TRAIN PUSHES TRUCK INTO PARKED CARS IN LA GRANGE, KY! PLUS, A GREAT ONE DAY GRAB BAG! 2/15/2022

[@theofficerfactory2625]

"I swear officer! I didn't see the train until it was right upon me! It swerved right in front of me and hit me!"

[@oldgoat142]

🤣🤣Good one!

[@DTD110865]

@@oldgoat142 I don't think that's what happened here at all.

[@kenshoemaker3318]

Hope the person looses their license!! This was unnecessary!!

[@oldgoat142]

@@DTD110865 That went right over your head. Carefully read what The Officer Factory wrote. Take your time.

[@DTD110865]

@@kenshoemaker3318 For what? Being forced to wait to go around the train because another truck was blocking his way?

[@boxcarvibe5671]

Not too many people can say they got hit by a train...head on...and survived

[@Hackanhacker]

🤣

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

I love how the train wasn't satisfied it hit the pickup, so it hit it again "one last time."

[@ArleneBingo]

LOL

[@richardbause2453]

Policy holder; " It was Big, Had a Blue & Yeller Nose 👃, Made a Loud Rumble that shook the Ground, it 😳 also had 3 Bright lights 2 that Flashed with the what I Think Might be a Horn 🎷 😀 "??? FARMERS INSURANCE AGENT 🚜 : " YES, WE'VE SEEN A THING OR TWO ", with lots & lots of STUPIDITY, Bum Bump 🤔 😳 😀 POLICY CANCELED😜.

[@karafaunt4386]

Oh, hi trainfan!

[@richardbause2453]

@@karafaunt4386 hello 👋 ☺

[@chadrew6]

It was the car drivers fault. The train stopped as quickly as it could. I guess you don't know that it takes a while for something as heavy as a train to stop.

[@PamB81]

Watched La Grange live last night. I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often. Glad everyone was fine!

[@ShowThemOHIOsHere]

How you can manage to not see and be hit by a big train that's literally going down the middle of the road at 10 mph is an epic fail on all levels

[@MrPaulus8040]

To be fair, he/she was not at fault really. Not as much as the thoughtful person in the white vehicle. Red vehicle was left with no where to go. A perfect storm essentially. Both vehicles should have been a bit wiser in this scenario.

[@alexander1485]

Going down the wrong way too

[@thumperjdm]

Driver to police: "I guess that train was hiding behind a shrub...or maybe a mailbox. By the time I saw it, it was too late!" ;-)

[@MrPaulus8040]

@@alexander1485 HA! oh yeah .. I didn't pick up on that because I'm Aussie .. it is normal to drive like that .. hehe

[@jturtle5318]

@@MrPaulus8040 he could have backed up and gotten closer behind the cars. For some reason, he wanted to go forward.

[@JackF99]

Seems like that wreck required two incompetent drivers to be in the exact same place at the exact same time.

[@jsivco3sivco785]

No, ONE incompetent driver... who was driving on the WRONG side of the street.

[@kingarthursims]

@@jsivco3sivco785 and didn't know how to drive backwards lol.

[@jayjaynella4539]

Give the train driver his due. He helped to ding the metal because of his oversize train!!!!!!!

[@JackF99]

@@jayjaynella4539 that's a very good point

[@tomkeating65]

@@jayjaynella4539 you don't get out much do you?

[@way2tired2]

I mean.. if EITHER of those trucks had not tried to outrun the train.. it would have been fine.

[@kc8rbk73]

And how can you not back up in a straight line faster than that train was moving? A 3 legged dog with cataracts could out run the down there!

[@jovetj]

...probably. Never underestimate driving incompetence or human stupidity.

[@annagyure4844]

It is amazing to see the fuselages when you’re right by them. So cool 😍

[@OnTheRocks71]

Planes, Trains, and (poorly driven) Automobiles. This video has it all.

[@keddiewye6517]

They should eliminate the head-in parking and go to parallel parking on the street. That way there would be room for a lane in each direction even with a train there.

[@varrick1226]

Now you’re making too much sense!

[@davidrobot7818]

I thought this too. It's poor road and train planning /management.

