Idiot at Chesterton, IN Railcam

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[@Gizmologist1]

Couldn't care less about the man , only the dogs and the engineer.

[@andywomack3414]

My father, a locomotive engineer, ran over and killed a total of 3 people. The first, a ten year old boy..., my eyes water thinking about the night after it happened.

[@6680thSOG]

Totally with you on that.

[@6680thSOG]

@@andywomack3414 terrible. I've shared similar thoughts about the horrible things the crew, witnesses and first responders will never forget, and the family of the person.. sorry your dad had to experience that, and you also had to go through that. I get it.

[@gbalmain]

was my first thought as well.

[@suzannehedderly1331]

Andy Womack I'm so sorry! How awful for him and those killed. 💔

[@sptraxide]

The word "Idiot" is too nice to describe that guy!

[@rvnmedic1968]

Effin idiot. The engineer would have to live through a kid committing suicide and the dogs. If the idiot is looking at these comments I hope he sees NO ONE thought it was funny or defended his BS track fouling.

[@WarbonnetProductions]

Risking both his own life and 2 dogs life. He should be ashamed. Plus he probably gave a heart attack to the Train crew.

[@privateerbouncher9622]

j4y33k4y j4y why should the train stop? The idiot on foot is supposed to stop when the crossing is turned on, no matter if he’s late for his favourite TV show

[@mirails]

Privateer Bouncher it’s policy, the train must stop if it collided with something or is going to collide with something, no matter if it’s a person, dog, car, or other train

[@kellygervais3440]

It sounded like he might have hit the brakes but then stopped...

[@mittenrails]

@@kellygervais3440if he applied the emergency brake, he would’ve came to a full stop. Have to be in neutral in order to reset the PCS.

[@matthewm6466]

that is the scariest close call ive ever seen

[@garedneck04therailfanner48]

Im a year late but I Agree

[@KevinAndrew350]

Strange how he doesn't speed up, just carries on at his leisurely pace and then disappears behind the trees. Either way, he's an absolute fool.

[@rearspeaker6364]

@iaminevitable ree maybe, he wanted to get hit. must live right near that crossing, behind those trees.

[@garyquan5575]

Suppose there had been a train going the opposite way on the other track? All that would have been left of him (and the dogs) would have been instant guacamole.😱😱😱

[@mechanoid5739]

Looking at him I think that was his top speed!

[@ThatOneRailfanYT]

@@garyquan5575 That's quite a scary thought. That's like showing me a video of KCS' 'Saftey First Unit' hitting and killing a toddler O_O

[@paulspomer16]

@@mechanoid5739no one that old and frail should be out walking dogs or out walking at all

[@Amtrak90222]

Risking a dogs life? This person is sad.

[@LotusbandicootRR]

And to make it worse, 2 of them

[@cptmiller9566]

@@LotusbandicootRR and to make it worser than before, 2 of them and himself

[@Mr.Whiskers]

People should come before dogs! And besides, what if the dude was deaf (though he still should have seen the lights)?

[@tums2254]

@@Mr.Whiskers the gate was down

[@paulspomer16]

@@Mr.WhiskersPeople should come before dogs?! Seriously?!?🤡🤡

[@nssigmtrretired6661]

If that man has a family , his folks shouldn't let him walk the dogs alone. I maintained crossing equipment 35 yrs and almost made it to retirement before anyone got killed on my territory.

[@SamZarifYT]

Almost?

[@RoyalKingOfTheRails]

They shouldn't let him walk at all. I can only imagine how the train crew felt.

[@johngibson3743]

Putting his and his dogs' lives at risk for an Amtrack train that cleared in about 20 seconds.

[@ralphchristianson]

My dog would want to stop and sniff about center track. He just could not wait for two minutes, must have a very busy life to this point. That was as fast as he could go.

[@god5926]

idgaf about the man, i just want the dogs to be safe!

[@Max.299]

Wow god

[@RoyalKingOfTheRails]

And the train crew, it can be hard for them when they have to go in emergency knowing they killed a person.

[@scottw550]

Saved himself a grand total of 30 seconds.

[@pulaski1]

But the stress of nearly being hit by a train probably cut rather more than that off his life

[@fluffnose3386]

Not even 30 seconds. More like maybe 20

[@jpsholland]

@@pulaski1 I am afraid he is to stupid to realize that, otherwise he would have waited for the train.

[@Neillan]

@@pulaski1 Good one.

