A Man Tries His Best to Get Hit by a Train- CSX Switching Lehigh Cement in Richmond, VA

[@jonasmartin748]

Not only do the railway own those tracks and I believe 20 feet around it. They were there first. Before those apartment and condos were there. I think it’s stupid how people wanna complain about living near a railroad but build houses and apartments near the railroad.

[@titaniac3037]

because these people think everybody should just conform to their will, its annoying

[@katzgar]

@@NHL94Rebel stop doing meth

[@ellisjackson3355]

It's the same as people complaining about noise. And then moving into a subdivision that was built next to a road racing course, AFTER the racing course had been there for decades. And then whining about it. Trying to poop on other people's fun

[@ambervictoria11]

I think he’s assuming the train will just go around him

[@cheetahobx]

Scene #7......man is near a working rail road.......the train arrives.....the man waves the train around.......cut to.....scene#8.......setting.....local funeral home...

[@robertchapman2174]

That is not possible, only cars can do that.

[@aidantanny7230]

@@robertchapman2174 r/whoosh

[@Slassive]

Karen in disguise

[@DMACHOLMAN]

You know they say people in horror movies make bad decisions. He maybe a character in his own horror movie. But this time the train is real ?????

[@Drewg351]

I wish the switching engine took out EVERY one of those posts they just put up. Would've been awesome.

[@kishascape]

Ample punishment for that guy acting like a man child over some little pansy event. Wannabe professional athletes always full of themselves.

[@jeffreybaker100]

What's worst now in 2021 Biden and Harris defend these millennial punks

[@yaelmilo70]

you probably dont give a shit but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all of the new movies on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my girlfriend these days =)

[@ahmirnolan7731]

@Yael Milo Definitely, I've been watching on instaflixxer for months myself :)

[@korbynrowan1351]

@Yael Milo definitely, been using instaflixxer for since november myself =)

[@rbcbertie]

From the perspective of the first frames of this video I thought for certain that the rods the young man was pounding in would be knocked down! Pity!

[@Geo-oe8ce]

Those tracks are for trains that wanna have that off road experience😲

[@ToshyXx]

Geo yea those tracks are old and bad.

[@Gary55379]

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[@Geo-oe8ce]

Gary55379 lol. Thanks for the link

[@josepha.chavez8060]

Totally. Some seriously gnar rails.

[@robertarthur4843]

@@ToshyXx But they are still on railroad right of way. That's all that counts.

[@holylandfan3275]

***And the Marathon winner is...TRAIN!! Great competition!

[@CatstronautCPP2]

The train really crushed the competition. Can't wait for next year!

[@matthewm2303]

Bottom line, the railroad has right of way.....period.

[@BlohmandBlohmer]

Hats off to the CSX guys. They had a legit reason to "Rail Rage".

[@cheetahobx]

Rail Rage!!!! Classic!!!

[@Trains4Fun]

@@cheetahobx Rail Rage. I love that!! :)

[@thomasemard8862]

"this is messing up our marathon plans" Oh I'm sorry, are we inconveniencing you? Your marathon is messing with my $1,500,000 diesel locomotive that sucks down 200 gallons of diesel daily, on my legally recognized right-of-way. Your marathon going to cover my operating cost, while we wait here for you to pound stakes? Thought not.

[@BrokenAbucus]

Does the railroad not own the land under the rails along with like 20 ft on each side

[@jwarmstrong]

Too bad a coal engine wasn't sent to blow a little smoke up their .....

[@robertarthur4843]

Obviously you didn't coordinate with the railroad upon which you are trespassing. Was that due to arrogance, or just plain ignorance?

[@thomasemard8862]

@@IronHide3910 Not an engineer, just looked up the general specifications of a modern diesel engine. 2,200 gallon capacity, I imagine a full day's work would burn through it. If you have actual data on how much a diesel locomotive uses, you could just post that, instead of being an ass. :)

[@Redshirt214]

I think this might be a privately owned spur, presumably owned by the cement plant. The RR has the right to operate there, of course, under whatever the service agreement is. It's not really clear if the organizers are setting up near a public crossing... legally complicated, but really the decent thing would be to move out of the way because who wants to argue with a diesel locomotive?

[@failtolawl]

that rail doesn't even look like it should have a train on it.

[@LiamMonteyrie01]

It's gone now so...

[@miahooton1483]

It’s America of course every thing is bad

[@Peter-pv8xx]

@@miahooton1483 Ass wipe!

[@cleanerben9636]

@@Peter-pv8xx American infrastructure is some of the worst there is really no denying it.

[@petermcbilt594]

Those rails look better than our roads do in California

[@lavapig1602]

I work on an ambulance, and even when we're responding lights and sirens we yield to trains. What makes him so special?

[@puffnstuff12]

Ignorance perhaps? 😁

[@favoritemustard3542]

The short bus he rides.

