I see on youtube, Dunkirk NewYork posted on youtube of an NS Autorack lead by NS SD70M-2 #2761 crashed into a semi truck and trailer sometime after 8PM. As seen in the video, which is taken after it happened. Not when it happened. But you can tell right where the train hit the semi. About maybe 10 feet into the trailer and drag the semi down the track about a quarter mile and left the other half of the trailer at the crossing. I certainly hope the Engineer & Conductor are ok. Also I hope the Truck Driver wasn't killed because it certainly looks like the train hit the semireally good. I know more people will add to this. So this is all I seen that Dunkirk NewYork posted on youtube. As for the Autorack, I think that's 287 or I87. I also posted this topic on Train Orders website. So if anyone posts on there, I'll reply to this topic.
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You'd think these idiots would learn not to race the trains!
Looks like all escaped without any serious injury, except to the truck and the truck driver's pride.
http://wivb.com/2016/11/26/dev...-collide-in-dunkirk/
I love the comment that they were working to discover what caused the accident. I think it's kinda' obvious, the idiot was on the tracks when the train came!
Thanks John for the news story. I wonder if it's from the Trailers pad feet stuck on the Asphalt. Also the person who uploaded the video commented this - "i87 heading west, I heard the crew on the radio and saw them there, they looked ok". & "I also heard that the trucker jumped out before it hit".
The headlines on the news said here why the police feel the truck may have been hit by a train.....
Then, they show it split in half with a train parked inside up to the cab.
I am loving some of the comedy on the news. reminds me of chevy chase on snl.