[@user-dq5xx9hi4q]

@@fluffnose3386 I counted 12 seconds. Who can wait that long? ;-)

[@Fireguy97]

Wow! He must be pretty important. I wonder what he's planning to do with those additional nine seconds that he saved by not having to wait for the train to go by?

[@jpsholland]

Since they were married, his wife called him that she is ready for a good fuck, he didn't want to miss that. He was waiting 40 years for that.

[@rjb5847]

Stupid moronic behaviour like that creates a lot of stress on train crews. I railroaded for over 37 years and during my career hit 14 cars and 2 trespassing pedestrians. I couldn't count the near misses. Every one of those gives you a sick feeling & reminds you of an earlier accident in which someone died.

[@thelakeman5207]

Those dogs just realized their owner isn't playing with a full deck.

[@NismoFinder]

Holy crap..that was about as close a call as you can have without having to bring out the shovels and scrapers.

[@AbiAngelProductions]

This the ghost of a man and his dogs. Every year on this day he appears long enough to cross ahead of a train, only barely making it past the speeding train. He disappears when the train passes. It is said that on a windy, dark night you can hear the howling of the dogs. His lonely widow was seen sitting by the tracks as she mourned the death of the dogs. She always blamed him for the incident. She didn't grieve for him. This all happened many years ago before there were warnings or lights at crossings. She decided to mark the place where he died with a marker but instead of the usual cross she just erected an "X" to mark the spot. She only put his name on it. First name was Buck and his last name was Cross. In the obituary they listed him in the normal last name, first name format. Cross, Buck . To this day the X marker at every railway crossing is called a crossbuck.

[@AbiAngelProductions]

I am a bit of a jokester LOL I couldn't resist.

[@hatekanalen-thehatechannel9748]

Are you on druggi?@@AbiAngelProductions

[@donotneed2250]

​@@AbiAngelProductions, but it makes enough sense it could be true.🤷🏼‍♂️

[@johnperrigo6474]

WELL DONE!

[@SKYKOP1972]

He's a DA, He's a DA, He'll always be a DA. The terror that crew felt when for those few seconds they believed they'd killed a human being.

[@gcbranger1189]

don't forget. he is also a POS who is FOS! i feel bad those dogs have an owner like that.

[@Suncast45]

Years ago there was a sign next to the ICRR tracks in Fulton, Ky that read--The Panama Limited passes this crossing in 20 seconds, whether you're on it or not! LOL

[@unidentifiablesmurf7963]

*The RSPCA want to know your location*

[@bruceirwin6581]

I have a GREAT feeling it was the tracks either off Jackson Blvd. In Chesterton which lead to the town of Porter. ..w ALL the bars..!!!

[@srh2301]

@@bruceirwin6581 It's 161 N 4th street goo.gl/maps/oqiuFwLSvmqjs11Z9 , but this doesn't make him less an idiot...

[@norfolksouthernrailworks1543]

Seriously, 8 months after I film a guy at this very crossing getting hit by a westbound intermodal, this pops up in my recommended??? Excuse me???

[@davefrommilwaukeewisconsin8477]

Put this man in jail.

[@jayydarailfaner549]

He thinks his living a GTA life he’ll get hit by train then re appear at the nearest hospital like no sir this is reality

[@railfangraham4182]

I bet the engineer shit himself I mean just seeing a person and two dogs just appear bright as day in your headlights going that quick

[@OregonRailfan83]

A candidate for the Darwin Award just needs more practice!

[@midwestrails8317]

Lucky that it wasn’t on Main 2

[@privateerbouncher9622]

What would the difference be?

[@trainsinmanitoba1173]

dlar 33 I thought it was for a sec through the dog hot clipped

[@shellscale]

@@privateerbouncher9622 The train would have killed hi, on the other main.

[@rgmrails]

That dog just almost died when the Train almost clipped the tail of the dog! Wow

[@DerekDtj]

Loved the way he "hurried up" slightly with his walk. He does remind one of Rory McElroy a bit.

[@Buick_the_rd.master]

This wasn’t even a long train, not even 15 seconds? Wtf. I live 5 mins from where this rail cane is and this happens more then you think

[@CartmanBavaria]

A German speech: if you're in hurry, you have no luck! 🍀 😲

[@ralphchristianson]

My Dad would say the hurrier you go the behinder you get or as Scottie likes to say, you can not fix stupid.

[@euclideszoto997]

Sir you are very kind who posted this. Idiot is a very mild description of what this person just did. But I guess you cant use other words or KZbin wouldn't let you post it.

[@dontlookback3549]

sure you can: dumb ass idiot

[@patrickyu8470]

Had that been a westbound, Chesterton IN would be national news.....

