Rescue 911 - "Conrail Train"
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- A conductor jumps off his train to save two toddlers playing on the tracks. This segment was taken from Episode 102 which aired on September 12, 1989 on CBS.
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turn on captions at 2:58, thank me later
Steven van Zuijdam thank you I think u are makeing light of how it said gay
A horrible gay(happy) feeling?
@@donutman.24 There's something else just before that. Start it from about 2:55.
@@allgood2000 Oh my... lol
Lol ;)
That man was a real hero for saving those kids. He made a huge sacrifice and he wasn't even the kids parents. He probably had a family of his own at home and he risked his life for those two kids. That's a real hero
He said in his interview that he didn't have his own kids...he was heroic
Lauren Armstrong he’s my mother’s friends friend
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I agree but he could have physcaly picked them up and moved them. Or shoved them.
He was a true-blooded railroad man, in the tradition of Casey Jones who told his fireman to jump while he remained with his engines. I worked in the rail industry for 3 years (maintenance of way) and you hear stories like this of unsung heroes who are faced with split second decisions that mean life or death and hopefully you make the right choice.
I knew one old-time conductor who told me the story of how they were going thru a town here in Wisconsin and a car came racing up to the crossing ahead of them, trying to beat the train and the car lost. Turns out it was a guy whose wife was in labor and he was rushing to get her to the hospital. Dad died and the cop showed up and him and my conductor friend delivered the baby alive and healthy, right there in the car wrapped around the front of the train. Unreal but true.
As a new father...this video gave me chills. Thanks to the conductor for his quick thinking. A reminder that life is fragile.
I became a dad in 2003. . .. My daughter is now 20, almost 21. . . . She's special needs. . . . . This hit home
What a great guy - 35 years old when this was filmed and willing to give up his life for those kids - amazing - hope he lived a happy life after this and would love to know he is okay and perhaps has kids growing of his own now.
not safe!
He actually said he didn't have kids then but still amazing hero.
@@markcinque106 no duh he knew he could die but he just wanted to make sure that the kids did not
What the fuck does that have to do with anything.
This TV show should be released on DVD; Uncut and in full. It's great.
Then go blame CBS
@@animemangafan1987 What a useful, necessary comment
As a railroad conductor myself,I have seen many kids playing on the tracks. Parents PLEASE teach your children about railroad safety,that tracks are NOT play grounds. In the last 3 years I have told at least 8 kids to not play on the tracks 2 on another railroad in my hometown and the railroad I work at in another town 230 miles away from my home. Operation Lifesaver has an excellent,but graphic video called "Davids Run" Great job by the conductor,way to be alert.
I agree I sometimes see trespassers walking or taking pictures sometimes when I film trains the tracks are just for the train.
I have watched David’s Run in my elementary school years. I have always loved trains, I watched trains go by, but from a safe distance.
I had my dreams, and I had my plans I WAS GONN'A BE AN ENGINEER MAN!
I almost broke into tears hearing the baby cry thank god he was alive and made it out ok
Me too I almost cried
Thank God the conductor reacted as quickly as he did
Yeah he did
NEVER underestimate the power of a train. As you saw there, even with an emergency application, that train required quite a bit of stopping distance.
How heavy are trains? Its heavy as heck, nobody can lift a literal train. A train can destroy a car, it can destroy anything! Trains are powerful.
To the foamers that'll saying "ThAt'S nOt CoNrAiL" The train in this incident was a Conrail however Conrail denied to take part in the reenactment nor did they want the film crew on their tracks despite the episode having their name in the title. Thankfully a nearby shortline Morristown and Erie didn't mind and had their ALCO C424 18 step in the role. The locomotive now resides at the Illinois Railroad Museum.
I wonder if they titled this segment "Conrail Train" just to troll Conrail for not cooperating. I mean, they could have titled it literally anything else...
@@allgood2000 Probably was like how Amtrak denied to take part in "Silver Streak" but CP did so they labeled the locomotives as "Amroad" to troll Amtrak XD
Who trusts a 3 year old to babysit an 18 month old??? Seriously???!!!
Times were different in the 90s.
Times were different but that’s negligence no matter when it happened.
Back then we were smoking by 5! lol
It's a suburban thing, never understood it but they have their kids watch their kids and even cook for them.