[@robertchapman2174]

The Great Big Rolling Railway song 🎵..we got the right of way..🎵

[@OneRoomShed]

Favorite Mustard haha, we called them Tart Karts. Yea, I know it's wrong but it's still funny.

[@Biggles2498]

lavapig1 : because he is an arrogant dickhead and probably cycles in the middle of the lane when on his bicycle !

[@MarkusReese]

This reminds me of something a few years back in BC. There was a rail line that was still maintained, but was only reserves as a secondary junction in case of work on the main line. A bunch of luxury houses built along the side and were told line wasnt in service. While technically true, it was brought out of service and so all the stuff people built in the rail right of way got torn out. They all went and built potted gardens over the line!

[@dwightstjohn6927]

"kitsilano academic earth mother"; breeding with "millenials"; the gene pool is going somewhat sideways.

[@The747Isnotdead]

Is it Tijuana-Tecate because I live in TJ

[@Normal1855]

I think I remember that. Was that when the residents vandlised the equipment?

[@SgtPotatoChip6356]

@@Normal1855 Yup. Then CP Rail sold the track to the city and made some good money.

[@TalenGryphon]

This man met a force that quite literally outweighs his sense of entitlement. Seriously, how do people like that manage to get anywhere in life? The train crew shows incredible restraint in not blasting the horn at him when they actually had to STOP for his dumb ass.

[@titaniac3037]

they have more discipline than i do, if i was the train conductor i wouldnt have been able to resist turning on the bell, the lights, and blasting the horn and everything until this idiot moved

[@CARLIN4737]

meat head.

[@jetegtmeier71]

not to mention their driving posts in on rail road property

[@RaisedLetter]

How that stuff manages to stay on the tracks interests me more.

[@KutWrite]

Yeah, I immediately thought their timetable would show it as "excepted track."

[@JordanBennett19829]

By going at a running pace and no faster probably

[@kerrykerry5778]

A couple of years back I was biking on the York Heritage Rail Trail, in PA. The trail is technically "rail adjacent" as opposed to a true rail trail. As I head south, near the Maryland border, I start to see caution signs about it being an "active railroad". I laugh and make some sarcastic comment to the wife, since the rails look a lot like the ones in this video. I pointed out that the rail tops were beat down in a mushroom shape, had "Bethlehem steel 1909" stamped on them, a lot of the joiner plates are missing half of the bolts, tie plates and spikes laying everywhere. Plus a huge percentage of the ties are simply missing, or rotted to the point that they no longer support anything. I'm rounding a blind curve, I nearly shit myself and let out a little girl scream, as a diesel engine hits the horn! It is coming toward us, at a walk, pulling a few tourist cars. I was stunned. Something I would expect in a third world tourist spot, but pulling a few hundred thousands pounds of metal, full of clueless humans, down tracks that are literally "returning to the earth" in the USA, was a real eye opener.

[@granthuff2716]

Every time you think you've seen the most stupid people in the world, new candidates appear.

[@canadiantrucker9574]

Grant Huff you can't fix stupid

[@donaldbartram6315]

The me only generation,, everything is all about them. the world is doomed with these people at the helm.

[@canadiantrucker9574]

Donald Bartram agreed 100%. North Americans in general are way to self entitled nowadays. My 11 year old son said he would call the police on me if I gave him a smack for acting bad. I told him that would be the first and the last time he would

[@donaldbartram6315]

Yeah I'm 66 now,, when I was a kid, my old man had a strap.. I only got hit with it one time,, from then on if my old man got up & headed for the strap we ran.. LOL . I'm just sick of these kids ,, spoiled & lazy, Future democrats

[@canadiantrucker9574]

Donald Bartram My mother calls them "messed-up-millenials"

[@campy9sp]

Most folks only see the railroads at intersections, without ever giving thought to the crews and their work getting those loads to their final destinations. It's a lot of work, and as seen here, the track condition can vary considerably- I'm amazed how smoothly that engine handled the bumps. Thanks for posting it here!!

[@claytemorgan1923]

Oh how I kept waiting for the horn to blowww!! That young man was arrogant and disrespectful! At least two of them ran down the hill, out of the way of danger! Big kudos to the engineer and his patience!🎉🎉🎉

[@richardgordon8110]

Clayte Morgan AND STARK RAVING STUPID.

[@furtfurt]

Exactly, arrogant and disrespectful. Pathetic!

[@yoyceeo1645]

I know! I was waiting for the horn to blare, waiting for the reaction 🤣

[@the_socompsp]

what amazes me is this train is able to use those tracks and not derail..

[@TravelingRailfan]

Anyone else hoping the marathon got stopped by a train?

[@hoghogwild]

When's the marathon? I've decided to build a drag strip and I need to know the most "convenient" time to order the cement.

[@TravelingRailfan]

This reminds me of the people who buy houses around airports and then try to get the airport shut down because it’s too noisy.

[@notredboi]

@@TravelingRailfan Wait,people actually do this?

