OlympianHiawatha
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Then another case of poorly selected B-Roll as they (WNBC-New York) showed a Superliner consist with no Bag.The SUV was hit by 98, not auto train.
Then another case of poorly selected B-Roll as they (WNBC-New York) showed a Superliner consist with no Bag.The SUV was hit by 98, not auto train.
I repeated your google search and found this news report on the Meteor #98 collision on Sunday: Amtrak train hits car in Putnam County. Serious accident that sent the 66 year old driver to the hospital along with 1 passenger on the train. Excerpt:I just googled "Amtrak hits vehicle in Florida" and got an item saying 98 (not Auto Train) hit a Lincoln Navigator in Satsuma, FL (just south of Palatka) yesterday afternoon. Driver seriously injured.
So this is a separate incident.
What is it with the drivers in Florida going around lowered crossing gates? Especially in the Jacksonville area? Florida DOT and the state & local police really should look into either more grade crossing enforcement efforts along with installing quad gates at the busier grade crossings. I think All Aboard Florida will be installing quad gates at many crossings, but they may have to do it at every crossing if they were not planning to. Or it could be an AAF collision every couple of weeks.Around 5:30 p.m. FHP said Burch's condition changed from stable to critical and seemed to be getting progressively worse.
According to Amtrak officials on the scene, the Amtrak train #98 was crossing the intersection of E. Buffalo Bluff Road and Tyler Street when - for unknown reasons - the driver entered the tracks, driving around the railroad crossing arms that were down. FHP said the front end of the train collided with the back end of the SUV. The SUV was thrown several feet down the tracks.
The train, which had 246 passengers and 14 crew members on board, was going from Miami to New York, according to a spokesperson for Amtrak. One of the passengers on the train was later taken to a local hospital for neck pain. FHP said she was released with minor injuries.
* Train 98 of 06/07/2015.
* Silver Meteor
* +---------------- Station Code
* | +----------- Schedule Arrival Day
* | | +-------- Schedule Arrival Time
* | | | +----- Schedule Departure Day
* | | | | +-- Schedule Departure Time
* | | | | | +------------- Actual Arrival Time
* | | | | | | +------- Actual Departure Time
* | | | | | | | +- Comments
* V V V V V V V V
* MIA * * 1 820A * 820A Departed: On time.
* HOL * * 1 844A * 846A Departed: 2 minutes late.
* FTL * * 1 900A * 902A Departed: 2 minutes late.
* DFB * * 1 918A * 919A Departed: 1 minute late.
* DLB * * 1 932A * 933A Departed: 1 minute late.
* WPB * * 1 957A * 959A Departed: 2 minutes late.
* SBG * * 1 1133A * 1133A Departed: On time.
* WTH * * 1 1217P * 1217P Departed: On time.
* KIS * * 1 106P * 106P Departed: On time.
* ORL 1 133P 1 145P 125P 153P Arrived: 8 minutes early. | Departed: 8 minutes late.
* WPK * * 1 202P * 208P Departed: 6 minutes late.
* DLD * * 1 244P * 255P Departed: 11 minutes late.
* PAK * * 1 334P * 619P Departed: 2 hours, 45 minutes late.
* JAX 1 452P 1 512P 725P 743P Arrived: 2 hours, 33 minutes late. | Departed: 2 hours, 31 minutes late.
* JSP * * 1 634P * 910P Departed: 2 hours, 36 minutes late.
* SAV 1 728P 1 736P 1001P 1008P Arrived: 2 hours, 33 minutes late. | Departed: 2 hours, 32 minutes late.
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Cool! Have another Vodka Boris!!!
Well, wrong thread for this discussion, but I thought back then that the Orlando - Tampa HSR sort off ell in the same category as the Washington - Baltimore MagLev. Unless it was to be part of a bigger picture it did not make too much sense.Tampa is a lot better place to be stranded on a points run than Taylor Texas! LOL
And as for the crowded trains to/from Tampa, perhaps the Florida Guv ( well known Health Care Criminal) was wrong to cancel the Orlando to Tampa rail project since everyone knows nobody rides trains anymore!
In my experience from two brief visits to Russia in the recent past, it is about the most lawless place that tries to call itself civilized. It is way more lawless than places like say India when it comes to road traffic, and India is no paradigm of virtue in that department either.That Russian video is priceless. These are manned crossings, right? A worker in a neon vest swinging a lantern appears from a rather large trackside cabin (large compared to the ones holding just equipment), and then there's the moron in the white minivan who actually hits the worker before upping the ante on stupidity by running the gate. :blink:
Drivers there must be even worse than here (or the railways are seriously featherbedded) for a grade crossing to have lights-and-gates and pop-up barriers and an attendant.
All the motor vehicles attacking trains might be a social problem, but if I absolutely had to find something to worry about, it would getting to and from the station. The odds against being injured by such an incident during any given train ride must be astronomical.I take the train over flying because I love trains and I thoroughly dislike flying for many reasons (including safety concerns). However, I'll certainly have an increase in worry about the potential for things like this in the back of my mind during the train portion of my upcoming trip, which is a shame.
Russian drivers are crazy. Here's one about people who drive on the sidewalk, and the campaign to stop them.In my experience from two brief visits to Russia in the recent past, it is about the most lawless place that tries to call itself civilized. It is way more lawless than places like say India when it comes to road traffic, and India is no paradigm of virtue in that department either.
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