Conrail was a railroad that was merged into two other railroads: Norfolk Southern and CSX.
Conrail engines were blue with white lettering and stripes.
The engine in the reenactment was Morristown & Erie ALCo C424 number 18. Built in 1964 for TP&W as number 800 and then acquired by the M&E in the 1980s before being retired and sent to the Illinois railway museum in 2018. The Morristown and Erie locomotive was used in the reenactment because Conrail refused to take part in it.
I don't understand why she's trying to figure out what happened. You left a 3 year old to babysit an 18 month old.
I thought from the beginning that a fence needed to be up. That kid probably has a permanent scar on his forehead.
@@MR-vf1fwan electric fence
Exactly how does this happen
I always lived watching Rescue 911 as a kid. Would love to see it back again.
the difference from this video and today's age is back then the conductor became good friends with the family over this tragic incident but today the family would probably sue the conductor.
Couldn't of sued the conductor it was the mother's fault leaving both children unsupervised, while she put the shopping away.
Conductor should sue the family for not properly watching their kids AND the family should have their kids taking away for LETTING a 3 year old watch a 18 month old both are at the afe that they are dumb and don't know to stay away from tracks I got in trouble once for being on the road but that was because I was at 3 years old trying to catch up to my 2 year old cousin I had tried to get her to not follow her siblings and mine I forget where they went think grams who didn't live to far away from us but I knew to keep an eye and ear out for traffic I thought I could catch her before she got to far I had caught up to her when the grown ups realized we weren't in the yard my sister and older cousin was suppose to be watching us as they were 8 and 10 years old and knew better than to leave us alone especially my cousin who liked to wander off I never got on the road without somebody with me till I was 5 years old me and my cousin got in trouble but my oldest cousin got in even bigger trouble for leaving us alone I think we had a grown up watching us but think they had to go in for a few minutes
Exactly right
Rusty Nail true. The engineer can’t do a thing about it. For example, a train with 50 cars which is moving 40 miles an hour takes about a mile to stop.
Sad isnt it
This conductor is a true hero for saving two kids. We need more people like him
Actually, all tracks have speed limits. They're based on the locations, curves, track conditions, type of material or cars on the train, etc., not just because the track goes through a residential area, although in some places that is the case.
There was a similar incident that happened in Indiana on the Norfolk Southern several years ago. The conductor actually stood on the boarding step of the lead unit and kicked the little kid off the track as the unit passed over. The kid had only a few scrapes.
Did he cry
I remember when I was little, we went to visit my grandmother in michigan. her house was not far from active train tracks. Our dad told us never to go near the tracks without an adult and we never did. We were too scared of getting in trouble.
Children should NEVER play on or around train tracks.
Thank you Captain obvious.
Agreed
Tysm captain obvious
Its already obvious isnt it?!
I agree. Children shall play somewhere safer.
"Oh my god, what happened" ..umm you trusted a toddler to babysit a baby so you could put groceries away is what happened..
Wow, seriously...3 yrs and 1.5 years old, no excuse.
Cassie Pink they could've been killed if those kids moved any further on the tracks. The mother should've kept them inside of the house
You are right. The kids knew better but they did anyway. No excuse for their behavior.
@@nathanoconnor4539 I agree.
Anthony recently retired from the railroad... Enjoy retirement my friend,,,,
what train is it
Link?
th-cam.com/video/HC9c1RYzWjs/w-d-xo.html
I use to work for the same company that Tony did ( NYS&W) before he went here to work.
foxy just look up number 18 train
the mom should not have even let the children go out without supervision.
That conductor is a good man. I really care about kids.
When my mom & I were watching this back in my Elementary school day's, we were both relieved that the kids weren't seriously injured & at the same time, mad as hell that a mother would ask her 3 year old son to watch his 18 month old brother.
anyone agree this was a dangerous episode to actually film
Most of the photography with the train and the children, was done with long lens camera shots. Though appearing extremely close, thr train was actually a safe distance away. Plus, out of camera range were several people to pull the children to safety if something went wrong.
I agree - it appeared very dangerous - Hollywood wanted it to.
That's not Conrail either.
TheThomasSproduction I'm a railan, and a first responder in ramsey... None of those shots are the tracks in ramsey..... Its dual tracks thruout the entire town.
