| Posted by on November 5, 2008 | |
Holy smokes. I'm glad there were no injuries... must have been a pretty intense couple of moments for both crews.
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In a way I can identify with the train crew. It's a horrible feeling.
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Thats one heckuva fender bender.
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| Posted by on November 5, 2008 | |
Holy cow! Glad everyones okay.
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Oops
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Call Allstate, make sure their insured!
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Somebody must have goofed. That's a BNSF truck, so somebody wasn't supposed to be using that line.
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| Posted by Dan on November 5, 2008 | |
How in the world could this have happened? The truck on the track should have had protection provided by track warrent from train dispatcher. Somebody's going to lose their job over this one.
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Ye gods!! I guess the truck lost the battle?
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Glad everyone is ok, but wow, heads will roll!
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Wonder if the hi-rail truck set on the wrong track. That, or some mistake in track number when their authority was given, usually accounts for these serious mishaps. Very fortunate no one was injured.
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| Posted by Kleetus on November 6, 2008 | |
I bet the guy driving the truck left a stain in the seat when he looked in the mirror! How fast can you grab gears?
But I second the other comments that thankfully no one was injured.
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If you look closely at the two rear axles on the boom truck you can see why it likely stayed on the track. the rear wells are almost on the ties, and the front rear axle is also below the track. I think that the tires were likely pushing up on the tracks. They likely kept the truck on the tracks even though it was slammed into at rail speed.
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| Posted by PaulJW on November 6, 2008 | |
Having been with a company who sold and installed railgear, it's clear the railgear brakes were not "locked". That explains it not being instantly derailed. It's been 20 years since I dealt in that type of equipment, but that looks like brand DMF Railgear, a mfr of railgear for med and heavy duty truck chassis's. I could be wrong on the mfr, but I've seen many chassis's equipped with such over the years.
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