White Van Meets Steam Train a film by Fred Ivey

[@Oliver78rpm]

Great video! This is locomotive Ol49. The route Wolsztyn-Poznan steam trains still run.

[@PanosSkarp]

Oliver K. I wish I could see one in real life

[@Graulas]

this is a good representation of how i want the new king kong vrs godziila to go, king kong is the loco and godzilla is the van, and put legendary pictures godzilla to rest

[@xy47402]

That's one heck of a massive 2-6-2 on the point of that passenger train! Wow! The driver of the van is lucky he wasn't killed.

[@ianalex2]

Super video, you don't often see that on a number 2 bus!

[@A60stock]

@robertgift The crossing is now equipped with automatic half barriers

[@ThePostal67]

LIGHTS? hundreds of tons with smoke and steam, at least twenty five feet in height, you really think a light would help? I don't think the van driver had his "light": on..

[@cameraman52]

Good work! Where exactly was the accident?

[@mitsucanter247365]

Its Poland, in many respects their some 20 - 30 years behind the rest of europe, as are some other countries. But still such a fantastic place with an outstanding culture.

[@FarMech22]

I like how the crane unceremoniously picks the van up and moves it out of the way. Seems like someone gingerly picking up dirty, smelly clothes and putting them in the hamper

[@Fcutdlady]

@salemcripple i presume you know routemaster buses are not polish . the routemaster is privately preserved . maybe with friends of the driver on board , hence no response of piss off when asked to stop to look at the accident .

[@dodgydruid]

I wonder if that was one of the pair of RM's stored down here in Dorset for a goodly while that were rumoured to go across Europe.

[@dodgydruid]

What else is really sad is I managed to actually ride on every routemaster still running in the 70's and 80's managing to tick every reg off so chances are I rode on that bus one day in my long ago youth lol I also did nearly all the RT's and the Leyland Nationals too.

[@colliecandle]

"One of our vans is missing !"

[@robertgift]

Could you please type again in English? Would love to know what you are saying. What is the wheel arrangement of an NKP700? Thank you.

[@charlotteclarke4665]

I bet that RM had it's original engine, something that you won't see anymore.

[@AndrzejMastalerz]

Very interesting.

[@PanzerAngriff]

Who is that in the background? The Count from Sesame Street? "ohhhh ho ho ho ho..."

[@dunxy]

Pretty sure its actually no no no, not ho...

[@bitsnpieces11]

It's nice to know that the USA doesn't have the monopoly on wacky drivers, even though they seem to be pushing hard for the top notch.

[@silasfatchett5693]

A white van? What a surprise!

[@Isochest]

I believe jumping crossings is frequent in Poland, sadly:-(((

[@redtheman302]

why do people pull out in front of trains? it makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. HMMMM LETS See here 1 ton CAR/Truck/Van vs 100 ton Steam loco/diesel electric train. Whos gonna win that one?

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I read it as white man meets stem train, at first!

[@salemcripple]

lol, "oy! train crash, can we stop the bus for a little bit?" Bus drivers in the US would tell you to piss off.

[@rolandofarrington7795]

I live in San Diego Calif. About 25 years ago I took a ride on the old San Diego and Arizona Eastern which winds it's way from the Mojave Desert to San Diego via Tecate,Mexico, despite all the signs,( in Spanish ) the Mexicans insisted in parking their cars on the track. You know, that 100 year old Consolidation sure had a way of clearing the track, even large trucks. Some of them vehicles sounded worse then a chicken caught in a tractors nuts when It hit them, Oh hey! I forgot to check for Mexicans, whoops, my bad!

[@bitsnpieces11]

Thank heaven for cow catchers.

[@blueferal8626]

MOVE FAST BABY DONT BE SLOW

[@ClovenCake]

0:11 did he said "oh Scheisse"?

[@stewartcamw]

I just wonder how old that old girl is it looks good to me

[@JohnMGilbert]

A film? Looks like video to me.

[@dunxy]

Were (or are?) these locos in service or in preservation? Lovely engines , interesting crane and dickhead van driver.

[@alexwright6038]

It always surprise me, the stupidity of some people, a road vehicle made out of steel that is at best eighth of an inch thick against something that is an inch minimum. With a steam locomotive the you effectively hit the vehicle with the engine block. Might as well not put the brakes on as well with the stopping distance. The car/van will be a right off.

[@MrMrmonsterguy]

@friesandfries Like a fox! Stealthy and silent!

[@TheCubofwar]

The train won!

[@RedtailFox1]

heh, did not hurt the engine very much eh? they built those old girls to last

[@robertgift]

@A60stock Thank you. What are "automatic half barriers"? Why not show the crossing signals or whatever was there at the time? Idiot van driver hurt?

[@papoocanada]

rare Prairie types 2-6-2

[@raymondleggs5508]

Thisis what happens when you try to scam people into buying fake speakers :-) out of a white van.

[@mitsucanter247365]

@friesandfries Must of been tip toeing.

[@Azwarrior94]

Lol. Not the best way to meet a steam train. XD

[@Cockroach2008]

There is 2 old rattletrap steam locomotives that went to the foundry about 4 years after this film was taken! Good riddance!

[@Cockroach2008]

+Anthony Smith I have checked with many medical doctors & confirmed that the steam locomotive was never alive, is not alive & will never be alive. It is just a machine of transportation which has been replaced by a far superior technology. The steam locomotive was junk, is junk & for ever will be junk! The steam locomotive is a relic of the past which contains many materials to build the new machines & technology of the future. That future is in the mobile & flexible transportation tool of the motor truck! The steam locomotive is dead!

[@dodgecharger8381]

+Cockroach Don't be so harsh!... it takes two modern diesels to do the work of one old steam engine! and plus!.... the steam engine is way cooler to look at than a crummy old diesel! modern technology with all the computers on board constantly breaking down and burning up that's your junk!.....

[@Cockroach2008]

I am not being harsh. I never said they were not powerful, but at what cost? Highly inefficient, heavily polluting & maintenance costs are exorbitantly high, they were on death row 60 years ago. I think the diesel locomotive is far cooler to look at than a crummy old, back world relic of a steam locomotive. Modern technology has replaced the steam locomotive & now the black market will finish them off. The diesel locomotive is far more reliable than the junky old steam locomotive ever was.

[@Rebel9668]

Modern technology is junk. It fails easily and about all of it can be hacked, also when it breaks ya toss it away instead of repairing it. I have old radios from the 20's through the 50's that I've repaired and that sound great and are good to go for another 50-60 years. Try getting anything modern to last that long.

[@Cockroach2008]

+Rebel9668 Your opinion of modern technology is none of our concern or interest. If you don't like it, don't use it! It appears to be working quite well & is very reliable. Does your old radios process RDS information? I used to fix that stuff & it was not as portable as it is today. I will say the LC circuits certainly have a higher Q than PLL controlled oscillators for heterodyne receivers & transmitters. Analog has it's place but at what physical size & cost? Often the benefits of digital out weigh the disadvantages with the distributed networks we enjoy today. The reduced cost of that equipment made it possible to put it in more places than was possible 80 years ago. Steam locomotives have not been practical for over 70 years due to costs. They are relics & dinosaurs of the past which should be cut apart & melted down for the materials which can be processed into new products. Your opinion is none of our concern or interest.