Operation Lifesaver

[@ZakWolf]

I'm not surprised they had television's Michael Gross host this video, since he's a rail enthusiast. He also hosted that "World's Greatest Hobby" DVD on building your first model railroad layout.

[@ShawnCalay]

He owned Santa Fe southern railway

[@allenra530]

One of my uncles was a locomotive engineer. A young woman tried to beat him to the crossing south of Portland, Oregon. She lost. 15 years later, he told me that he could still see the rear axle of that car flying one way while the rest of the car went the other way. He lived with that image burned into his memory for 48 years before he died. People don't think their decisions affect many others. Making the wrong decision can affect people you don't even know.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Yep, train engineers constantly live in fear of something like this happening. Sometimes it is SO traumatic for them they refuse to come back to work ever again. Think about that.

[@menslady125eif2590]

How tragic. And what's even sadder is that it didn't even have to happen. It was easily preventable. (sigh) But people just don't listen and let impatience get the better of them.

[@FischerFan]

I hope many people read your post. When people witness something graphic and disturbing like your uncle did; it constitutes a traumatic experience and the image of what they've witnessed becomes their own personal Zapruder film. I shake my head at how irresponsible so many motorists, even the most seasoned ones, can be when it comes to safety fundamentals for approaching and clearing railway crossings.

[@barrydheil]

15:37 "I live in the real world so I know some of you may know a little something about alcohol and drugs. I am not asking for a show of hands... Relax." Lol that got me, this man went for the "I know some of you it, just do it safely" method of teaching.

[@mow4ncry]

I run locomotives I'm glad they covered what the crrews go through

[@ryanwilson9555]

Driving into the side of a train is like missing the elephant in the room and driving straight into it.

[@bluegrassman3040]

My uncle worked for the ICRR, and he tore the back half of an F250 off at a grade crossing in Rives, TN.

[@ShawnCalay]

What years, I worked at IC and was friends with a lot of them boys out of Tennessee, I was from Chicago

[@leehuff2330]

Two additional pointers: 1) Never attempt to pass any vehicle such as a bus or truck that has stopped for the crossing, as they are doing so as required by law in the case of busses and trucks carrying hazardous materials. 2) If you must abandon a vehicle that is stuck on the track, flee towards the direction the train is coming from, as debris will be thrown in the direction the train is moving.

[@swo.zeb223]

6:44 I’m pretty sure this scene was taken from Burlington Northern’s 1980 safety film “Path of A Giant”.

[@ericzerkle8486]

In 1996 I lost a very good friend to a train vehicle crash. 😢

[@nssteampunk4865]

19:26 looks like crossbucks that were placed over the original square shaped railroad warning signs

[@mow4ncry]

There was a sign at a crossing that the California zephyr went through years ago, it said the California zephyr takes 15 seconds to pass this crossing, your car makes no difference

[@menslady125eif2590]

Guy being interviewed: Why wait? Train: (hits car in following scene) Me:....THAT'S why!

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

6:58 that has a warning light.

[@treymath3800]

All these drivers ed videos are so old and low quality

[@jeffaumand1323]

Maybe so but it has a great message to tell. Look listen & live. J. P. Aumand locomotive engineer (retired)

[@barrydheil]

Well, there are newer ones than this, it's not like operation lifesaver stopped making videos in the 90's, and a lot of them got better with film making as well.

[@ZakWolf]

@@barrydheil Yep. But even old ones like this are still relevant to this day!

[@markcinque4586]

i agree 23:02

[@aaronwebb6802]

Trains can't stop on a dime, they just can't stop , the engineer might slam His brakes into emergency, but due to the size of his engine, and The cars behind the train, the locomotive can't stop

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@aaronwebb6802 If a train WAS suddenly able to stop like that, it would crash and cause untold devastation. The bigger they are, the HARDER they'll fall.