As a freight conductor. It never gets easier. You never see the impact, but you can hear the dull thud from in the cab over the roar of the engine. And the walk back is the worst feeling in the world knowing a life just ended and there was nothing you could do to prevent it. The vision never leaves. You just get used to working past it.
"Couldn't we walk on the sides of the tracks?" "That requires logic!" I get that you're not supposed to do it at all, but at least it's better than standing right in the middle of the tracks T__T
For you young actors, this is where you start. I got paid $200 a day for 4 days and I didn’t work every day. Didn’t get the lead because I’m not a comedian. Work hard youngsters. BTW, being 22 in high school for 3 days sucks!
I'm not one of those guys who trespass on railroad property. I don't walk on railroad tracks, put things on the tracks, throw things at trains, play on or inside railroad cars, walk on bridges that trains use, or even walk through train tunnels. No one should try any of these things. They could get injured, or even worse, get killed. Trespassing on railroad property is not only against the law, but it's also *very* dangerous.
KeeferJ 1995 Well i guess you weren’t a guy in the ‘90s. It was real, and it still happens. Before i took this gig, I was on a train bridge next to m6 school in Decatur, IL. Trains are scary-powerful! They also provide the straightest distance between two points. Don’t judge, just learn. Peace!
There was a famous hobo that used to post videos on his TH-cam channel, that climbed off of a stopped freight train. When he got on the ground and went to the next train he was killed by an Amtrak train on the adjacent track.
I had a friend whose mother tried the same thing that Byron did. Luckily for her though, as soon as she was about to hoist herself onto the train car, the train lurched and it scared her so bad that she thought it best to wait until the train cleared the crossing! She wasn't hurt, but she leared a valuable lesson and she lived to tell the tale. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren't so lucky. Stay off trains and off railroad property, please!
A few months ago, a Metra Rock Island train struck a vehicle near 107th and Vincennes. The driver of the vehicle had his wife and child in the car with him. The driver decided to drive around the lowered crossing gates. The inbound train was coming at 79 mph, and struck the vehicle on impact. Everyone in the car was killed. That same weekend, a CSX freight train struck a vehicle in East Chicago, Indiana. The same type of incident happened. The driver of the vehicle decided to drive around the gates, and the freight train struck the vehicle on impact. The piece of advice for all drivers is to wait until the train has passed. When it comes to a train vs. car incident, the train always wins. Use common sense, and think when around railroad crossings
I like how the scene in 8:54 the 2 EMDs are a Burkington Northern unit leading and a Santa Fe unit trailing. For those who dont get it the 2 railroads merged to BNSF.
Yep. Before I got my first BNSF HO-scale locomotive, on my model train layout I'd sometimes have a Santa Fe locomotive hooked up to a Burlington Northern one to reflect the merger.
Garr1984- it takes the average train up to a mile to come to a complete stop. And engineers or conductors can't see the entire length Except passenger trains.
I hear that mile reverence all the time but people don't think about the trains speed considering the engineer can apply the brakes from the rear it could be a little shorter than a mile.
that teenage girl should know that railyard is a very dangerous place to be and she could get injured or worse even killed she is not suppost to even be there cause she is tresspassing on private railroad property she should know tresspassing on private railroad property is ilegal and cause that is asking for trouble and she could get in very serious trouble with the police and she almost got hit by that train good thing that cop saved her
I live in South Carolina. This past Saturday, a 16 year old boy was hit by a CSX Train in Newberry while walking along the tracks with headphones on. Sad.
(2:27) Seems rare to hear them use the modern class-change tones in the media instead of the old-fashioned (and LOUD) type of school bells we usually hear in movies and TV. (One of my elementary schools and my middle school had those old-style bells, my high school used the tones.) I'm guessing they actually recorded the sound of the tone at that school (though it looks rather old; I'm guessing in the past it used bells, then they replaced it with the intercom tones in the 1980s or 1990s...)
Russell Rice What makes it worse is that Tracy is very intelligent and a great student, so you would think she would know better. Goes to show you that just because you have intelligence does not always mean you have common sense. The fact she was wearing headphones only makes it worse.
