miyakoji Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 On the Chitose Line. Ooops. I think it's this crossing: https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@42.9681577,141.566341,203m/data=!3m1!1e3 2 Link to comment
Kabutoni Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 A friend was actually on the Chitose line as this happened during a business trip... He wasn't very happy with it to say it lightly... :/ Link to comment
marknewton Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 What happened here, did the load on the truck make contact with the overhead? Mark. Link to comment
Suica Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 What happened here, did the load on the truck make contact with the overhead? Mark. That's exactly what happened. Quite the fireworks display. 1 Link to comment
velotrain Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Probably a good thing it wasn't a flammable load ;-) Link to comment
Socimi Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Isn't that yellow and black clearance guard supposed to protect the overhead from oversized loads? Link to comment
Suica Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Isn't that yellow and black clearance guard supposed to protect the overhead from oversized loads? Yup. He clearly hit it but kept driving. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Yeah he obviously noticed it hit then being on the tracks probably freaked and wanted to just get off them. Jeff Link to comment
Sacto1985 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 It's actually kind of a minor miracle that the people in that truck are still alive. 20,000 V AC at 60 Hz is nothing to trifle with.... Hopefully, JR Hokkaido will send the truck company a big bill with a lot of zeros to the right in terms Japanese yen. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 The odd thing is that the truck should have been insulated with the tires, something must have been knocked loose with hitting the warning bridge and then contacted the rails. The current most likely would not zap the drivers as it would take the shortest path with the least resistance which would be down the backhoe, trailer, whatever piece dragging, to the track, which is what appears happened. Jeff Link to comment
katoftw Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 20Kv will travel through the tyres from wheel to rail. And normally blows the tyres apart. Link to comment
Suica Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 And normally blows the tyres apart. It's a bit hard to see, but you can make out the blown tyres by the end of the video. I've seen a much better quality video of this event, but I can't find it anymore. Link to comment
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