[@edwardteach1855]

Saco de Vento yup. Makes you not want to live on this planet anymore

[@eromitlabhitw]

Hey marathon organizers, here's a great idea... don't set your marathon up next to railroad tracks!

[@Wetfeline]

eromitlabhitw runners & cyclists dude..

[@brandontrevino535]

He was suicidal?

[@Crookedriverandeasternrr]

Wow what idiots. However cool switching video. I love 💗 the csx geep

[@bamahama707]

Stupid people... have they forgotten about railroad rights-of-way? Not to mention that the engine VASTLY outweighs them...

[@gamespc7880]

@Waterlec The woman asks : "How long is this going to take "? I'd tell her : long enough for the cops to shutdown this marathon and give the marathon organizers restraining orders to never setup here again and if they fail they all go to jail for life

[@ISAFMobius18]

when will people learn trains always have the right of way

[@wattmanforever]

When they get hit by almost a half million pound train

[@davidlocoh]

Brayden Christopher, heavir

[@michaelclarke4629]

They do actually, only in death....dwl

[@IgorYegorkin]

6000 tons

[@Aus78Formula]

ever seen marathon and running days, the city grinds to a halt, cars, trains, whatever, so attention seekers can act like clowns and post pics online of them running for a bit, then walking, but telling the world they changed it for the better

[@ZandalariHero]

Well, that escalated slowly.

[@shauns9694]

+ZandalariHero LOL

[@Zapple7]

😁👍

[@ivg96]

ZandalariHero biggest waste of my time watching and skipping through thus

[@Mahlercougar]

lol!

[@seanbond6454]

Marathon Organizer: "Hi, I'm not Johnny Knoxville. But I'm still a Jackass"

[@jsldj]

Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville. I'm gonna take a shotgun blast to the face!

[@hawkbird6294]

guys don't be so hard on him, he's just an NPC..

[@kennyscribner6076]

Lmaooooo

[@nscalewisconsinproductions4612]

XD

[@mccullough8789]

Lol

[@s.w.3604]

Zero points for hitting him...

[@danielj5650]

asian andy

[@brakie44820]

A lot of the old line engineers I worked with on the PRR would have laid on the air horn and kept coming. Track walking trespassers got the hint and cleared the rails.

[@formercoach1202]

There is a difference between then and now. Then, people who were walking on the ROW didn't have the distraction of headphones playing loud music. Thus they could generally hear the horn and GTF out of the way. Today some of these people play their music so loud they can't hear the train horn over their music.

[@KandiKlover]

M9st place nowadays just have rail police come arrest you.

[@plastite]

@@formercoach1202 A kid wearing ear buds got hit by a train in my city . (died)

[@deanziyone2213]

thats why they had cattle pushers on the front?

[@Galaxy2517]

Walking on the tracks while being distracted by loud music is one of the dumbest things you could possibly do.

[@klaa22]

"What!?". . . "You actually mean to say that RAILWAY ENGINES travel on a RAILWAY LINE?". . "I thought the lines were here for marathon runners only!"

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

I'm actually kinda amazed they would drive a train on those tracks.

[@shauns9694]

+Robert Zeurunkl You should check out Maumee & Western's tracks. I don't even think they can go 10 mph on them haha

[@Rebel9668]

+Shaun Morgan Maumee & Western no longer exists, it was taken over by ND&W and they've been replacing old ties and ballast but still have the same crappy 105 year old rail.

[@coldblue9mm]

+Robert Zeurunkl Those tracks are fine for a industrial track. The telephoto lens makes it look worse than it actually is.

[@bigtoysforbigboys2873]

+Robert Zeurunkl They are able to run on those tracks because the the locomotive in a Geep. They have great suspension.

[@coldblue9mm]

Big Toys for Big Boys Yeah, it's the loco. Disregard anything the track guy said. I'm okay with it. What do I know. Only 40 years experience in track.

[@sawboneiomc8809]

I’m surprised those tracks are even usable!

[@keithmackey654]

Yea i was thinking the samething

[@wo2847]

I have seen them use a lot worse

[@AzteckKill3r]

Thers also a thing called ("hot tracks") when rails get to hot they expand

[@butwere3-0wou]

How does one not notice a train WHEN ITS RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM.

[@mattcamacho5570]

The arrogance of people when dealing with trains is always mind blowing. Guess this man doesn't understand that if he ends up a bag of chopped meat all over the tracks that there probably isn't going to be any marathon. Just a funeral.....unreal.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Addition by subtraction

[@TheDiva4361]

Rest In Pieces.

[@milburnhornback6921]

If I'd been that CSX crew I would've slowed the switching down even more just to piss the marathon folks off that much more! Who they going to call the local police?

[@cdavid8139]

I've done this at times. Fun to piss people off with a train

[@justwatch4757]

🤣

[@robs1852]

They probably did

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Meh, they might've had some superintendent breathing down their neck to get the work done quickly and get back to their train. Then again this was 2010, before they started giving every crew 16 hours of work and only 12 hours to do it in.

