79 MPH South Shore @ Beverly Shores

[@allisondillman2381]

Man, South Shore Line trains are something else! I love them. I’m just here to be another person who recognizes the idiocy of the person in the black car. That train was traveling over 70MPH. It would’ve taken less than 30 seconds for the train to pass and less than a minute from them to wait it out. Who cares how far away it is, the bars are down for a reason!

[@notarotomwithhair5637]

Could be a contender for a darwin award

[@nolantherailfan5048]

I noticed

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Omg that was a cop

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@GenesisSanctuary I like all the sparks the pantographs make when they go this fast. They look like fireworks

[@VegasGoldenKnights416]

Me too. I love electric trains

[@RealRusty999i]

DUDE THAT RAILJOINT SOUNDS SO AMAZING

[@mulhollandrocket]

She rolls and she rumbles, but she'll never roar That's 'cause she's electric, the Mighty South Shore And she rolls, she rumbles, she buckets, she bolds To the crack and the pulse of fifteen hurndred volts Now we're rolling so fast that with wings we'd soar Glory-o Halleluah here comes the South Shore!

[@davehansen2255]

Great poem ! Did you write that ?

[@albertcarello7133]

The old Pullman-Standard orange and maroon cars did have an old fashioned trolley- like roar characteristic of old time Interurbans and CTA's 4000 Series L cars. The same can be said of the old dark GREEN IC PULLMAN-STANDARD CARS BUILT IN 1926-1929 also the same sounding traction roar like the old South Shore cars and CTA 4000s L cars. The horn on the old dark green IC cars also sounds similar to the whistles of the 4000 Series L cars and wooden L cars.

[@8avexp]

@@albertcarello7133 The Big Orange cars, like their prewar counterparts, had spur-cut bull and pinion gears, which resulted in a musical pitch that varied depending on how fast the train was going.

[@nolantherailfan5048]

I like the old vibe of these trains since I'm used to seeing modern trains on the NEC

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

Now I know that even the South Shore Line even has a theme song. HOW MANY RAILROADS EVEN HAVE THEME SONGS???

[@DaTwistedOne1]

Yes, Its called a Flag Stop or Request Stop... Its a stop that is not a scheduled station unless there are passangers... There's 5 on the NICTD route.

[@VegasGoldenKnights416]

It’s absolutely rocketing past the Beverly Shores Station

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@MCTrainfan A conductor told us the limit here was 79 and the top speed is 79. She seemed pretty knoledgeble about the line so I beleive her.

[@robertgift]

Nice catch! Thank you. Hope the driver could see well down the track. Probably also knew thathe train would not arrive until 20 seconds after the gates closed.

[@MCTrainfan]

I thought that the limit on this part of the line was 70mph. The engineer told me that the EMU's have a top speed of 80, so these things were maxing out. Could you smell the ozone?

[@turbochargedtransit7241]

Yeah boiii, that P3 is killer at 80 mph!

[@gp3829]

I liked the sparks from the Catenary, like Firecrackers.

[@izzynutz2000]

That old boy in that crown Vic blew right through them Gates..

[@CammyTheCamera]

it's an unmarked police car, what did you expect?

[@VegasGoldenKnights416]

Nice sparks from the pantographs

[@charlespiper9291]

There is always some jackass that has to drive around the gates

[@vze428s7]

If these were doing 79mph then im guessing this was Non Cab Signal Territory, the FRA limits train to 79mph without Cab's but if the train is limited to 80mph, its not to much of a difference.

[@justalurker66]

@JLJ061 10 seconds before the horn and 20 seconds before the train ... but the train was pass the crossing only seconds later. Indiana law DOES NOT give volunteers permission to break the law on the way to an emergency. If the timing was a little different there would have been two emergencies to respond to ... which would not have helped whomever he thought he was rushing to "save". Lost in the moment and not thinking of the big picture.

[@hifijohn]

Risking your life to save 30 seconds, not to mention derailing the train all the damage to the surroundings.

[@brushcreek42]

I can't figure out why American railroads don't use two gates to completely block anyone from going around the single gate.

[@hifijohn]

@@brushcreek42 the reason is that in crossings that have many tracks a car can get trapped.

[@brushcreek42]

@@hifijohn If you look at train videos on KZbin of Europe and Japan, they almost all have double gates. Some of the light rail trains in the US also have double gates. If someone did get trapped they could floor it and crash thru the gates.

[@hifijohn]

@@brushcreek42 That's true and I think many gates in the US are now made to swing away, but not all drivers know that.once the lights start to flash youre suppose to stop, its equivalent to a stop light, but trains in the us are very long not the very fast 30 car stuff you see in europe in the US trains are usually over 150 cars and can go slow, even a fast train doesn't take long but when youre in a hurry even waiting a few minutes for train seems to take forever.

[@brushcreek42]

@@hifijohn The problem is, Americans are in TOO much of a hurry. That's when accidents happen.

[@carlselders443]

I love watching a high speed train blow through a station

[@Wingnutcaseman]

Looks like NJT Arrow IIIs speeding along the NEC.

[@8avexp]

I remember those grade crossings as you headed toward the shores of Lake Michigan.

[@boweandrew3]

They do have to slow down for curves which have permanent speed restrictions and they also have to blow the horn at bridges

[@tedcartwright3183]

Now that one was moving !!!

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@Amtrak1194 Well to be fare to the guy in this vid, he is a voulenteer fire fighter trying to get to the station, but he probably could have waited for the train anyway. But your right about Hoosiers ignoring the gates. I've seen about 10 people do that this month alone

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

Gotta go fast!

