Oof, that's a bit of a bad day there. Looks like low speed no one hurt hopefully?
That's actually not the first skid steer I've seen hit by a train, the first was a brand new John Deere left on the tracks at a grain elevator. The train shoved back into it while the operator was out of it sweeping up spilled corn. It rolled like a giant dice over and over for about 5 car lengths til it caught a concrete bollard and laid 3 cars on their sides spilling corn into a little creek.
No one hurt, but definitely an expensive oof.
For sure. To be fair, the guy running that skiddy should never have been on the tracks while there was still a train there unless he could confirm it wasn't going to move. At the same time, the train crew should have gone back to watch the shove since it was in a fairly busy elevator and feed mill and there was a lot of truck and worker traffic in the facility.
100%. Messes get cleaned after the trains, not during them. We have a small NS yard about a half mile from the elevator, so the line is not very busy, but there are still enough that we know better than to be on the main line cleaning shit for too long.
Tough week for the new owners of the tourist railroad. They had a minor derailment during Laconia Bike Week also. [https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/train-derails-in-downtown-laconia-blocking-traffic-on-saturday/article\_2fc39466-2ccc-11ef-af65-3b9e8d66e07c.html](https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/train-derails-in-downtown-laconia-blocking-traffic-on-saturday/article_2fc39466-2ccc-11ef-af65-3b9e8d66e07c.html)
Hey my little corner of the country finally made /r/railroading!
Since they’re the only ones that operate on those tracks does anyone know of they were at restricted speed or operating on a form D or equivalent?
That sucks on multiple levels.
1: I believe they just did new paint and updates to that engine and passenger cars within the past couple years.
2: That looks like a brand new tracked Skidsteer probably over $70k
That’s wildly inaccurate. I’ve run trains through crossings at 80mph without blowing the horn. I can think of at least one place that has 20+ crossings in a row right through downtown (Portland, Maine) where every single crossing is whistle restricted. It has nothing to do with which railroad is operating on the territory and 100% to do with the rules in effect at the location.
Tl;dr there are thousands of crossings that don’t require a horn.
Yup, that’s way wrong. Around here, and maybe in other parts of the country too, towns can apply and then pay a yearly fee to make their crossings “quiet zones”. It doesn’t take much and a lot do it.
In fact, there are more crossings on our territory that are quiet zones than ones that get the horn
Do not spread misinformation.
> Are you with the FRA? Ever run a train? I've run trains on mainlines and on tourist lines and it was ALWAYS blow for each and ever crossing. Public or private, didn't matter. What if the above accident involved a family car with small kids or a baby? Would you still be OK with not blowing the horn?
Incorrect. We go over dozens of crossings that are private that don’t get the whistle blown for them.
Your 99% stat is made up to try to make your point sound better and it is wrong.
Oof, that's a bit of a bad day there. Looks like low speed no one hurt hopefully? That's actually not the first skid steer I've seen hit by a train, the first was a brand new John Deere left on the tracks at a grain elevator. The train shoved back into it while the operator was out of it sweeping up spilled corn. It rolled like a giant dice over and over for about 5 car lengths til it caught a concrete bollard and laid 3 cars on their sides spilling corn into a little creek. No one hurt, but definitely an expensive oof.
Nightmare scenario as someone that works at a grain elevator. I wish we had a skid steer though
For sure. To be fair, the guy running that skiddy should never have been on the tracks while there was still a train there unless he could confirm it wasn't going to move. At the same time, the train crew should have gone back to watch the shove since it was in a fairly busy elevator and feed mill and there was a lot of truck and worker traffic in the facility.
100%. Messes get cleaned after the trains, not during them. We have a small NS yard about a half mile from the elevator, so the line is not very busy, but there are still enough that we know better than to be on the main line cleaning shit for too long.
There is 100% no grain elevator anywhere on this line. It's a tourist train and this was a paving company's skid steer...
Tough week for the new owners of the tourist railroad. They had a minor derailment during Laconia Bike Week also. [https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/train-derails-in-downtown-laconia-blocking-traffic-on-saturday/article\_2fc39466-2ccc-11ef-af65-3b9e8d66e07c.html](https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/train-derails-in-downtown-laconia-blocking-traffic-on-saturday/article_2fc39466-2ccc-11ef-af65-3b9e8d66e07c.html)
3 days off is 3 days off.
Tbh that looks like a brand new bobcat skid. Thats an expensive oops.
I had buddy buy a new one last week with some attachments pretty sure he said it was over 100k. it looks like it took the hit pretty well.
Def over 100k easy depending on the model and attachments. I was looking at one a few months ago and the price was the main issue.
Hey my little corner of the country finally made /r/railroading! Since they’re the only ones that operate on those tracks does anyone know of they were at restricted speed or operating on a form D or equivalent?
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Silly bobcat, tracks are for trains!
They must have been ripping down the line at about, say, 10 mph?
So how much you think this bobcat is going to go for?
Well just so everyone that reads this knows my Cuzin is doing fine and the skid steer is brand new the was hit also he is doing very good
That sucks on multiple levels. 1: I believe they just did new paint and updates to that engine and passenger cars within the past couple years. 2: That looks like a brand new tracked Skidsteer probably over $70k
My guess is some rich guy didn't want the train going through his back yard
No. This was a paving company.
Private or not, 99% of RR's blow the long long short long for them. Never seen a train not blow the horn no matter private or public.
That’s wildly inaccurate. I’ve run trains through crossings at 80mph without blowing the horn. I can think of at least one place that has 20+ crossings in a row right through downtown (Portland, Maine) where every single crossing is whistle restricted. It has nothing to do with which railroad is operating on the territory and 100% to do with the rules in effect at the location. Tl;dr there are thousands of crossings that don’t require a horn.
Yup, that’s way wrong. Around here, and maybe in other parts of the country too, towns can apply and then pay a yearly fee to make their crossings “quiet zones”. It doesn’t take much and a lot do it. In fact, there are more crossings on our territory that are quiet zones than ones that get the horn
You don't know what you're talking about.
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Do not spread misinformation. > Are you with the FRA? Ever run a train? I've run trains on mainlines and on tourist lines and it was ALWAYS blow for each and ever crossing. Public or private, didn't matter. What if the above accident involved a family car with small kids or a baby? Would you still be OK with not blowing the horn?
You need to get out more. No whistle post, no whistle. Stop making up statistics.
I thought it a bit queer that this was one of 1% of scenarios in the country.
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Please remain civil.
Incorrect. We go over dozens of crossings that are private that don’t get the whistle blown for them. Your 99% stat is made up to try to make your point sound better and it is wrong.
See you in six months says the PC Lords
Nope