The film crew could not film on the tracks where the incident actually took place; it was a busy double tracked line.
The announcer states at the beginning this is a recreation using similar equipment. No, the recreation did not use a CR locomotive.
+TheThomasSproduction who fucking cares????
NEVER leave small kids unattended!
If that reenactment is accurate, that man who jumped out of the train is a damned hero. You can blame the parent, sure, but kids don't know any better.
HOW COULD YOU NOT HEAR THE HORN HE WAS HONKING IT THE WHOLE TIME!!!
DorianTM they heard it. Too young to know what it meant. Ppl aren't born with the Cause and effect concept
IKR
Little kids dont know what the hell that means
kids like the horn how do you allow 3rd year watch 18 month old?
A 3 year old and an 18 month old don't know what the horn means bud....
They're kids for fucks sake....
Last December I was going to a train show when a CSX train was coming I heard running behind me a 13 year old boy trying to beat the train tripped on the tracks and was hit but he lived with only a broken leg and a skull fracture. It still haunts me to this day...
That little boy is lucky to be alive! The outcome would have been tragic!!
I miss "Rescue 911".
That conductor was amazing!
The conductor is a hero getting off the moving train to save those 2 children.
Yeah for real. I don't care how good your kid is, Telling a kid "Don't do this/that/the other thing" is like an invitation for them doing it.
Salute to the Train Driver..
Amen
Man, Thank god these kids are safe. Iam a locomotive engineer for CSX. I've seen some stupid drivers at some crossings. i hope i never see anything like this!
I don't understand how these kids didn't hear the train coming. The horn alone is loud enough to give you a heart attack if you're not ready for it. The sound of an Alco 251 engine is also hard to miss.
The conductor save the children's lives, not caring if he got crushed trying in the process. It is people like him that brighten up our world and show us that there indeed still is good left on earth.
The mother did what any parent could have done, turned her back just for an instant. While she shouldn't have done it, I don't think any of us could be 100% above doing that. But I WILL NOT live near the tracks, worrying about pets and kids, not to mention a derailment spilling dangerous stuff.
This is one of the episodes that truly scared me and really kept me in suspense.
I'm so glad the conductor was a quick thinker. 15 year olds have problems with the railroad in my area. One person I know almost got hit by CSX, but got out of the way at the last minute
Thank the good lord and god bless the man who tried to save the baby’s!,!!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH
I was relieved when Todd and Scott were saved.
Me too
Poor poor kid. I feel so so so so so sorry for him. When I heard the sad music I thought he didn't make it and I started crying.
+AshCipherRailFan 767 who said it was your fault?
parents need to keep track of their kids, not some one underr 5 or 6
+michael slee keep TRACK ;)
+michael slee Hear, hear! Who in their right mind leaves a three-year-old in charge of siblings?
Yep. It doesn't matter how younger their children are. Parents always keep an eye on them or they'll cost trouble including their lives
michael yes they do
@@RagingMoon1987 know one
Guys, don't play on the train tracks. Play in the yard. Fighting!
Mother got lucky too these days the law would have taken her to jail for child endangerment and CPS would have taken them away from here regardless of if it was just an accident or even death. Hell my aunt went to jail just for walking a block down the street to pick up someone else's kids and just out of the blue a cop was passing by and saw the kids home alone but they know better ha my parents use to leave me home alone a lot at a young age I even learn to cook and clean on my own but back to my aunt, she had no clue what the laws were about leaving them alone just a few minutes it sucks though that the laws are harsher now in 2016.
It is 2020 idiot
@@Canadian_Yoshi that comment is 4 years old dumb ass and its 2021 and dont call people idiots
That conductor is a hero.
Most definitely
The conductor is an amazing man. Not many people would have done that. Those kids were so lucky not to have been killed. Even with a fence the kids could still find their way out of the yard or go out of a door that is not fenced. Honestly, that's part of the reason I would be terrified to have children if I could have children.
Unbelievable. Absolutely Unbelievable.
There is no amount of thanks for the gentleman involved. Not only that, but if I were the engineer of that, and those children would have died, I don't think I could have lived with myself after that.
Keep a eye on your kids😢😥😢😥😢😥😢
way to watch those kids....way to leave them outside alone, to wander to the tracks...