[@macncheesejayden]

They probably wouldn't go for it because it would mean less parking spots, which makes sense.

[@vermontviking]

There is parallel on one side, still not enough between the cars and the tracks. Perhaps no parking on that side is a solution.

[@sanddabz5635]

@@harrygoldun5779 The rail line was there first, it's the town that built all around it.

[@OxnardLocalRailfan]

Imagine having to explain your insurance that you had a head on collison with a train that was traveling down main street. Nice video.

[@J3scribe]

When the driver of the red truck made their left turn and saw the headlight of the oncoming train they should have stopped immediately and backed out of the street. That was the only safe course of action. No other decision would have resulted in a positive outcome. It's a train. Get out of the f'n way.

[@johnnyboy55]

Exactly! The driver had plenty of time to back up. Made no effort to move. Just sat there. My first thought was that maybe he was impaired.

[@elinars5638]

There was plenty of space between the train tracks and the parked cars.

[@jacobanderson6551]

@@elinars5638 on the left side is oncoming traffic. Aginst the law to drive there.

[@elinars5638]

@@jacobanderson6551 this video shows a collision of a train and a car.

[@elinars5638]

@@jacobanderson6551 "I would rather have my truck wrecked and risk dying or getting seriously injured when the street is completely empty on left side, even though my truck is already 95% on the left side of the road and people move over to the left on similar roads just to pass a bicycle."

[@jeffgarrett2114]

Those planes are not ripe yet they're still green

[@lightwavz]

Comment of the day! Thanks!

[@Dulcimerist]

1:35 - There's no crossing gates at the far intersection? Even so, that white pickup never should have turned and attempted to race the train down the street.

[@renegadetenor]

The white pickup could have no reasonable idea that an idiot would be proceeding down the wrong lane! He did everything right.

[@dcooper1535]

@@renegadetenor The white pickup driver actually made an illegal turn, and could be cited for two moving violations according to Kentucky motor vehicle laws. That white truck should not have been where it was, and endangered others for its reckless negligence.

[@STho205]

It was initially caused by the white truck who jumped in with a train in sight, but contributing negligence. The red truck crossed into that zone before the arms came down and the train was not visible as he came past the buildings. The red truck's lane was the tracks, so the driver went left, assuming a counter space on the left (they likely couldn't swing that monster in anyway with one move)...instead of just backing out of the situation immediately. If the red truck driver could have backed straight for 100 feet then they'd avoid the train. Obviously from my wife's tribe who can't back straight for more than two feet without starting into a circle. The locomotive engineer likely could have stopped. He stopped just a couple of feet later after hitting the truck...so he was playing king of the hill chicken. This one was a three way.

[@renegadetenor]

@@dcooper1535 How can you talk about the white truck, with no mention of the red truck?! That's patently nuts!

[@jovetj]

They shouldn't have built a street concurrent with the railroad tracks, either. But here we are.

[@barrettwbenton]

Great compilation! And…why do I get the sinking feeling that too many owners of "plus-sized" pickups have developed a sense of entitlement that rivals the size of their rides?

[@edz2974]

You’re 100% correct. These oversized trucks should require a special license and show need. They are dangerous to other drivers and pedestrians. They are often driven by people that can barely control them. Next time you’re out and about go nose to nose with one in a parking lot. The bumpers and the overall design would allow the pickup to drive over any car on the road.

[@Enjoyer.762]

@Ed Z2 Ok Karen lol

[@edz2974]

@@Enjoyer.762 Considering I’ve almost been hit 5 times by these oversized pos. Oftentimes over the double yellows, in my lane coming at me. The drivers are brain dead.

[@matthewwilson5019]

@@edz2974 yea well what about losers who drivbe sports cars? they drive like they are on the race track

[@edz2974]

@@matthewwilson5019 You drive a pickup dont you?

[@timothyrachford1868]

How do you explain that to your insurance, my truck got totaled by a train, because I thought I could beat it, no wonder insurance rates keep going up

[@SarahRenz59]

9:29 I love the livery on the Amtrak 50th anniversary heritage loco -- very sharp!

