Greater Anglia Barrier Fail and the DHL driver who couldn;t wait!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2022
- The barriers have died so the lights flash and the siren sounds. The train did a full stop and the driver called the signalman on the trackside phone. He then was surprised when the DHL driver decided to go across on red, followed by the train!
There were at least three trains in both directions that had to stop, leave the cab and phone - then proceed slowly across with horn blasting. Most of the traffic was content to wait, apart from the DHL driver - he just went across just as the train started to move away. Gravel Pit Crossing is in Harbour Rd, oulton Broad - and just after the crossing joins the Norwich to Lowestoft line with next stop Lowestoft. This train has come from Ipswich. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Train driver: "Hey look, I'm in America!"
DHL driver: "So am I".
LMAO
Me: "The train be *angry* !"
The Train: *HRRROOONK!*
No the Driver's angry !
@@Sam_Green____4114 Thank you, lieutenant Obvious, you make a fine contribution
@@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.
Many of the trains in this region are driver-only operated.
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.
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.
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 ✅
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
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.
They nearly always run on diesel, there's only a couple bits electrified like Ely to Stansted
@@kwlkid85 Err Colchester to Liverpool Street is electrified
@@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
Great catch. How long did it take to fix it ?
only a couple of hours I thnk
DHL = Don't Hurry Lads.
Drop it, hide it, lose it.
Documents Hopelessly Lost
Delivered Hours Late
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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 😂
Sometimes we go back to our old ways, as much as we try our hardest to get out of them 😂
Credit to the train driver how they handled that.
That horn has a lovely tone - NOT!
The sound and the lights should be enough to stop.
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.
@@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
Maybe the van driver was looking at a mobile, or didn’t give two hoots about the flashing crossing lights, typical UK driving!
Or it was canteen day at the local Nick (HMP). If they're even a nannosecond late, it all kicks off.
Selfishness…always the same…
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).
Good video, like
What kind of horn is that on class 755?
A loud one
Angry
Loud...and angry.....must be American 😅
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.
It’ll use the other end of the train to get electric
For third rail trains there are pickup shoes at either end of the train alleviating that issue.
DHL when it has to be delivered!!!
Nobody spotted the barriers did not come down to block the traffic flow as they should normally.
It’s in the title… barrier fail 😂
@@T27FRL Oh gawd, I totally missed that lol 😂
Train: Look out...train crossing
DHL: Got no time for this nonsense, jeez...
Great train. I feel like in TsW4
It's a horrible design like most modern trains
@@kevingraham2733 No it's not.
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
BLAAAAAARRRRPPPPP
rear footage
No way will he be sacked. His union will make sure of that. Idiot driver.
The train driver definitely had a little American in them. Nice horns.
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
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#BeingSaneInInsanePlaces
I would put my life savings on the DHL driver not being from the UK.
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.
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
@@rickfarny 2021 census say in that part of East Anglia 94% were born in the UK
Barriers are up. Why stop
Alarms and lights are still going.
because there is a fucking train right next to you
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
@@Farleigh1050😂
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