Hey all such a cautionary tale... Byron could be anyone I played the lead and learned a lot thx for all comments... I have children now that watch... comedy put the candy in the medicine! Thank you to all my fellow actors and staff such great memories! Lmelow aka Byron.
Growing up around trains gave me an appreciation for their sheer size and power. I always exercise caution around railroad tracks. Even the tracks by my house. Those tracks see maybe 1 train a day and trains only go 10 mph. I saw many close calls, and even saw the aftermath of a grade crossing accident on the same rail line that trains go 10 mph! You may think that a train going 10 mph will never hit anything, but you'd be wrong. I talked to a railroad worker operating a rail maintenance vehicle. He told me a lady in a Suburban crossed the tracks right in front of him. The impact busted out all her Suburban's windows. He was only traveling 10 mph. Stay at least 20 or more feet away from tracks, and never assume another train will not show up on the 2nd track right in front of you. There is a clip of a cop trying to drive across the tracks and didn't realize a 2nd train was barreling down and his cruiser was slammed into. Always expect a train on any track at any time. Trains don't run a set schedule. Just because a train goes through at one time, doesn't mean every day it will be the same. Even the line through my town, trains come through at different times each day and or night.
What in the world posseses people to walk on train tracks? What is wrong with taking the sidewalk? And walking on there with headphones too? That's just asking for it! Those kids were old enough to know better. I really hope that other people look at this video and realize how stupid it is to trepass on railroad property.
This is my worst nightmare. I'm so afraid that one of my friends or family will make a stupid decision and try to beat a train, go around closed gates, or cross tracks illegally, and have it backfire. I'm trackside a lot. I'm a railfan. I wouldn't want to see anyone lose their life to a train because they made a bad choice. So please... Stay off the tracks.
I wish people would remember that train crews half to live with that for the rest of their lives knowing that that took someone's life that is not fualt of theirs
Smartest girl in the school doesn't mean jack when you do that. You can be prodigious like her, but you get yourself killed by doing something so incredibly stupid and I call you an idiot. Good grades won't stop a train. 8:40 Tracy, given that he is the same cop who called you off like five minutes ago, I don't think he's gonna let you off with a warning this time. You can see if you can use your brains to educate some fellow prisoners. Also, I'm not TOO familiar with older signals, but today, green over green means there's something not right.
"Smartest girl / Good grades" - not really. Just an EDUCATED FOOL! Indeed, she is dumb as fuck. What about grades - in many aspects all you need is abilitiy to memorize and then recall you memories, no THINKING is vital.
And even worse, she gets off with a warning and then proceeds to do the EXACT SAME THING she nearly got written up for the first time! Call me a coward, but I wouldn't risk crossing the cops twice in one day. I knew that was going to happen. It's good writing: they show her as so successful so the viewer knows just how much she threw away. Though when you think about what happened to Byron, she is damn lucky!
Too bad he didn't know the proper procedure for getting on a car. By no means should you go train-hopping, but I find that not knowing how to ride the car by its stirrup led to this being his last day
zombieguy1987 My guess is that when his legs were dangling from grabbing onto the ladder, they swung under the trucks (terminology for rail car axle) when he lost his grip. For obvious reasons, the amputation itself was off-camera.
Once when i was on a field trip the buse driver stopped at a railroad crossing and i saw a train coming slowly but the buse driver jumped the track and the train was like right there
Would u walk in the middle of a freeway? Nooo. Would u walk in the path of a tank? Nooo. Then how r train tracks any different? Still the same danger so why do it. Bunch of idiots. I feel bad for the families that have lost people due to this tragedy but play stupid games win stupid prizes, especially if the sign says no trespassing.
There are a few revealing mistakes at times, given the fairly low budget on this video. One of my favorites is when the freight train at the crossing starts moving, in the shot at 10:20 when Byron loses his balance and falls to his demise, the train's not even moving!
Wow, I'm so young! One of my first paying gigs!
Yes
You still hoopin my brotha
This is exactly why I treat all railroad tracks like a downed power line, as if it they were active.
Smart dude.
I live along a NS mainline (60 mph, freight, 80 mph Amtrak) and I wouldn't even think of doing something stupid on the tracks
CrimsonFury006 That is very wise advice. You are a very smart person.