[@Bolivar2012able]

The local council need to make that street one way. You can't fit on street car parking, two way traffic, and a freight train all at once down this busy street at times. Something has to give. In this case provision for vehicles is too much.

[@DarkVoidIII]

They don't make streets one way for the reasons you want them to be one way. Additionally, trains travel both ways, should the trains be prohibited from traveling back across their own route just because of one way sign? That would make no sense at all.

[@NozomuYume]

@@DarkVoidIII It's not a matter of which direction the train is going, it's a matter of making it so that there's just one lane of traffic, so that cars don't wind up trying to drive around each other like happened here. This street is just too narrow for parking on both sides, especially with perpendicular parking, and two lanes of traffic, AND train tracks.

[@iMadrid11]

Just close that section of street to car traffic. Pedestrian and Cyling path only. Then setup a barrier fence you can't cross over the tracks.

[@mmi16]

It's Kentucky! Not noted for intellectual thoughts.

[@abelq8008]

They could add in a bike lane and a street festival, there's plenty of room!

[@DIYD]

Judging by the brake lights and lack of movement right before the hit, it looks like they went deer in headlights and froze up. Yikes 🤯

[@CapStar362]

but how do you justify red truck drove RIGHT UP to the train. Multiple factors of fault here. Seeing the second truck is when he froze.

[@DIYD]

@@CapStar362 eh ... They we delusional and they thought they could get through or 'make it" ... To no avail.

[@timothyrachford1868]

Glad to see it looks like everyone was ok

[@PilotVBall]

That's some major entitlement right there. The truck commercial told him he owned the road.

[@MrBnsftrain]

0:10 GP60M, BN green SD40-2, and SD60M triple heading through Parkville 0:20 and an H2 Dash 9 triple header in Galesburg! (with some three-axle military vehicles in its consist) 1:40 a guy runs in front of the train just before it hits the red pickup truck! They should really get rid of parking on this street as that other car could've went into a building! 8:14 hi-rail truck pulling ballast hoppers 8:32 SP gray on a K&O train (leading at 14:44) 9:24 Amtrak 160 "Pepsi" on the Southwest Chief 10:00 KCT SW1500 switching some old BNSF hoppers, some are still painted for ATSF and BN 11:04 SC44 and P42 doubleheading on a 4-car Midwest train! 11:24 600-series warbonnet with a bunch of Xs on it 12:52 they're seriously going to tear down these old buildings?! I thought this camera would help save them!

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

I think when it comes to La Grange, the only possible solution would be to put crossing signals and or gates at all of the intersections. Granted, we’re dealing with humans here and some of them will just run the gates.

[@KARMA-vu8ii]

Wow! Its a street running train, how are you going to put a gate across the road the track travels down? How do you not know that the truck was not already between intersections, or just pulled out of one of the parking spots? Yes we are dealing with humans, apparently that's the reason for the above comment.

[@AG-un7dz]

@@KARMA-vu8ii Relax Ron. Maybe he was talking about installing crossing gates at Walnut Ave. and 2nd Ave. in addition to the existing crossing arms on 1st Ave. Actually not a bad idea and would have at least stopped that pickup from entering the intersection. But nothing is guaranteed in todays world of impatient drivers.

[@bssn9469]

Remove all parking on either side of the tracks...

[@norfolksouthernrailfan2006]

Prohibit cars from getting on the street and have it for pedestrians only.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Move the town.

[@richardbause2453]

I don't think holding your foot on the brakes 🤔 is going to stop the train 🤔 from pushing you down the street...

[@Blippity_Bloop64]

Heh. That's the only comment I wanted to make. :)

[@OnTheRocks71]

"What if I press the brake pedal REAL HARD?" 😂

[@richardbause2453]

@@OnTheRocks71 I think the damage will get really BIGGER...

[@ivanoffw]

I like the idea that he thought that the brakes on his pickup truck would stop the train. Should be an automatic removal of drivers licensee, and a felony if caught driving again since they are a menace to society.

