Train driver: "Hey look, I'm in America!" DHL driver: "So am I".

@samholdsworth420

20 күн бұрын

LMAO

Me: "The train be *angry* !" The Train: *HRRROOONK!*

@Sam_Green____4114

Ай бұрын

No the Driver's angry !

@jess.hawkins

Ай бұрын

@@Sam_Green____4114 Thank you, lieutenant Obvious, you make a fine contribution

@Sam_Green____4114

Ай бұрын

@@jess.hawkins Let me guess you're pretending to be a lady are you !? A shave might help mate !

Here in the United States the Federal Railroad Administration requires the conductor to put flares and physically flag the crossing. It’s cool seeing how the UK does things differently as I don’t see as many crossing failures like this.

@EdgyNumber1

Ай бұрын

Many of the trains in this region are driver-only operated.

@southcalder

Ай бұрын

In the UK, we have many types of crossing, and at some, such as an MCB-CCTV, MCB-OD or AHB, a train would not normally be allowed to pass over the crossing unless it had been flagged across if the barriers had failed to lower or were missing. This looks like an AOCL that has been retrofitted with barriers (making it an AOCL+B). These are crossings that would normally only have lights and are found on lightly used rural lines with lower speeds where they pass over quieter roads. Because of some misuse by motorists, most of them are being upgraded to have barriers as well, but these aren’t interlocked with the signalling, instead that little signal on the left hand side of the line just before the crossing will indicate to the driver if the road lights are flashing, the klaxon is sounding and the barriers are down. If that isn’t the case, as is here, and due to the rural nature of this type of crossing, the driver will contact the signaller and get their authority to pass the crossing. They must sound the horn as they pass the protecting signal, then continuously as they pass the crossing and must travel at a speed where they can stop before any obstruction (such as a car). The signaller is likely unaware that the level crossing has failed, as AOCL are not normally linked to the overall signalling systems, but will be now they have been informed by the driver, and a local signalling response team will be despatched (which is what I do for a living). The DHL driver has committed a road traffic offence by passing a flashing red road light.

Ok so here is my take on it. Crossing lights failed and the DHL driver at that point was clear to cross. The train is given the road (we did not see the green or proceed with caution) which the driver did. He continued to use horn as a warning so the train could proceed. Fault lies with Network rail..

When I heard the 2 long blasts of the horn, I was half expecting the driver to follow up with a short, then another long blast as in the US at crossings. Never mind, this was a good catch. A pity the DHL driver thought that the crossing lights didn't apply to him. I shall not be using that company for deliveries if they flout traffic laws.

Also the example of a hybrid train - could see the lowered pantograph and hear the diesel generator in the middle of the train ~ that faulty level crossing in a non electrified section ✅

@leepull3967

2 ай бұрын

It’s a bi mode train as the middle bit is the power pack as it’s running on diesel and the whole line is non electrified

@Martindyna

Ай бұрын

Electro-Diesel in old money, like the Class 73 although it may have been called that because until recently the Class 73 was far more powerful on 3rd rail, the Diesel engine was more of a ‘get you home’. That said the tractive effort was similar on Diesel until about 25-30 mph IIRC. Of course the Class 73/9 changed all that with similar power in either mode.

@kwlkid85

27 күн бұрын

They nearly always run on diesel, there's only a couple bits electrified like Ely to Stansted

@Westcountrynordic

21 күн бұрын

@@kwlkid85 Err Colchester to Liverpool Street is electrified

@kwlkid85

21 күн бұрын

@@Westcountrynordic Do 755s operate on that route? I thought it was 745s and 720s down there. As far as I'm aware they primarily run routes out of Norwich and Ipswich. There's a few routes like Ipswich to Peterborough that run a couple stops on the electrified GEML but the vast majority of the routes aren't electrified.

after I heard that horn I sharted myself lol

DHL = Don't Hurry Lads.

@grahamtaylor6317

Ай бұрын

Drop it, hide it, lose it.

@TrimeshSZ

Ай бұрын

Documents Hopelessly Lost Delivered Hours Late

@davidaldridge7248

Ай бұрын

Dick Head Logistics 🤣

This was actually an AOCL 20 years ago. Looks like it reverted to being an AOCL and went back to its roots for a split second 😂

@fetchstixRHD

Ай бұрын

Sometimes we go back to our old ways, as much as we try our hardest to get out of them 😂

@Daniel-deMerrivale

28 күн бұрын

Credit to the train driver how they handled that.

Had a few of those (retired GA driver) on of the times you need a guard who could stop the traffic. I would guess the driver also used the manual over ride button as well as calling the signalman.

Did you show this vids to DHL. It's like when I go over a pedestrian crossing before I've got to the other side. Cars have carried on like I wasn't, when their suppose to slow down & wait. But as soon as people have passed their driving test. The highway code goes out of the window!

The sound and the lights should be enough to stop.