[@DonnieBrasco-dy9yd]

@@SD40Fan_Jason That's the best time to slow down.

[@Phibes525252]

This is one time that the CSX should've called upon law enforcement to clear their right of way. Kudos to the CSX crew whom were so patient with that stupid woman and boys.

[@P61guy61]

Same sort of people run in the street when there is a perfectly good sidewalk.

[@richpurslow3283]

we got them here in the uk as well, they think its ok to close roads of so they can run down them and it doesnt matter if youve got to go to work....they must run right there.

[@fedor5664]

Here in the netherlands it's and absolute shitshow they runnon the street cycle on the wrong side just so they don't have to cross the road later and drive with smart phones in their hands thru red lights. But anyways i always go *really* close by them on my bicycle or stop right infront of them with my bike that almost always causes them to go onto the sidewalk, yes i am late

[@davidnichols1363]

People run when nothing is chasing them and freeze when they should.

[@KutWrite]

@@richpurslow3283: Remember, the politicians world wide want the credit and $$$ (or whatever currency) for putting on a race. Sometimes they're associated with a charity, too.

[@richpurslow3283]

@@KutWrite yeah thats true to be fair.

[@checkyoursix5623]

This track is no longer in service. The tracks that used to cross State Route 5 near Almond Creek and go to Richmond Guano Co., and Lehigh Cement, have been taken out of service and mostly removed. The portion in this film clip is now the Virginia Capital Trail, which extends from Richmond to Williamsburg. It's a bike trail that parallels Route 5 (more or less) down to Williamsburg, VA, about 60 miles or so ...

[@robertdavenport5457]

Thanks for the information. If I remember correctly it was also once an interchange with Southern Railway. This memory is from 1973 when I was a trainee working between Keysville and West Point. Richmond was a hotbed of bad and unique track at that time.

[@s0nnyburnett]

Probably the same guy who rides his bike in the middle of road, doesn't signal or stop and check at intersections and then gets butthurt when someone hits him. How dumb can you big. Some big hunk of metal the size of a house is coming at you and you just stand there?

[@tommytruth7595]

But hey, don't they look cool in their spandex and riding shoes?

[@bac4mor]

s0nnyburnett idk what kinda house your living in, but my house is not that small.

[@algrayson8965]

Tommy Truth, the important thing is that they follow all applicable rules of the road. LED lights are so cheap now that there is no excuse for not having front and rear flashing lights. Side reflectors on spokes are a good idea, too. Put them opposite the valve stem to balance the wheel. Reflectors on the heels of riding shoes helps. Generous use of reflective tape weighs almost nothing.

[@coldblue9mm]

The guy driving the post in front of a locomotive needs his ass kicked. At least where I live, the local race coordinators would contact us (the railroad) to discuss safety items like this. You can't just go and put in a pedestrian crossing wherever you feel like it. The legalities are mind boggling! Putting those posts foul of the track is illegal and unsafe also. Stupid people!

[@mikeg4426]

+Juan Dia almost wish those posts were a little closer so the pilot could bend them all to hell. But Murphy's Law would probably have one bounce up and damage something on the fine piece of machinery.

[@smrtrthanyou4388]

cocky ass self-centered idiots. I was secretly hoping he'd get run over. People these days think they can do whatever the hell they want.

[@algrayson8965]

The crew was very polite. Guess they thought they would be delayed if they called the police. Next time perhaps CSX police (they're real cops, not merely security guards) will be along. Placing obstacles on railroad track is "very" illegal especially if the safety of the RR equipment and workers is threatened.

[@eligebrown8998]

yup

[@allenra530]

Never mind that he is driving those marker posts on railroad property, a clear trespass on private property.Arrogant fools.

[@dredaylarue]

these people that feel like the need to run in the streets are very arrogant, here in kansas city seems like they are doing one very weekend and they way they design these runs there's no way to get around them they got them zig-zaging all through the city to where you just have to sit there and wait tell there done they can careless if other people have other things to do like go to work everybody don't have the weekends off.

[@arthurmead5341]

@@dredaylarue this is the most incoherent thing I ever read

[@Highspeedoffset1]

@@dredaylarue You aren't an English teacher, Are you?

[@dredaylarue]

@@Highspeedoffset1 never thought about it

[@niewissen9912]

Absolutley correct! Could of made them remove them. Trespassing maybe little.harder to push cause it appears to be a public road along them. Either way they can have them removed you are correct

[@johnnashmy8640]

Love the guy on the locomotive " Hey Asshole , are you going to move?"

[@jimwolabaugh3608]

Wait what, are you talking to me? I didn’t hear the sound of your diesel locomotive coming at me bro... my bad! Idiot

[@buckeyefarmer6259]

That is a nasty looking track. Can’t believe they run an engine on it, let alone loaded cars.