[@brushcreek42]

Why don't they install longer crossing gates so people can't go around them?

[@cheeze5875]

Natural selection ensures us once they get hit they can no longer make more copies of themselves making installing gates irrelevant.

[@albertcarello619]

NORTH SHORE LINE trains were even faster! They ran 90 plus miles an hour as they neared the ILLINOIS -WISCONSIN border and up through Kenosha Wisconsin and Racine Wisconsin.

[@TheShadowGuitarist16]

"Click, Click Clack, Click Clack"

[@dwkcamman611]

Awesome!

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@MrAirbuster57 They run between Carroll and Chicago

[@ginnyhatch2176]

The south shore electric commuter railroad line goes from south bend Indiana to Chicago

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@trinityct But the bridges are narrow and most of them barely have any room between the track and the edge of the bridge. Someone could easily get hit there. And don't worry about sounding rude (which you aren't), questions are always welcome.

[@tommy4trains]

Amtrak meets south shore

[@hnf1930]

cool!!

[@thechicagorailfan9234]

Imagine if Chicago Metra had more electric lines that could go fast/er.

[@railsofchicagoandbeyond8832]

Not Ruiz Railroad Metra lines have more stops per mileage therefore they can’t go faster.

[@albertcarello7133]

Make this a regular scheduled stop instead of a flag stop. When the Pandemic ends or is under control there will be a demand for more station stops here.

[@thomasshebat2351]

What is the name of this crossing

[@thomasshebat2351]

That cop just went around the gates breaking their own law

[@mrnorthwestohiodude7758]

Wasn’t even a cop. It’s a volunteer firefighter. Indiana only allows Volunteer firefighters to install blue lights on their personal vehicles to respond to the station. No siren. And they still have to follow speed limits and stop signs and red lights. What he did was extremely dangerous, illegal, and grounds for discipline by the fire dept depending on their policies.

[@thomasshebat2351]

@@mrnorthwestohiodude7758 I know and why he can't have a siren

[@BurlingtonNorthernModeler]

Emergancy vehicals are prohibited by law from going around railroad gates or flashing lights unless a offical from the railroad flags them thru. It's to risky to do stuff like that in front of a train emergancy or not

[@cats0182]

I didn't know that SSL had 79mph track.

[@briankatzmarek7542]

Cats01 I’ve been on it going 79-80. Going a little bit faster then the cars on the toll road.

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@JLJ061 It turned out to be a false alarm anyways. He risked his life fer nothin

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@trinityct In case someone is on the bridge.

[@RTD8481]

What an asshole! Blowing the crossing with the gates down! One day his day will come!

[@voidjavelin23]

What ya gonna do about it Its already a FRA satandard

[@tommy4trains]

iPod typed in video name that i wanted to look up in the come

[@Nvideofilms]

Are you sure I don't think it's a 79 zone

[@Major_Tom98]

Nice catch I subscribed.

[@tommygolon08]

doesn’t look like it’s doing 80 mph, it looks more like 70 mph

[@independencerailfan]

Glad the train didnt hit the car as you would have been in the splash radius

[@HOTRAILProductions]

Awesome video! I subbed! That driver was an idiot!

[@southshore0007]

Im I the only one saw that car run the gate 🙄

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@trinityct No problem!

[@retroguyretail1976]

prob a cop car

[@SouthShoreTrain]

@MrAirbuster57 Lol. Thanks

[@JLJ061]

People go around lowered gates all the time, but a FIREFIGHTER doing it with his blue lights going??? INEXCUSEABLE!!! I hope his chief sees this video and yanks this idiot's badge!!!

[@cehayes74]

Let that car tried that in Naperville or Itasca where there’s Cameras at the crossings, the hefty fine the driver has to pay 💰!!!

[@kyaing9047]

That guy's a policeman. He had no time to lose I bet.

[@mrnorthwestohiodude7758]

@@kyaing9047 Nope, volunteer firefighter. Indiana only allows blue flashing light and no siren for volunteer firefighters personal vehicles. Its actually only a courtesy light. They arent allowed to pass people or run red lights with those on, what he did was highly illegal and dangerous.

[@tommy4trains]

Comments LOL anyway nice video and catch

[@ElliottWolcott]

cool

[@landon176]

Hey, great clickety-clack noise

[@fredpohl5202]

2.000 pound of car vs 800 tons of hurling steel at 80 mph stupid stupid stupid no excuse

[@fredpohl5202]

If this clown gets broadsided I guess he,all want to file lawsuit if not enter next of kin and !maybe !on lawyer Bruce Cutler representing them

[@Sacdug1963]

That was cop car going around the crossing arms. Under cover running code.

[@mrnorthwestohiodude7758]

Volunteer Firefighter in Indiana, still isn't go around gates or speed, or pass cars, he was doing that illegally.

[@DaTwistedOne1]

That black care was actually a cop car... He was en route to a call...

[@Aterwik]

What kind of train is this? It's ugly as as hell.

[@SouthShoreTrain]

Aterwik NICTD commuter equipment manufactured by Nippon Sharyo.

[@eoinpkav152]

Its a beauty if I’ve ever seen one

[@bradyblacher3608]

It would look 2x better if they got rid of those ugly middle doors

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Beede Bee Or painted them in the original orange and maroon colors plus an AA-2 horn.

[@someguy8427]

High speed emu stock

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

Typical Indiana drivers