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12/20/2024

All accidents are preventable. If your vehicle gets stuck on the tracks, look for the little blue sign. Exit the vehicle and call the number on the blue sign IMMEDIATELY. Give the operator the XING number so they can identify your exact location and hopefully be able to warn approaching trains to stop and avoid a collision. The signs are small but every crossing in the United States has one, and knowing to look for it could save your life or the life of the train crew approaching. Only AFTER calling the number on the blue sign, call 911 and get assistance removing the disabled vehicle from the tracks.

Thoughts and prayers go to the Union Pacific brothers who lost their lives in yesterday’s tragic accident in Texas. 💛

12/20/2024

Look. Listen. Live. If your vehicle gets stuck on the tracks, exit it immediately and look for this blue sign and call the number on it right away. This will alert the railroad control center of a problem and they can likely notify trains to stop early enough to avoid a collision. Only after reporting it to the railroad should you call 911.

Yesterday in Pecos, Texas, a Union Pacific freight train collided with an oversized tractor-trailer load stuck on a railroad crossing. As a result of the accident, two rail workers lost their lives.

Every railroad crossing in the United States has one of these Emergency Notification System (ENS) blue signs that has information on that specific railroad crossing.

If a vehicle gets stuck on a railroad crossing, exit the vehicle immediately, move away from the tracks and call the phone number on the ENS blue sign to inform the railroad of the obstructed railroad crossing number. Then, if needed, call 911.

Our thoughts are with the victims and their families impacted by this accident.

For more information about how to drive safely around railroads, visit: oli.org/safety-near-trains/driving-safely-near-tracks

Image courtesy of Operation Lifesaver Inc.

07/01/2024

More MRL Moments.
2 MRL SD70ACes appeared in Alliance, NE this afternoon.
C-NRMARB0-17A was being shoved by MRL 4301 and BNSF 9378 and departed Alliance around noon today.

C-NRMMHS0-05A was seen at Angora with MRL 4316 second out while the K-BRGBRG1-01A helpers pushed them over the top of the hill around 13:30 today.

05/19/2024

Last Friday across northern Illinois. Davis Junction to Linroth on the BNSF Barstow Sub to Savanna and back east to Rochelle along the BNSF Aurora Sub.

05/10/2024

The Empress passed through northern Illinois on this gloomy and soggy afternoon, and we enjoyed a good chase from MP 112 near Harper to Savanna, followed by lunch and chasing BN trains back towards Rochelle. What a fun day! Descriptions included on each photo

04/30/2024

Feeling blue in the sand hills. BNSF “Smurf” 2042 trails on an H-LINCAS9-30A bound for storage in Alliance. On my way east to intercept it, I saw the Swepco center cab switcher moving a cut of hoppers around the loop, and then I met an E-CEBBAM0-35A and a G-GDNTAC9-27A at Antioch. I caught the LINCAS at Ashby and followed it west to Antioch after it met a C-EBMMHS0-40A at Lakeside.

04/28/2024

That’s a funny looking shade of orange. EJ&E heritage unit CN 3023 makes an appearance in western Nebraska on the H-GRWLIN3-26A, as seen near Bayard and Angora this afternoon. Also pictured is the E-PAMBTM0-37A at Atkins with Chimney Rock across the river.