[@jamesweber1827]

This guy shows promise. Look for him on darwin awards under the heading of Train Pancake

[@Robotechnology101]

It really amazes me how people complain about the trains especially when they don't get that the trains were there before the people complaining about them ever were.

[@Robotechnology101]

***** Hey someone actually gets it! You are correct, contrary to what the auto and oil industries want people to believe. The railroads are what enabled the creation of most of the major city's in this country that we call the United States. Sadly now most people in the United States don't even know, and in many cases they also don't care about the railroads and their importance. The Quiet Zones that have been enacted in some towns and city's in the US are good example's of people who neither understand the importance of the railroads nor do they care. I volunteer at a railroad museum where we preserve and operate a lot of historic railroad equipment. Which has resulted in myself developing a better understanding of the importance as well as the living legacy that the modern railroads are continuing to this day.

[@justanotherintrovert1012]

Like when my friend at school moved to a big fancy house near an airport, and then from that day on she wouldn`t shut up about the "horrible noise" and how she "hadn't slept in months"

[@algrayson8965]

Weekend Randomizer - In '57 we moved out in the area of the airport. Most planes were prop, piston engines. We were miles from the airport and no runway pointed toward us. Then the jets came. Turbojets, long before fanjets. They were LOUD. Still, they were far away and rarely flew over near us. Then came the airport expansion. New runways to accommodate the bigger four turbojet planes. The new runways sent planes over to either side of our house. Roaring on takeoff, screaming on landing. No fanjets yet. Then as fanjets came in, the noise levels began to lessen. Finally the FAA allowed localities to require much steeper climbing to get the noise down.

[@MrTruth111]

It really bugs me. It is the same in rural areas,where people receive permits to build houses next to farms, and once they live there they start to complain about noise and smells. I say spray the houses with manure, that ll teach them.

[@HatsuneM1ku01]

Weldy Media Productions we have the same problems with the race tracks and Air Force bases

[@sonnydean1617]

How stupid and self-centered can one be? Commerce trumps the marathon in importance everyday of the week. The engineer should have laid on the air horn until the dimwit woke up out of his coma and got out of the way. I would argue that train crews are not paid to move stupid pedestrians off of railway right of ways. Another option for the crew would have been for the engineer to stop the locomotive and refuse to move further until local law enforcement moved the idiots out of the way. Just my thoughts.

[@davidwinfield730]

Call law enforcement Lol, granted they are being stupid it shouldn't be a crime to walk on train tracks I say if somebody wants to be dumb and stand on the track while a trains coming its there fault if they get wacked, not a crime....

[@bagnome]

Dave Winfield Well, the tracks are private property and the owner of them could charge them for trespassing.

[@Liamflynnphoto]

It is a crime actually to walk on tracks. Unless your absolutely positive the tracks are out of service then they are still private property and you can be charged for trespassing

[@OfficialLexxiBanx]

+Dave Winfield cant call them now lol.. That stretch of track is completely gone now

[@ianfarquharson3772]

Those tracks look like a rollercoaster in places. No wonder it takes time

[@ackmino]

Darwin theory was disrupted by a patient crew.

[@darklordojeda]

If you look at the warped track I doubt they had any choice in the matter.

[@3034893118]

This guy in the black shirt i can tell he does seem to really care about the train at all. When a Train is present you get out of the way because their is a good chance you may not live. Delaying the train is not a Good thing once u delay them they will be behind the rest of the day

[@Robotechnology101]

That and it can mean a large fine for trespassing on railroad property.

[@dwightstewart7181]

+Justin Little & Robotechnology101 You’re both idiots. That was private (Lehigh Cement) property, *not railroad property*. The city-sponsored marathon workers were on a *public access road*. And, yes, railroads (who are not gods with unlimited privilege) occasionally have to cooperate with local workers and officials during large public events.

[@Robotechnology101]

***** Your not listening to whats being said by people here. The marathon workers can do whatever they want on a public access road(because it is a "public road"). Except the story changes once your on or in their case very near active railroad tracks. The trains always have the right of way. It does not matter who owns the railroad tracks, they are still considered private property at all points except at designated railroad crossings with exception to when a train is occupying it. Personally I feel that it was and is a bad idea to do a marathon in a location like that, there are way too many hazards around railroad tracks main one being a tripping hazard.

[@gblatham]

***** So, did the "local workers and officials" (who also are not gods, by the way) even attempt to communicate with the railroad in advance of their event?! In the future (presuming your hateful attitude doesn't get you killed beforehand), I think you'll find most railroad companies quite willing to cooperate.

[@dwightstewart7181]

gblatham My hateful attitude? Are you out of your mind? I stated simple fact. There’s nothing bloody hateful about that.

[@gitrplaya4u]

what a great video! great telephoto effect and close-up shots i love the drawn-out feel to it and the fact that you gave us a story behind the operation and the others around

[@Dan-uv5lw]

Too bad the train could not have hit the poles he just put in enough to knock them over or out.