[@konewone361]

Yep that had me rolling on the floor laughing. I’m gunna put my brakes on, that’ll work.😂

[@osageorange2805]

During the truck bump, I love how the loco's horn sounds like a harmonica, especially during the 0.25x part

[@ejdsndnj]

1st generation K5HL

[@tonydavey3741]

The guy with the white truck that pulled out in front of the red car set it all in motion and the lady in the red car cannot reverse, should not be allowed on the road if you cannot reverse a vehicle, mind the drivers in that town are pretty awful

[@CaptHollister]

How do you know the red truck was driven by a lady ?

[@Limited-uq2yk]

@@CaptHollister you get the point though?

[@metalmike669]

I love these compilation mash ups! These are great!

[@fedupgamer9075]

Those stores in La Grange and Ashland must be the greatest stores in the world. But, if I lived at either place, I would never park near those tracks.

[@DTD110865]

Ashland has some public parking spaces. You just have to know where they are.

[@darlenemassey6161]

For sure.

[@dharmaqueen7877]

It wasn't this bad until we became a tourist town.

[@Gypples]

Man, that red truck didn't do a whole lot to save itself. Lol

[@andrewd.3075]

I'm so used to engineers waving that when the guy at the 10:50 mark didn't wave, I was disappointed he didn't say hi.

[@skerbs7755]

What happened at La Grange doesn't surprise me. I drive with people like that every day when driving to work in KY. Glad the driver is safe and hopefully has learned a valuable life lesson--Trains rule.

[@slicaltimistic1]

Until they repeat same mistake, and think they gonna get different results. They'll never learn.

[@adamjohnathan]

Looks like "stand your ground" did not work out to well for the pick up truck. It appears the driver froze up and did not think to continue to reverse drive the truck to the intersection behind them. Brain freeze or anxiety-fear attack occurred.

[@STho205]

It didn't work well for the engineer either...cause he had to do a lot of paperwork and stopped just a foot past the accident anyway. He just didn't want to stop...it is not that he couldn't stop.

[@icecold1950]

Excellent video! Thanks VR

[@tranquility7692]

Train horn sounded like a harmonica in slowed video in LaGrange (2:06)

[@geepnut2459]

La Grange does it again, saw it live and unfortunately was predictable this time

[@rogertemple7193]

Don't ya just love LaGrange.

[@microbusss]

I haven't seen the Salt Lake 2002 since it was in North Platte a few years ago at Rail Fest It was kept by the loco repair shops is the station being torn down??

[@EliWCoyote]

1:36 "So how did you spend your Valentine's Day?" "Oh, took the truck for a spin..."

[@natehill8069]

OK, what are the bullseye things on the flatcars with the airliner fuselages?

[@evilborg]

Fuselage stabilizers when they are transported and are bolted to these frames. These cars are dedicated for airplane parts.

[@natehill8069]

@@evilborg How do they work? They dont seem to be connected to the airframes and the 3 in this video are all different distances from them.

[@evilborg]

@@natehill8069 Those had the cockpit installed so they didn't use those bracing brackets they used the nose cone bracing instead. When they transport only the fuselages without the cockpit then they use them.

[@natehill8069]

@@evilborg OK that makes sense, didnt realize they were shipped sans nose.

[@gabbyb9632]

I would wonder if the RR also sends a bill to truck driver ins company for damage plus down town

[@Automcanic]

1:35 😆 I honestly have no words to describe this!

[@Deyortsedxp]

same

[@jackfrost3254]

I do... Stupidity

[@sonnylatchstring]

Does a train have right of way when I'm on the wrong side of the street?

[@thomaskerley1388]

Why do they have tracks and streets running together? I know that it's not likely they put tracks in the middle of the street because usually the tracks were there first and the town grew up around them. What I don't understand is , when the town and streets were being laid out, why didn't they keep the tracks as a dedicated corridor and put streets parallel to them? It seems like that would have made a lot more sense and been safer.

[@7autumn5]

About 5:17 when the guy walking the dog touches the arm of the railroad lights. LOL

[@Normal1855]

Question. Why would they put the road, directly on the tracks?

[@t17389z]

What are those strange looking cars around 11:30 from BNSF?

