheltenham the level crossing barriers come down as the train approaches the station, stay down while people bumble about aimlessly, stay down while the driver has an extra Yorkie bar after the doors are closed and eventually rolls casually across the crossing after wasting 5 minutes or more of peoples time. No wonder busy people dodge round the barriers. I park up and try to get a photo. It was because so many “busy” people dodged round barriers, that they started bringing barriers down sooner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2017 Its because they slow down to see if there is a train coming, many of us are aware of crossing light failures where the barriers stay up and the lights don't flash and a train comes barrelling through, hence we slow down and with humps and dips that makes the engine stalling (UK) much more likely. Are we?! That’s never even remotely occurred to me! US crossing behaviour does seem very poor, with crossings only going down seconds before trains come through. I imagine with people reluctant to be stuck for 10+ minutes they’re far more likely to try and ‘beat the train’, although appreciate not a factor here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTDB Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Caught on railstream Chesterton tonight driving around the barrier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatlander Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 WOW! I just found this post! I am moving back to Grand Island this summer and the person in the boom truck is my best friend Sean. The idiot stopped on the tracks trying to beat the train and the 1992 Ford truck he was driving stalled as it was a clutch and he supposedly had been drinking. Mark Currently in California Soon to be in Nebraska Spent alot of my youth in Luton Beds England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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