[@johnschwalb]

I was hoping

[@KutWrite]

They would've been on the news, blaming the evil railroaders for that.

[@opforind]

I’m always blown away to see trains operating on tracks that are super warped.

[@manifestgtr]

I don’t know why...but I find entitlement to be the most enraging of human characteristics

[@ThisGuyIRLv2]

This.

[@LMDProductionsOfficial]

Agreed

[@ericswart4126]

Especially by the choochoo people.

[@seaboardsystemproductions9714]

​@@ericswart4126The Choo Choo people have work to do.

[@werdCanada]

rail builds citys.. not marathons..

[@gaming4life25]

werdCanada true!!

[@centurykam]

I

[@jamest1148]

But, but, but.....we have t-shirts!

[@martinlehfeldt6916]

It's just arrogant the way some people think. Like this race is more important then commerce. Lol

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Yep. Virtually every small town on the Prairies were a siding and a station every 7 or 8 miles or so alng a rail line. Some grew, some were nothing more than a little portable station, a grain elevator, a few houses for the grain elevator and railway employees, and maybe a cattle loading corral. CP and CN practically built the West single handedly and encouraged Europeans to come homestead and farm.

[@MrUltraDreamz]

How do they even use this track... its so twisted up...

[@tomtommyl805]

Really ! I was thinking that myself. It's totally warped !They need to fix those rails.

[@Volkaer]

Was about to comment that those rails aren't particularly straight - but saw the comment :P

[@lawnmowerdude]

Nuxxy as long as it's in gauge.

[@bassakwerdz8631]

they really don't care, they'll just blame the crew!

[@Reefdevil]

Tracks are gone. That train was just picking up those 5 cars from when the plant shut down. They were parked there for years on the small wooden bridge @ the cement plant.

[@kellyj5610]

Someone needs to learn the universal Law of gross tonnage. That locomotive weighs just a little bit more than you do.

[@jellner7618]

I'm pleased to hear that I'm not the only person to refer to that law, which will not be flouted, under ANY circumstances.

[@cheetahobx]

Wow!!!! Now THAT was heavy(eye sea wut ewe did thar.....LOL)....

[@lsd-25ayahuascadmt7]

What a big beautiful engine, meandering it's way among dumb humans like some graceful iron elephant. It's almost comical

[@Msflamingo-wl4qo]

"Common Sense" is no longer common!

[@masterenos]

Basic intelligence, common sense make it sound like everyone should have it

[@corolex]

Common sense was never common, its equivalent to someone having good taste or artistic talent

[@ACLTony]

Could that man be so clueless and ignorant?! Sees a locomotive headed directly for him and continues hammering those poles into the ground? I was hoping that the engineer would have given him a blast from that 5 chime horn. Marathon or not, these folks are an example of what's wrong with society today. Lack of respect and common sense isn't emanating from teens only today. They have plenty of company with many members of the current adult Generation X-ers.

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

ACLTony I would have emptied the train toilet on him !!! X-er Ahole

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

ACLTony What a snooty ass the lady was! Ya your silly race in 100+ temps (dumb asses) is more important than industry and jobs !!! I bet she thinks this also --- guess who she voted for Pres. !!!! Lol Ya we know who !!!

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

Albert Juarez Lol Thanks , but really the gaull of that lady !!! I am amazed how well the crew acted, mm guess was they were to dame tired after working hard all day in that awful southern heat !!! better men than me ! that kid bugged me a lot also !!! no respect for the danger !

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

Yes sir, I'm also guessing 1 ft from the rail is still Railroad property ? since that spur has been there probably a hundred years !

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

Great we have video so lets be "snooty" liked them and make a citizen complaint/ arrest !!! Lol

[@violinstar5948]

That rail needs upgrading FAST before a train gets derailed

[@MrWolfSnack]

1:18 he's building without a permit on railway property anyways

[@davedennis6042]

How dare they drive a train right through their marathon. "Why can't you move your tracks somewhere else?" Did you notice that there is no common sense anymore?

[@ocsrc]

This was on the day before the race, I think, and it was like 110 degrees out Just insanely hot

[@The20thCenturyLimited]

The tracks were there first not the marathon and you cant always assume that the operation is always at the same time every day as demonstrated here.

[@rJayisawesome]

Guys, rusty train tracks does not mean 'never used'. You keep looking at him like he's invading your private property. :P

[@PaulMauser]

And if rust isn't on the top of the rails it obviously indicates recent usage.

[@rJayisawesome]

Paul Mauser Right, but even then, my point was, in many cases, even abandoned or partially abandoned tracks are still owned by the rail company. So people shouldn't be mad when they do things with their own property.

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

HeaanLasai Yeah there is a track somewhat near where I live, the NECR Burlington subdivision is used I think at least three times a day and I think at night to but that track is rusty on top also..