[@kianthetrainspotter7777]

The guy had headphones what a jerk

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

It was about 3 second away from having a “liveleak” logo appear in the corner

[@fives2155]

i'm glad the dogs are good and the engineer didn't end up suffering the trauma of hitting someone

[@ATamandua]

At this same camera last month I saw a truck (like this man and his dogs, heading north) pull around the gates into the path of an eastbound Amtrak, probably this same one on a different night. People take some STUPID chances here.

[@fredashay]

Barely missed getting his Darwin Award.

[@Ab-iz9uv]

Cool he’s gonna get home 5 seconds faster. What a nice trophy.

[@Narpets2112]

Wow! I thought at least the dog was a goner.

[@TheRantingCabbie]

20 seconds. That's all it took for the train to pass by. Nuff said.

[@brianmcintyre6132]

He almost won a darwin award.

[@tentor7]

That nut, and those 2 dogs, have a guardian angel. end of comment.

[@TrainsofChicagoland]

Wow how low can you stoop to not only risk your life, BUT YOUR 2 DOGS HE WAS FEET AWAY FROM GETTING HIT LIKE 5 FEET

[@LakeStateRailfan]

More like 5 inches!

[@TrainsofChicagoland]

US and CA Railfan 2103 yes

[@Dansvideos03]

I wonder if the Amtrak went into emergency but still, very scary watching this vid my heart pounded…poor dogs

[@OregonRailfan83]

A candidate for the Darwin Award

[@rtothes936]

True to the title, poor dogs could've been killed.

[@mrshurman2559]

A village nearly lost their idiot! 😂

[@konewone361]

No they haven’t lost him, but very nearly did.

[@jpsholland]

This is why the railroad in Holland is completely fenced off, and railroad crossings are disappearing fast.

[@mike89128]

There's something in the water at Chesterton. Used to pull dead bodies frequently from cars struck crossing tracks with lights flashing and gates down. Usually they also went around stopped traffic to beat the train.

[@joesiciliano5280]

wow, that could have been messy ...

[@roncook4781]

It only took 10 seconds for that train to clear the intersection, what a putz!

[@crackwitz]

train took JUST TEN LOUSY SECONDS to pass. that wasn't a long-ass freight train. was that person tired of living or just in a hurry to get on a shitter?

[@UnitedRailfan]

Geez. Thats the closest ive ever seen on this cam

[@zxatl2003]

It is infuriating ! Want to slap him silly and ask him what was on his mind ?

[@epiccsx]

Why did he walk across the tracks so slow like there was no train speeding toward him?

[@djlawlz4041]

Wow... that was VERY close

[@tdvandy2]

I work for a railroad. I once worked a train where a guy was walking his dog on the tracks. The dog got out of the way. The guy was airlifted to a hospital with a whole bunch of issues. Not a good night.

[@rgreed20081]

There are a lot of areas in the country where trains do travel at fast speeds. In one video which I have watch, the train's speed had almost knock a camera tripod. The camera's owner had been able to prevent the tripod from falling down to the ground. The train was traveling above 60 miles a hour.

[@Michealtherailfan310]

Someone is Re-streaming Railstreams cameras his name is @carmelomcduffybnsfcn777railfan

[@garfieldsmith332]

Obviously deaf, blind in one eye and can not see out the other.

[@GarrettHaire]

Couldn’t wait 20 seconds, put him and his dogs like in danger, that train was inches away from that poor dog.

[@burdizdawurd1516Official]

And that, folks, is why the Lake Shore is often late getting into Boston

[@mp165]

saw that LIVE TERRIFYING CLOSE with poor amtrak train 48 of 23rd

[@jimmd68]

I just counted the time: 20 seconds was all he "gained".

[@caseys.5165]

Surprisingly the train didn't have to go into emergency for the close call.

[@Northeast_PA_Trucks_And_Trains]

Clear Signal Railroad Productions The train didn’t go into emergency since it would still have not stopped at such speed and it could have caused it to derail. Anyway that guy is still a moron.

[@wandtvdougwolfe1]

If those dogs got hurt I would have been very mad.

[@derrickdonnelly8650]

Wow! That was so stupid! I mean, he literally saved about 30 seconds of time doing that. The worst part is he risked his dogs' lives doing that and also gave the engineer a really traumatic experience. I mean, if just one thing had changed, like his dogs hesitating for even half a second, they would all me gone.

[@danielarunmahtawny7347]

Dog owner waited the whole day, just for the train to come through. I am - never - surprised.

