Jump to content

Incredible Pic Of Grade Crossing Accident


Jcarlton

Recommended Posts

What happens when train hits car:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=422220&nseq=0&fb_action_ids=4214878889621&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&action_object_map=%7B%2210151399859031558%22%3A404686846279495%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151399859031558%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
Please don't jump crossings. Two dead in the car.  I suspect that the third rail is the cause of the fire.   The fiberglass front of the M3 melted shortly after this picture.  That train car's going to scrap.

http://newyorkpost.com/p/news/local/car_struck_by_lirr_train_service_XnUi7PdR0RhU9UWc8gZX8K

This could have been avoided if the person driving had not tried to jump the gates. 

Link to comment

It was lucky that there were no passengers on the train, it could have been worse. There is at least one case a year where a car gets impatient and decides to go around the crossing gates. I feel sorry for the engineer who had to witness this and couldn't do anything to stop it from happening.

Link to comment

If you drive around a set of crossing gates, then you have to accept anything that happens afterwards.

 

You cant "play with death" and complain if it goes wrong.

Link to comment

I think there wasn't much life in the bodies to feel the heat...

 

Here a video which shows detailed what happens when a train hits a car

 

Edited by SONIC883
Link to comment

our driving class in high school (in the 70s) they use to show us very graphic highway patrol movies from the 50s and 60s of very horrible car crashes. many were level grade crossing strikes. bodies were basically jelly. it was good enough to stop me from ever even thinking about it for a second as a teenager (when teenage logic is just not connected to the real world logic, its off in the 8th dimension...).

 

also my best friend's father owned the local towing garage so over dinner at their house we would hear of the recent wrecks and getting calls to look for body parts... again helped me keep sane behind the wheel.

 

jeff

Link to comment
Here a video which shows detailed what happens when a train hits a car...

 

High-speed ballast ploughing! 

 

Seriously, this is the reason why traincrew hate level crossings. You can't trust motorists to do the right thing and stay behind the stop line. 

 

As scary as this video is, level crossing collisions can have far worse consequences:

 

http://www.otsi.nsw.gov.au/rail/IR-BaanBaa-2-final.pdf

 

Disclaimer: The driver of this train is a mate of mine, and my wife was rostered to work it as the PSS. She was taken off this job to cover another one, but it was many hours before I was able to contact her and find out she was okay. 

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

Edited by marknewton
Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...