[@joshfisher4322]

That's right rusty tracks mean its been used a lot and trains still could use it

[@globalko]

Dang I thought they used stainless steel tracks

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

As a Millenial, runner and bicyclist... Be advised that some of us are mindful of what is around us and courteous to professionals doing their job, especially if they are truckers and engineers.

[@mrrandyleighton]

Too bad there are not more like you.

[@keplergso8369]

I looked on Google Earth, there is no more track since 2013 or 2014. In place of it there is a bicycle path. Finally sportmen won ! There were other tracks further, disappeared too. Jacques, from France.

[@maxpenn6374]

The best thing about so-called "rails to trails" is that the right of way remains intact and if there is a need, it can be used as a transit corridor once again. I like to cycle and I like trains, so there is nothing to dislike about the program.

[@harrisonkfisher563]

“Ok let’s do a marathon, but I dunno where” “I know, up a railway line because locomotives aren’t at all dangerous” And thus that’s how the marathon runners got there one way trip to the afterlife

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Sorry for the late comment but I just saw this video. Its astonishing to me so many people think they are tough as nails and assume the train will stop for them. Even more so the audacity of people who get upset because today these railroad tracks have a train on them against their personal agenda... Luckily for this guy there was a conductor on the point and the crew was operating in accordance with restricted speed so they could stop before becoming a hazard. But they shouldn't have had to stop or even slow down. I do not have the pleasure of encountering these special people every day but I do get to encounter them often enough to know that there is no answer I could provide that will satisfy them and quite often, I just minimize my interaction with them and go about my duties as if they are not there. As for this plant, well it certainly looks like they have seen better business in the past. At least there is a shoving platform for the conductor, that's nice! Also what kind of telephoto lens have you got for that camera? Jeez it looks like you could count the hairs on a flea's back at a hundred yards with that thing. Thanks for sharing!

[@patrickmcleod111]

5:55 This must be one of the newer, high speed rail tracks we hear about periodically. I can't understand why the train isn't going much faster on that wonderful, straight, well maintained track.... No potential risks of derailing here! Great job CSX!

[@OctaneSlain]

Wow @6:26 I legitimately thought the train was going to run off the tracks up into that bank lol.

[@Astrophysix1]

That's a beautiful locomotive right there!

[@thomaswburnsjr5051]

I'm watching this in 2019 and realize more that stupidity of certain young peeps have always been.

[@moth.monster]

People have been, and will be, stupid. That's just how it is. Stupidity is one of the few universal human constants.

[@DanielSilva-jj2lz]

Remember we are in an era where only 25% of people know how to change a car tire, 15% of young people believe that government money is just printing that all the problems are over, there are many people who believe that train brakes like cars. In my country a person died because he got in front of a trailer trying to force a truck trailer on a highway to stop. I think stupidity will be the cause of the population drop

[@mattdoe2368]

No this new young kids are just stright up stupied arrogant feel entitled

[@BlackvvvFist]

Matt DOE For one, stupidity and entitlement have always been around. Secondly, you can blame these people's parents and the way they raised them to be entitled. Finally, your spelling is atrocious, which is ironic. I am ashamed to share your name.

[@mattdoe2368]

@@BlackvvvFist yeah dude I'd be embarrassed to also Matt Collins no sounds like Tom Collins alcoholic drink

[@TommyBNSF]

Even just regular pedestrians are absolutely obnoxious and oblivion to anything going on around them. It drives me nuts.

[@tejasnite]

THE RAILROAD HAS RIGHT OF WAY 25 FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK,,, THOSE TRACKS HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE SIXTYS,,,

[@mksland3884]

1860's look at those wavy, rickety things!

[@SuperApplefan1]

right!!!! althought like the video said it's only a single track that goes to the cement place so prob doesn't deliver there very often

[@peterbustin2683]

@@mksland3884 America didn't exist then, did it?

[@-TheBugLord]

He's like a sims character

[@goldeneagle2976]

That’s hilarious 😆 Thanks for sharing and being at the right place at the right time🙏🏽👍🏽

[@HD41117]

I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for posting!

[@mightsnow3654]

Get the railroad police out there.

[@thedeviousduck8027]

railroad police are unnecessary, tracks are private property and therefore the railroad is allowed to defend it from those who would hinder the progress of the railroad, i.e. allow natural selection to take place

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@thedeviousduck8027... the dude riding shotgun, must've forgot it.

[@USAFpilot1993]

And the butthead of the year award goes to.... Pretentious Marathon Post Hitting Man.

[@eoinpkav152]

That train is beautiful

[@workingman5739]

That is one jacked up grade of track.

[@thecerealguy7713]

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[@Fischer0Dude]

How can people be so arrogant? The Loco crew are just doing their jobs. Take that marathon away from a rail road maybe?

[@SegoMan]

Or call the railroad and ask when that section of line will be used along with can we pound posts into your right of way??

[@JaapVanderHorst]

Those rails need some service. Looks like some arrears in maintenance.

[@hullian1113]

Well, they're gone now, so no need to worry.