I feel sorry for the poor train engineers and crew that need to deal with this
Most of the time the engineer cannot see you and they have to deal with the tragedy after.
@@carlstclair9920 OR WORSE STILL: lock eyes with their victims as they hit and kill them.
Exactly and this is why I gave up my dream to be a freight engineer cuz I probably suffered from PTSD 😔😔
As a freight conductor. It never gets easier. You never see the impact, but you can hear the dull thud from in the cab over the roar of the engine. And the walk back is the worst feeling in the world knowing a life just ended and there was nothing you could do to prevent it. The vision never leaves. You just get used to working past it.
Dont give up your dreams man. You can do it. @corduerorose9747
"Couldn't we walk on the sides of the tracks?"
"That requires logic!"
I get that you're not supposed to do it at all, but at least it's better than standing right in the middle of the tracks T__T
Brightest kid in the school walks on railroad tracks TWICE!
She committed Double Jeopardy
For you young actors, this is where you start. I got paid $200 a day for 4 days and I didn’t work every day. Didn’t get the lead because I’m not a comedian. Work hard youngsters. BTW, being 22 in high school for 3 days sucks!
Oh, so you played Carlos! You were still really good in this video, especially with your closing message.
I was actually a student at Madison High when you guys came and filmed this movie, I was 13 years old but look 11 in this camera😂😂😂
Woah a sign that says NO TRESSPASSING
Let's pass it!
Happens all the time.
*sarcasm* Oh, yes! Because for an adventurer, "No Trespassing" means "Get in if you can"!
+menslady125 yep!
You can't enforce that shit I walk past those signs all the time you think if a woman seen a sign saying no orgasms allowed you think she'd listen.
I'm not one of those guys who trespass on railroad property. I don't walk on railroad tracks, put things on the tracks, throw things at trains, play on or inside railroad cars, walk on bridges that trains use, or even walk through train tunnels. No one should try any of these things. They could get injured, or even worse, get killed. Trespassing on railroad property is not only against the law, but it's also *very* dangerous.
KeeferJ 1995 Well i guess you weren’t a guy in the ‘90s. It was real, and it still happens. Before i took this gig, I was on a train bridge next to m6 school in Decatur, IL. Trains are scary-powerful! They also provide the straightest distance between two points. Don’t judge, just learn. Peace!
Amen there, my friend.
Geez Byron, passenger trains make better personal taxis than freight trains!
freights are free and you can hop on anywhere way easier if your not stupid and know what you're doing.
If you tresspass on dangerous railroad property then you are already stupid!
My Name Is Byron Too
There was a famous hobo that used to post videos on his TH-cam channel, that climbed off of a stopped freight train. When he got on the ground and went to the next train he was killed by an Amtrak train on the adjacent track.
I had a friend whose mother tried the same thing that Byron did. Luckily for her though, as soon as she was about to hoist herself onto the train car, the train lurched and it scared her so bad that she thought it best to wait until the train cleared the crossing! She wasn't hurt, but she leared a valuable lesson and she lived to tell the tale. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren't so lucky. Stay off trains and off railroad property, please!
A few months ago, a Metra Rock Island train struck a vehicle near 107th and Vincennes. The driver of the vehicle had his wife and child in the car with him. The driver decided to drive around the lowered crossing gates. The inbound train was coming at 79 mph, and struck the vehicle on impact. Everyone in the car was killed. That same weekend, a CSX freight train struck a vehicle in East Chicago, Indiana. The same type of incident happened. The driver of the vehicle decided to drive around the gates, and the freight train struck the vehicle on impact. The piece of advice for all drivers is to wait until the train has passed. When it comes to a train vs. car incident, the train always wins. Use common sense, and think when around railroad crossings
I like how the scene in 8:54 the 2 EMDs are a Burkington Northern unit leading and a Santa Fe unit trailing. For those who dont get it the 2 railroads merged to BNSF.
Yep. Before I got my first BNSF HO-scale locomotive, on my model train layout I'd sometimes have a Santa Fe locomotive hooked up to a Burlington Northern one to reflect the merger.