[@railfanwill3450]

That's actually really close

[@americanrider]

He saved at least 20 or 30 seconds on his walk

[@privateerbouncher9622]

Omg this guy even beats those who drives into the tracks in Ashland, this guy was dropped when he was born for sure! But sadly this might not have taught him anything... he’ll learn when the dog or himself gets hit not before...

[@andywomack3414]

I've seem the Ashland vids. Seems the fault is more with the design of the crossing than the drivers, although I think it also shows the lackadaisical attitude in the USA toward driver education and licensing.

[@Imintune...]

Im sure could had picked out and charged him since some local smuck.

[@CardinalSin_96]

The man can splatter for all I care... just don't want the dog to get hurt

[@MikeKauaiHawaii]

all that to save, what, 20 seconds... absolute idiocy

[@espenBredessenJones]

that is just shocking and very difficult to watch. for me personally being devoted to my dogs ( and cats too ) that I consider to be my only reason for living and I would give my life to any and all of them this is just a very disturbing thing to see. hopefully he has enough sense to not do this again. I'm afraid he may not have the sense to learn from this error. & it may be because of his age that his mental faculties are in question

[@themochijimin6884]

I once lived in Chesterton. People can be idiots.... I have 2 dogs and when I’m walking them, I walk them in the day time and not in the middle of the nightttt

[@Ram-h8dnism]

Ok maybe that's why we have so many train deaths in that town

[@user-il6zo5lb2t]

It's an Amtrack too ! Only about ten cars

[@Nighthawk681]

Got to love it......Natural selection at it's best

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

JESUS H. CHRIST!!!!! That was close

[@grignosse]

Those two dogs almost got killed.

[@albertcarello619]

Also in Chedterton you have the South Shore Line with it's trains always going dangerously fast. They too can match the speed of Amtrak Trains. I hope Chesterton doesn't impose a no train horn zones or ordinance.

[@yoshixcrossing2355]

That’s dangerous. Idk why people do impulsive things like that and almost risk lives. Let it be a lesson learned guys

[@Staceystacey19]

Good Lord, those dogs kind of panicked at any second and stopped and froze and got run over. What an dummy that man is.

[@erika_-ig4so]

as a person who live in chesterton and a family member who works at amtrak that's awful like did he even live where did he go and on top of that he is older so he should know better

[@megadavis5377]

He couldn’t even run. He hobbled across. I think it’s time for a Silver Alert…

[@jsl151850b]

*Are the dogs ok? They should have said something.*

[@topgun51]

This is the same guy that would run a portable generator in his basement..

[@danburch9989]

He probably has. He's lost several brain cells to CO.

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@danburch9989 the same type that kidnaps and abuses women too.

[@3985uprr]

He must abuse those dogs

[@ThatCarGuy2]

The DMV should revoke his license!!

[@Coaster2301Productions]

But he is walking...

[@ThatCarGuy2]

So....

[@playereric7538]

The license to exist

[@ThatCarGuy2]

Yeah lol

[@vermilionrailfan5651]

@@Coaster2301Productions if this is how he acts while walking, god only know's what he does when he drives

[@delawarecountyrailfan2204]

Geez that was close!

[@LauraSquirrel]

Wow. That was insane. That brainless dolt was so close to getting splattered.

[@tommercer3226]

Lucky dog. Or should I say, lucky Dogs.

[@sjones111460]

For a guy that was in no hurry, where did he dissappear to in 10 seconds? Somethings off here..the dogs wernt even scared!

[@misterflibble6601]

I'm sure that he could easily have made it far enough in 10 seconds to be concealed by the trees and how can you possibly know whether or not the dogs were scared?

[@CPguyinON]

You can just barely see him go behind the trees right after the train passes

[@johnmistretta9557]

Wait, was he blind? That must be why he almost killed himself, + He could be def.

[@nicoleasyowell1070]

This guy needs stop at the red and not risking his and the dog's life.

[@geoffmackley]

Those poor dogs !

[@allenmurray7893]

And we talk about the drivers in Ashland,VA. This guy runs close.

[@aaronbishopp7612]

That train takes about a mile or more

[@thebusterdog921]

Was that a near miss or what? I don't see any sign of them after the train passed.

[@danburch9989]

It's a near hit.

[@franciscorico9236]

I bet the train operators yelled out "ASSHOLE"

[@mt5144]

All I can say is "What was that Idiot thinking" he needs to be caught & fined, He was very lucky.

[@seungkim3829]

City of Chesterton must install a gate for pedestrians too!

[@rearspeaker6364]

a machine gun nest is better.