[@soarinskies1105]

aaron frost what line was it?

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

man I was hopping the train would have hit all those stakes they drove in and push them all over that would have been funny as heck.

[@jordanray6459]

It’s really interesting to see what a mindless drone does when something unexpected happens. Clearly this one wasn’t programmed to react to having a train hit him in the face.

[@whitedovetail]

Boy that track is pretty bad. Nothing like running an engine or two over it to mash it back down! Those train crews are too patient for them city folks. Way to polite.....

[@armageddon1981]

It's people like this that make my job as a railroader difficult!!! The beautiful part is I'm getting paid more than them to do what I'm doing. That crew had nothing to explain to them!!!

[@SilentStorm54722]

" Oh look, a 140 ton diesel train. Maybe if I don't acknowledge it'll go away. "

[@Zapple7]

Looks like that's what was in the geezer's mind alright..

[@eliphas_catdaddy7982]

He was just checking the train's priviledge.

[@sylviaelse5086]

CSX should say "No more cement for you 'til you fix that track."

[@beauhatman4395]

"that track" is inspected on a regular basis, per frequency prescribed by the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration). CSX would not agree to use the track unless minimum standards for track dimensions are met and adhered to by the industry they are serving. Due to the camera angle, any type of irregularities in the track are "visually amplified", so to speak. If you walked up to and stood alongside that track, it would look totally different. You wouldn't notice the irregularities as much. Keep in mind, this type of track (industry serving) is limited to 10mph speed. One would never see track conditions, such as this, on a high speed (or, in excess of 10mph), freight/passenger section of track anywhere in the world.

[@The670533]

It is actually very easy to confuse the term "Running Track" with "Railroad Track". They both begin with the letter "R". Just like "Dumb" and "Dumber" sound "similar". So this is very easy to understand. Great video, great loco.

[@jehovahuponyou]

WHY DIDN'T THAT TRAIN JUST DRIVE AROUND THOSE GUYS???!!!!

[@1001saar]

"Rickety track" is an understatement!

[@johndavey72]

I'm genuinely surprised even amazed the train doesn't derail itself.

[@BloPsy_Actual]

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[@ckildegaard]

Okay, wow...doesn't look like that loco was moving very fast, but people should probably be a little less idiotic and...I don't know...move out of the way?

[@Romans--bo7br]

They're Not "idiotic"..... they're ARROGANT.... and "typical of the breed".... same as many bicyclists.

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

About 3mph. Camera is for shortening the situation... I have been a couple of feet from moving loco's. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill please....

[@stevethompson6772]

Around here, the railroads have gotten very strict with people trespassing on railroad property even with fishermen crossing the tracks to get to the river. Looking at this, I would suspect these people are trespassing on railroad property.

[@praab05]

Crazy part is those tracks aren’t there anymore

[@GemsofEarth]

Yeah and it looks so different now.

[@praab05]

@@GemsofEarth crazy part is when I was really young I remember there being tracks and the next time I was over in rockets landing when I was around 12 like 6-8 years later I’m like I swear there were tracks here lol

[@GemsofEarth]

​@praab05 Yeah when I lived in the South Richmond area, I didn't realized until I visit that area again. I usually fish out there and it does feels different even that warehouse. The train track is literally the bike path.

[@praab05]

@@GemsofEarth before going to college literally would ride my bike on that path that was once memories

[@jenniferbeatty7545]

'Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a Fall' ...

[@CMDRFandragon]

That is one rickety, raggedy ass train track, how the hell that train goes over that and doesnt derail, we will never know...

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Rails are in gauge, that's how. Not every track has to look like mainline tracks.

[@gibbsrg]

@@SD40Fan_Jason True, but it's still ragged track..lol. Even a branch line needs to be maintained.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@@gibbsrg I suppose your definition of maintenance differs from the railroad standard? So long as the rails are in gauge, it's acceptable for use. Maintenance is not to keep tracks looking like a class 1 mainline but to keep it in gauge.

[@gibbsrg]

@@SD40Fan_Jason Yes. I understand that. Branch lines don't need to be to the same standard as main line. It just looks rickety and ragged.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@@gibbsrg yep, I can agree it looks rough. But if you ask any mechanic why their tools don't look new or why they don't replace old tools, they will ask you, "if it ain't broke, why replace it?" Railroading is not a hobby, but a business so they are concerned about functionality rather than appearance.

[@WiIdbiII]

That would Have Been ONE FLAT YUPPIE, If I Was In Charge!

[@algrayson8965]

WiIdbiII, an apt name. You would use a deadly weapon on someone for being a slight annoyance to you?

[@VaeVictisXIII]

Always loved American trains, my father banned them from our train layout, he was a bit of a GWR purest and I can't blame him for not wanting his sons Amtrak Train to rock up in the middle of his 1950's Oxfordshire layout!

[@dangolfishin]

Had no idea an engine could navigate such a jacked up section of track