True lm trying to figure the santa fe gp30s number. @ZakWolf
Garr1984- it takes the average train up to a mile to come to a complete stop. And engineers or conductors can't see the entire length Except passenger trains.
I hear that mile reverence all the time but people don't think about the trains speed considering the engineer can apply the brakes from the rear it could be a little shorter than a mile.
that teenage girl should know that railyard is a very dangerous place to be and she could get injured or worse even killed she is not suppost to even be there cause she is tresspassing on private railroad property she should know tresspassing on private railroad property is ilegal and cause that is asking for trouble and she could get in very serious trouble with the police and she almost got hit by that train good thing that cop saved her
Should have booked her the first time!
I live in South Carolina. This past Saturday, a 16 year old boy was hit by a CSX Train in Newberry while walking along the tracks with headphones on. Sad.
A family friend’s son was walking on the tracks with headphones didn’t here the huge freight train behind
@@veronicadaugherty3760 someone got hit right in front of my cousins house. Couldn't find enough to tell if they were wearing headphones.
Don’t take on a train! Trains win every time!
(2:27) Seems rare to hear them use the modern class-change tones in the media instead of the old-fashioned (and LOUD) type of school bells we usually hear in movies and TV. (One of my elementary schools and my middle school had those old-style bells, my high school used the tones.)
I'm guessing they actually recorded the sound of the tone at that school (though it looks rather old; I'm guessing in the past it used bells, then they replaced it with the intercom tones in the 1980s or 1990s...)
tracy should know that a railroad yard is not a shortcut
ikr tracks are for trains. And nothing else
Elizabeth Morton Well there's a lot of stupid and ignorant people out there.
yes that is true.
She even got in trouble by the cops, yet 5 minutes later she almost got hit by a train! Now thats just not thinking.
Russell Rice What makes it worse is that Tracy is very intelligent and a great student, so you would think she would know better. Goes to show you that just because you have intelligence does not always mean you have common sense. The fact she was wearing headphones only makes it worse.
Hey all such a cautionary tale... Byron could be anyone I played the lead and learned a lot thx for all comments... I have children now that watch... comedy put the candy in the medicine! Thank you to all my fellow actors and staff such great memories! Lmelow aka Byron.
Growing up around trains gave me an appreciation for their sheer size and power. I always exercise caution around railroad tracks. Even the tracks by my house. Those tracks see maybe 1 train a day and trains only go 10 mph.
I saw many close calls, and even saw the aftermath of a grade crossing accident on the same rail line that trains go 10 mph! You may think that a train going 10 mph will never hit anything, but you'd be wrong. I talked to a railroad worker operating a rail maintenance vehicle. He told me a lady in a Suburban crossed the tracks right in front of him. The impact busted out all her Suburban's windows. He was only traveling 10 mph.
Stay at least 20 or more feet away from tracks, and never assume another train will not show up on the 2nd track right in front of you. There is a clip of a cop trying to drive across the tracks and didn't realize a 2nd train was barreling down and his cruiser was slammed into. Always expect a train on any track at any time. Trains don't run a set schedule. Just because a train goes through at one time, doesn't mean every day it will be the same. Even the line through my town, trains come through at different times each day and or night.
What in the world posseses people to walk on train tracks? What is wrong with taking the sidewalk? And walking on there with headphones too? That's just asking for it! Those kids were old enough to know better. I really hope that other people look at this video and realize how stupid it is to trepass on railroad property.
Damn, I had hair!
Walking on the train tracks, BAD IDEA. That's why there are "No Trespassing" signs along the tracks.
@made in the 80s It's really that they REFUSE to read.
There's no doubt that girl got a citation the second time she walked on the tracks...
8:12 Let's hear it 4 modern phones that play music! Where outside, you can lose those headphones and play it like a big old boombox.
Why is it always norfolk southern trains?
This is my worst nightmare. I'm so afraid that one of my friends or family will make a stupid decision and try to beat a train, go around closed gates, or cross tracks illegally, and have it backfire.
I'm trackside a lot. I'm a railfan. I wouldn't want to see anyone lose their life to a train because they made a bad choice.
So please...
Stay off the tracks.