Parents always keep an eye on their children very carefully no matter where you're at including the railroad tracks or you'll end up losing them just like the 2 toddlers did but survived without critical injuries
6:35-7:50 has a powerful message that we should all listen too
Part 2 of my post: I remember when I was young (2-5 yrs), I was AFRAID of trains, still I liked them. If I saw one coming I would get the hell away from the tracks and cover my ears. Trains are big, loud, and scary to anything that is that small. With all due respect, those kids had something wrong with them if they weren't even scared by the horn blowing which is loud enough to be heard from 10 miles away, and the thing coming at them which is 100x their size. The conductor should be rewarded.
I like the style of the engine on that train. It's great no one was killed in that incident.
I agree. It's pretty absurd that the mother would assume that her extremely young boys would be fine by themselves and without older supervision
how can those kids not hear a very loud train horn like 50 feet away from them?
Train tracks and toddlers don't mix.
inless it become thomas and friends
Really train and trucks don't mix
Two Kids Should Never Play Around On Train Tracks Unless There's A Train Coming
@@jr_ffrobbie8414 lol
True
Never leave your children unattended outside by there self at all
How did they not hear the horn?!
What a great story, you have a very dangerous situation, a hero, and a train. Doesn't get better than that!
It's 2019, and the Illinois railway museum has the locomotive that was in this production.
I'm just glad to see kids weren't hurt but there unusual lol my dads an engineer he says one pop on the horn usually scares the kids away but engineer Richard here from a distance if you look to close to the tracks dad just lays on the horn
That is the worlds luckiest kid. Thank the Conductor who jumped off the train to protect the kids, thank the guy stopping the train, and at the end of the day thank God too (or at least the kids guardian angel). If not religious, say thank you to the Universe.
There truly is just something terrifying about hearing a train squeal and laying in the horn steady. Even if you didnt know what was going on it just instinctively rings that somethings wrong
*Here, this freight-train crew worked as a team* to mitigate a situation that could have been far worse. Typically, the conductor and head-end brakeman ride with the engineer in the lead locomotive. At the low speed limit for the involved route, the engineer had enough time to slow the train to a safe dismount speed from the moment they spotted the two children at trackside - a matter of throwing the locomotive into full-regenerative and dumping the air from the train-brake lines.
Sadly, doing fifty miles per hour on the high iron of a Class 1 road, a crew wouldn't have that option; fifteen seconds from tallyho to impact, another four-plus minutes before the train grinds to a halt. A. J. Smith at +Millenniumforce has documented his share of 10-50's rail-on-automobile where the track's rated max speed practically guaranteed the train blowing through the fouled grade crossing.
There used to be train tracks that ran behind the apartment complex that I grew up in and I remember all of the parents warning their kids to stay away from the tracks, period. To my knowledge, NOBODY dared disobey that rule. What is the appeal of railroad tracks to children? And another thing, a three year old, I don't care how sensible or cautious or obedient they might seem, they cannot be expected to watch a younger child. Heck, they need a sitter themselves! Whew!
I remember this being in my Weekly Reader in Elementary School!
Rail safety should be taught in school. And if it was, it should still be taught.
I hope this serves as a reminder to ALL parents to keep their toddler kids close and not to trust that they are OK alone. It may not be a train, it could be a car or their kids playing with matches. BE ALERT ALL THE TIME!!!
Smart lady leave a four year old to watch a baby, good job!!
"NEVER EVER EVER EVER play on the rail road track". 1 year old Scott and 3 year old Tod would've got ran over and Scott got little cuts and Tod didn't get hurt and Kate and Gray could've built a fence around thier house so Scott and Tod wouldn't go in the woods and the rail road track. Scott is 32 now and Tod is 34 now.
I used to watch Rescue 911 when it came on Family Channel,but I never saw this one.
I don't understand how the kids weren't scared to death by the blaring whistle.
It’s been 34 years since this happened so Todd is 37 and Scott is 35 1/2 almost 36. We hear this happened on a Monday. This also happened 3 weeks before Memorial Day and 13 days before Mother’s Day. I grew up on a cul de sac in Fountain Hills, Arizona. I was terrified when I saw the train approaching Todd and Scott because I was afraid they were going to get hit. I was worried when I saw Scott get hit by the train but thank goodness they were both okay. I was 6 3/4 two months away from my seventh birthday and my brother Andrew was 4 1/2 at the time this happened, I was at school in kindergarten. Playing on train tracks isn’t good.