[@michaeld53]

I believe they are transporting new vehicles

[@andyhughes5885]

Every railfan who live in the U.S.A. must think its like living in Paradise. All trains different sizes carrying all kinds of different loads. Something we NEVER see in Britain.

[@usmale4915]

I can't believe the RED TRUCK actually hit the brakes when the train hit him! Good grief, as if that's going to stop a TRAIN! As long as no one was injured...LOL! Thank you for caring and sharing...great video, as usual!

[@arizonasnowman6838]

hopefully they understand now not to get in front of the train 😳

[@barbara4944]

What is the wooden structure at 9 minutes?

[@Halo1Buff]

I have to ask about that rail truck towing the two hoppers through Wichita. There's something you don't see every day, any idea what it was doing with those?

[@davidbrown4823]

In my day tagging was chalk not spray paint. I have seen some neat paintings on the blank side of cars but some get out of control. I am curious are automobiles damaged?

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

That drivers insurance premium is going to go through the roof.

[@janetcarlson4923]

Why cant they time the signal and arms to come down a lille earlier? I cross a blindside light rail track almost every day and have to wait a minute or so before you even see the train. This person basically had the gate come down right behind then. How did they not see the warning lights? Then they also had a little room they could have pulled a little to the left until another car turned. Also, why didnt they back up it may have given the train enough time to stop?

[@yyzedd]

Good thing trains are restricted to 10 mph when running on streets. Imagine the destruction if it was going faster.

[@serpentinesecrets6771]

I don’t know why but I like seeing the trains haul planes

[@backalleyrailroading2835]

If the other truck hadn't pulled around the corner they would have made it... They knew they were in trouble once that happened !!! Bummer for all involved, including the train.

[@CerveloR5]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 for the train hitting the truck!! 👍

[@Yormsane]

Very glad no one was on the sidewalk when red truck guy lost the plot. Coulda been a lot worse.

[@GamingJamesGames]

5:00 why is the crossing gate crooked again XD

[@евгениймакаркин-и1ю]

3:11 ouch-yacht, what happen in Kentucky

[@lindaterrell5535]

He might have made it if the other car hadn’t come round the corner.

[@vtace1]

08:13 when you run out of locomotives to pull a train

[@realMrHudson]

1:35 Everyone gonna ignore that Altima driver that stopped past the line and bent the crossing gates???

[@jovetj]

That wouldn't have hurt the crossing gate any. But the gate could come down and scratch the car's finish.

[@WatchesTrainsAndRockets]

Here is a thought about La Grange. Just abandon the quiet zone between 0800 and 2200. A lot of these incidents would not happen if the drivers heard the horn before entering the block.

[@nusbaumtanner]

lived in places with rail pretty much my entire life and hasnt bothered me at all at night. its like having a dark zone where all cars have to turn off their lights to reduce light pollution.

[@WatchesTrainsAndRockets]

@@nusbaumtanner Shhh! They'll hear you, miss the sarcasm and irony, and try to do it.

[@TheCelltek]

they should make that street a ONE WAY!!!!!

[@janmarieharmony2788]

What an awesome grab bag .. Love this one

[@edwardroberts2997]

One very, very nice video!!!

[@rbk2745]

I thought it was only in Brazil but it seems in USA there are some "good" drivers too. 🙄😆

[@cujo6970]

Judging by that guy fighting the plywood at 12:50 I don't think that station will come down easy

[@johnsmith-wd5sq]

Thank you! I was looking for this comment!! The other guy just standing there watching must have been the boss!

[@ralphvickers2339]

where are they moving all the military vehicles too ?

[@alanjanos652]

That looked like a perfect opportunity for the "Boing" sound.

[@4thdistrict476]

I feel bad for the owner of the parked car. He did nothing wrong and ended up with his car damaged due to the stupidity of both the truck drivers.

[@crewleaderprods]

I feel bad for the train crew. All kinds of paperwork and bullschmitt over some dope who probably should have never been given a license.

[@ksbear2]

@@crewleaderprods Train crews through that town deserve hazard pay.

[@Willysmb44]

At 1:49, I wonder how often that happens there? When I does, I bet the drivers every time say, "Why didn't the trains stop for me?" I'm not familiar with the area, but I imagine CSX would love to not have this street running?