I wish people would remember that train crews half to live with that for the rest of their lives knowing that that took someone's life that is not fualt of theirs
That Girl wearing headphones who is walking on the railroad tracks almost got Busted by A Police Officer.
No ,she almost got busted by the train!
Young brada Bryan couldn’t resist those sweet sweet tracks
I can’t believe i looked for this and actually found it. it’s late as fuck. time for bed lol
I rather get arrested than get killed by a train.
Smartest girl in the school doesn't mean jack when you do that. You can be prodigious like her, but you get yourself killed by doing something so incredibly stupid and I call you an idiot. Good grades won't stop a train. 8:40 Tracy, given that he is the same cop who called you off like five minutes ago, I don't think he's gonna let you off with a warning this time. You can see if you can use your brains to educate some fellow prisoners. Also, I'm not TOO familiar with older signals, but today, green over green means there's something not right.
"Smartest girl / Good grades" - not really. Just an EDUCATED FOOL! Indeed, she is dumb as fuck. What about grades - in many aspects all you need is abilitiy to memorize and then recall you memories, no THINKING is vital.
And even worse, she gets off with a warning and then proceeds to do the EXACT SAME THING she nearly got written up for the first time! Call me a coward, but I wouldn't risk crossing the cops twice in one day. I knew that was going to happen. It's good writing: they show her as so successful so the viewer knows just how much she threw away. Though when you think about what happened to Byron, she is damn lucky!
what you see in byrons last day is what you shouldint do AT HOME
well if you have a railroad that goes through your backyard
How do you not hear bells and horns even though that its right there. Even when you crank up you music you can hear it.
I used to farm fields right beside a RR track. Even if i couldn't hear them sometimes you could feel their presence,then sometimes not.
Lol... I was in the movie... Can you find me?
Jay H wasn't you one of Byron's friends? please tell me.
@@musiccat7287 guess you’ll never know lol
@@blastoiseboi8472 that's okay.
I found you lol 😂
@@quintenpatton2232 chill out bro 😂
Ha ha ha yes!!! Im watching this in bus driving training right now!!!
I once walked on a rail line near a rail crossing, then the crossing came on with a train. I wasn't hurt.
Too bad he didn't know the proper procedure for getting on a car. By no means should you go train-hopping, but I find that not knowing how to ride the car by its stirrup led to this being his last day
How did he lose his leg? It didn't appear to even get near the wheel
zombieguy1987 My guess is that when his legs were dangling from grabbing onto the ladder, they swung under the trucks (terminology for rail car axle) when he lost his grip. For obvious reasons, the amputation itself was off-camera.
a train is not a taxi
It was a joke
Right! Just like when hobos hitch rides on them, and if they get caught, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, they're just asked to leave!
9:22 lmagine going under the train car
No way.
HOW WAS BYRON KILLED WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB ON TO A FREIGHT CAR.
Elizabeth Morton The cars tend to jolt as they begin moving due to their couplers stretching and it can knock you off balance if you are not careful
Train wheels are blades that can slice through human flesh like hot butter.
1996?
I just cant believe how dumb some people can be. I know that sounds mean, but seriously.
Happens all the time. Sad.
Once when i was on a field trip the buse driver stopped at a railroad crossing and i saw a train coming slowly but the buse driver jumped the track and the train was like right there
8:30 Double Jeopardy.
Eliminate The Grade Crossings No Need To Have Them Anymore
how do you see that?
#facepalm when the person was walken in front of the Norfolk sothern
Would u walk in the middle of a freeway? Nooo. Would u walk in the path of a tank? Nooo. Then how r train tracks any different? Still the same danger so why do it. Bunch of idiots. I feel bad for the families that have lost people due to this tragedy but play stupid games win stupid prizes, especially if the sign says no trespassing.
Okay, we get it: he was young, talented, handsome, he was killed by a train! Lol
That’s tuff
Boom mic at 6:51
There are a few revealing mistakes at times, given the fairly low budget on this video. One of my favorites is when the freight train at the crossing starts moving, in the shot at 10:20 when Byron loses his balance and falls to his demise, the train's not even moving!
This is one of the funniest vids I have ever seen
Yes
I'm his son
sad
AND ALSO TRAGIC🙂
MLG this shit
Umm ok