@CoolSteve08

Ай бұрын

Assuming the lights were working. It's always possible the only thing working was the sound alert, if the barriers failed you can't guarantee something else didn't fail as well. But sure the sensible thing to do if you see a train stopped at a Level Crossing and the barriers aren't down is to stop and wait. But we also didn't see the DHL van approach, so it could have been the situation that the train had already been sitting there for 5-10 minutes & the DHL van came to a complete stop and waited briefly before checking that the train wasn't actually moving & proceeded through the crossing.

@CullenRick

Ай бұрын

@@CoolSteve08 It's not likely as the lights and alarm are on the same, original, circuit. The barrier pack is a bolt-on.

that horn would sample great in a dubstep beat

Good video, like

Great catch. How long did it take to fix it ?

@pauljohnson4590

28 күн бұрын

only a couple of hours I thnk

Maybe the van driver was looking at a mobile, or didn’t give two hoots about the flashing crossing lights, typical UK driving!

@user-bv5lc1nf5d

Ай бұрын

Or it was canteen day at the local Nick (HMP). If they're even a nannosecond late, it all kicks off.

@Gooner-1971

Ай бұрын

Selfishness…always the same…

@fetchstixRHD

Ай бұрын

Many delivery companies come very close to either creating environments that distract from paying attention and taking care, to incentivising risk-taking behaviour - as much as some like to claim that safety is first, they'll get onto drivers if they're late or take too long to make deliveries, even if e.g. they get misrouted. See the complaints many people have about both how delivery drivers/riders drive, and how they make deliveries ("why'd you throw it in the bush?") - the companies need to be held accountable for the environment they create (though of course, not exclusive to deliveries).

What kind of horn is that on class 755?

@towcat

Ай бұрын

A loud one

@michaelmacdonell4834

Ай бұрын

Angry

@rovertaw22

Ай бұрын

Loud...and angry.....must be American 😅

That horn has a lovely tone - NOT!

@g8ymw

6 күн бұрын

The train had a bad curry, the night before

Does anyone know what this procedure looks like on third rail sections? I imagine there's a very real chance of getting the train "gapped" over the non-electrified section having to push off from 0 mph right at the end of the conductor rail.

@vastjonea

Ай бұрын

It’ll use the other end of the train to get electric

@LambenTwit

Ай бұрын

For third rail trains there are pickup shoes at either end of the train alleviating that issue.

DHL when it has to be delivered!!!

D.H.L: I can't wait for this i have have to deliver parcels. Train driver: oh WTF is going on here today hooooonnnkkk

Nobody spotted the barriers did not come down to block the traffic flow as they should normally.

@tfairley1187

27 күн бұрын

It’s in the title… barrier fail 😂

@VikPaints

27 күн бұрын

@@tfairley1187 Oh gawd, I totally missed that lol 😂

Train: Look out...train crossing DHL: Got no time for this nonsense, jeez...

The barriers should have come down. If not then cars have right of way.

@michaelgoode9555

8 күн бұрын

I think that the lights alone give the train right of way. Also, a bit of common sense is required. Clearly that driver will be a Reform voter - all promises and no delivery!

Great train. I feel like in TsW4

@kevingraham2733

26 күн бұрын

It's a horrible design like most modern trains

@jamtart606

20 күн бұрын

@@kevingraham2733 No it's not.

rear footage

BLAAAAAARRRRPPPPP

The train driver definitely had a little American in them. Nice horns.

@rovertaw22

Ай бұрын

The van driver had a little Yank in him too.....driving in front of trains is a regular occurrence in the US, often with deadly results. Just search on 'Brightline' in Florida for examples

No way will he be sacked. His union will make sure of that. Idiot driver.

@tonybullion2537

16 күн бұрын

If you mean the DHL driver he will almost certainly be self-emploed and not a union member! But you clearly have a downer on Unions. Why?

@michaelgoode9555

8 күн бұрын

I will stick my neck out and suggest that he is the type who thinks that trades unions are pointless and a waste of money. Pretty much the same as his attitude to warning sounds and flashing lights...

Barriers are up. Why stop

@rocketboysmc

6 ай бұрын

Alarms and lights are still going.

@Farleigh1050

Ай бұрын

because there is a fucking train right next to you

@SouthernNorthener2

Ай бұрын

1) because its the law 2) because train has right of way and if it hits you you're gonna feel it 3) dont ever drive again

@forestdad

Ай бұрын

@@Farleigh1050😂

@forestdad

Ай бұрын

Tbf it’s the reason train drivers stop at failed AOCL+B, sound their horn and proceed over the crossing at a slow speed, not everyone stops for the traffic lights

I would put my life savings on the DHL driver not being from the UK.

@rickfarny

Ай бұрын

Really? 85% of people in England were born in England (probably more where this is filmed) and British drivers are not all patient law abiding saints.

@davidorf3921

Ай бұрын

I get regular DHL pickups and deliveries, I'd say more than 90% of those drivers are British born and raised, same for Parcelforce and UPS the same cannot be said for a number of other couriers e.g DPD some of who cannot even find a house number when there are less than 50 addresses in the lane. Most of the couriers work on a stupidly tight schedule though

@Westcountrynordic

21 күн бұрын

@@rickfarny 2021 census say in that part of East Anglia 94% were born in the UK

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