[@vishnu79]

CSX attempted to re-route traffic onto other lines to bypass LaGrange several years ago. They determined that it would cost the company more money to either build a bypass (several hundred million dollars) or to re-route (tens of millions in long term losses due to increased load on already overloaded or at-capacity lines) than to just accept that stuff like this will occasionally happen. The railroad technically has right-of-way, as the very original railroad was constructed a couple of years before the town itself was established, and the town itself has already petitioned the railroad not to move the line, since they use it a sort of tourist attraction sort of thing. The town even built viewing platforms at the end of town where the rail line enters the town for photographers. For what it's worth, I live in Cincinnati (not far from LaGrange), am a member of the Cincinnati Railroad Club, and have photographed trains at LaGrange often. When talking to locals, most are of the opinion that the vast majority of people that live and work in the town are aware of the rail line and how it works and how not to get run over by the large blocks of moving steel that are sometimes taller than the buildings lining the street. The students at the local college nearby, visitors, and the out-of-town folks using the highway to travel through the area are often not so aware.

[@jovetj]

@@vishnu79 The town should pay for most or all of the re-routing of the railroad since it's the town's fault it's in the way of the railroad tracks.

[@NTAD]

"I'll show that train who's boss!" **Applies brakes**

[@Narpets2112]

lol, I noticed that too.

[@mellowyellow415]

I think the truck driver just got nervous and blanked out. Lord knows I would be if a whole train was right in front of me. That was a freaky accident 😳

[@richardturk7162]

Thats a lot of troop carriers on that train. That is pretty a common thing for that little town. The big highlight of that town is the prison.

[@ЛохМатый888]

Прикольно, много интересных видео

[@paulboger7377]

I cannot see how that accident occurred!!! Big noisy thing was somehow invisible? And what was the truck driver thinking by sitting there waiting to be hit?

[@davidmihevc3990]

He was waiting for the train to back up. 😆😆😆

[@paulboger7377]

@@davidmihevc3990 makes sense.

[@Jesuis-qe8ql]

14:29 20 years later, its state of color of the train is still intact

[@roboftherock]

I'm surprised that it has survived thus far. Commemorative liveries seldom have such longevity.

[@jackieheidorn5875]

@@roboftherock It is a "heritage" unit. It get repainted in the same scheme as do all the heritage engines.

[@roboftherock]

@@jackieheidorn5875 Jackie, thanks for that little piece of the jigsaw puzzle that is American Railroads to overseas viewers. Until now I assumed 'Heritage' meant former railroads in the current one's history. I am enlightened.

[@len-zeplin480]

Someone should have called the Railroad Police on that guy lighting the track on fire!

[@royreynolds108]

He was heating the rail to get it to expand to close a gap to weld the rail together. This is normal proceedure.

[@johnniewelbornjr.8940]

ccrx's channel has at least a couple of vids of them using firesnake to close up gaps in rail joints on the Cumberland Mine line...

[@bradklingensmith]

He works for the railroad.

[@conrailhbgline]

Everyone blaming the red truck basically doesn't understand how this road works. He makes the turn here before any warning lights come on at the 1:33 mark. You can see by the other cars at the end of this street the direction his travel lane is supposed to be is on the tracks. Doing the only thing other than attempting to go in reverse which would still have been difficult, he goes to the left of the tracks where there is room until the white truck runs those lights and basically messes up the red truck's route. At that point, there's panic and it all goes down hill from there. They need to eliminate the parking on the right side and make that the travel lane for cars heading away from the camera, leave the other side the way it is as the angled parking is easier to pull in and out of without blocking too much of the roadway.

[@User-vl9gp]

There is no reverse gear in Americans cars?

[@tylorevans]

I am surprised that hasn't happened more in La Grange

[@up1943productions]

13:36 This is the Union Pacific Autorack Car

[@vincente9456]

It appears the silver truck backed up enough so that the red truck could proceed forward. it seems the red truck, even if he had to back up a bit had enough time and room to get out of the way of the oncoming train. Yet, it just sat there for a moment and wasted precious seconds.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

I remember seeing Russian train crews dealing with cars parked too near their right-of-way. They are making comments about the idiot who put it there and say now you are going to get it. They just smash the vehicles and keep on going. The trains are going to make schedule whether you are on the tracks or not.