I can't imagine living that close to train tracks. I live a few miles from one and the trains drive me nuts!
I believe he pulled them off the rail and then ducked down knowing that he wasn't going to be able to get clear in time. Keep in mind that while the rails are 4 feet 8 1/2 inches apart, the trains themselves are about 10 feet apart, meaning that there is about 2-3 feet of overhang on each side. From what I remember in newspapers at that time, the train was almost on top of the kids when he was able to jump off and grab them, not enough time to get completely clear.
Ok, first of all the woman pays no attention to her children in the yard and they get hit by a train, then she wants them to wait to take him to the hospital because her husband would worry if they were gone? Um. WTF She should have been charged with child neglect.. =/
Those two kids didn't know any better. Todd was just 3, and Scott was God knows how drastically young. Logic and common sense don't set in for human beings until at least the ages of 7 to 8, and obviously the boys didn't have a clue about the dangers of playing on train tracks.
given the track condition its a wonder the tracks were the most dangerous place to be
What a rescue, the babies are playing again.
I'm watching this with tears omg keep children always where you can see them
Thank goodness the engineer and conductor saw them! The mother should be charged with negligence!
Yessir I agree 💯
I like how she said if she would have had the younger one first she would not have had anymore until he was in college
Dude is a god damn hero.
the mom said that scott was fearless...c'mon, don't put the blame on the child. aren't toddlers supposed to be like that? they do not know what's right or wrong
Give that conductor a medal. He has got cajones.
i feel short of breath whenever i watch most of these shows... idk why.... but now i know i can't be a paramedic
Hypothetically, if there had been no train and she heard no horn, how long do you think it would have been before she realized her 2 toddlers weren't there? Un-be-lievable!
@blarrer20 According to news articles, the actual train was a Conrail. If you Google 'anthony falzo train', you can find links to several articles about the incident.
I also read a communication from the conductor for the re-enactment that Conrail and NJ Transit wouldn't let Rescue 911 film on their property, which is why they had to film on Morristown & Erie. You can find that if you Google "(erielack) ENGINEER ON PILOT PICKS BABY OFF RAIL".
Props to Morris & Essex for recreating this.
Are these kids frickn deaf of something cuz I am sure your are going to hear a freaking trian horn
Guns and Gaming
...but too young to know what it means
Dank Tank76
I drive by kids in my police cruiser now my unmarked truck running Lights and Siren kids nor adults even bother to look at me let alone yield to me.
And the vibration as the train gets closer, even more so since they were literally on the tracks.
Their brains hadn't yet developed to associate trains with _danger_ when sitting on train tracks. I did dumb stuff as a kid too; I stuck my finger in a hot exhaust pipe as a 4 year old, for one. Why? I have no idea.
Just because these babies hear it doesn't mean they're too young to understand geez ...how dumb people ard there on here.😒
I remember that one! The temp was so hot, the mom said the temp sort of pushed you back inside. She called her friend while her kids were outside. She goes to check on them since they were not heard from in a few minutes. She finds them in the HOT trunk on a 100% day!! The kids were soaked in sweat. Big mistake was, that mom and her 2 kids should have been in a swimming pool nearby to stay cool. Drink lot's of water. Blast up air conditioning.
This is a real-life 911 story, back in the late 1980s.
That actually looks like M&E trackage. It reminds me of an area in Morris County in the vicinity of I-287. NJ Transit probably didn't want to screw up their schedules by allowing crews to film on their tracks.
Got to keep an eye on your kids
I remember the police bringing my neighbors stray kids (4 and 1) home a few times. Their mom was usually too busy sleeping off a meth binge. I think the younger one is in prison now. Something about apples not falling far from their tree comes to mind.
@firemanupton it depends on the train's weight and speed. if it is carrying ten cars at 10 mph, it would stop faster than a 50 car train going 25. the car's weight pushes the train farther down the heavier it is.
Most likely, since the reenactment was on a different railroad, they just used that company's locomotive. Keep in mind that this was a weekly TV show. It would have cost them a lot of money to secure an actual Conrail train for the shoot and get the railroad to shut down operations so they could film that scene. So they found a railroad that wasn't as busy as Conrail that would let them film on their tracks without disrupting service.