[@MrPlum5677]

Talking about Russia ummm... LOL days later

[@brucet9799]

How does it take you 15 mins to get to your teaser? (You thumbnail shot for the video) OK It was cool... It was only 2:30... you railfans have a lot of patience though!

[@Hierarchangel]

Not sure why that street isn't one way. I could easily see someone not familiar with the city doing exactly what that truck did.

[@OkieOtaku]

What about when the trains are going the OTHER direction?

[@Hierarchangel]

@@OkieOtaku I think both trucks had enough time to make it through that block if they weren't facing each other. A one way street would take away one variable from a messed up equation. I'm definitely not for getting rid of the train, since I like these historic reminders of a simpler time in our history.

[@royreynolds108]

At this time, the best remedy is to remove the parking on this block of the street. That would be somewhat of a hardship but would allow enough room for auto and train traffic to pass safely. If there was a reasonable way to bypass downtown the railroad would take it. There are a number of locations that cities and railroads have worked together to remove train traffic off the downtown streets.

[@davidmihevc3990]

The guy in the red truck was still on the wrong side of the street. Besides that, as soon as he started down the street he should have saw the train, but he kept going. Not sure where he thought he was going to go.

[@Hierarchangel]

@@davidmihevc3990 I guess a lot of people panic when they look down the block and see a train coming at them. Once Red saw it, he fixated on making that left turn, while the other guy focused on beating the train. If Red was a local, he was probably just trying to beat the train too.

[@patriciaschuster1371]

How can you not see the train?

[@LeoLeo-qo7yw]

Why didn't that truck go in reverse, it had SOOO much time to go backwards. The train was going like at 15 km/h the average walking speed. Even if it was an standard transmision, the change doesn't take that long... Stupidity at its highest.

[@jimc5694]

Or at the very least, stopped when he first saw the train. That way, the train would have had time to stop and let him figure out what his next move was going to be.

[@bradklingensmith]

Panic freeze.

[@RFRyan]

Give it a few minutes and that clip from La Grange will be reuploaded

[@GamingRailfanner]

It was Re-Uploaded even before Virtual did

[@vindictivetiger]

It's been time they made that street in La Grange one way going in the direction of this train. This is just utter stupidity.

[@OkieOtaku]

Ok but what about when the trains are going the OTHER direction? Then it's one way going against the train

[@4thdistrict476]

Train goes the other way just as often as this way. It's a two way track, not one way. Your solution would only help 50% of the time. And that's assuming that drivers wouldn't just stop in front of the train anyway.

[@dcooper1535]

Agreed. Bi-directional vehicle traffic on this narrow street simply isn't compatible with street tracks.

[@chinabluewho]

"I swear your honor that train pulled out right in front of me".

[@MilePost106]

People just amaze as to how they think and react! That pickup think he was going to move the locomotive backwards.

[@Nderak]

this is why our parents taught to drive straight lines in reverse at decent speeds for long distances. if that red trucks had just gunned it backwars 200' hed have been fine

[@SchererProductionServices]

La Grange, Ky: Both drivers were AH. The White pick up for turning into the street with a train approaching, the red pickup for driving TOWARDS and playing "chicken" with an oncoming train, and then sitting there instead of backing away. I hope insurance cancelled his policy for this.

[@somethingelsehere8089]

Guy at dealership: "Wonder how these cars got all this weird overspray on them?"

[@TheMidgardViking]

It just keeps getting better and better all the time!

[@K3KTB]

Wonder if the guy in the truck has to pay for the damages to the train.😂😂🤣😂

[@Tom-In-Ga]

$1.99 for a small bottle of Testers paint to touch up the scratch on the engine.

[@youraveragejoe2]

@@Tom-In-Ga not bad.

[@barrysims9906]

So many thing I wanna say but you know, guidelines. 😄

[@shawnjames6714]

At first I thought those green planes were giant pickles.