Train hits moose video

[edbenton]

Like an old video I saw in orientation one time of thing NOT to do around a Moose Company ran up in the Extreme NE int Maine and VT and NH.  We saw a video of a shiny new Peterbi;i truck and reefer parked on the side of the road and 2 BULLS looking at their reflections one in the front and the other at the reefer doors.  Driver was an IDIOT and blew his horn and put it in gear and moved forward the one in front thought he was being CHARGED and attacked then once he hit the truck moved back and the other one attacked that went on for 40 mins.  By the time they were done there was Nothing left but scrap metal and a driver had visable stains running down the front and back of his pants.

[mackb4]

  I always hate hitting any type of an animal.

 The tracks from Portsmouth,Ohio to Williamson,WVa are full of all types of creatures great and small.

 I've hit dogs,cats,foxes,racoons,squirrels,opossums (rail greasers ),deer,turkeys,birds,and the dumbest animal on the planet humans.

 I've nearly hit elk,bobcats,buzzards and wildcats. 

 I once had a hunters dream story.I hit 10 deer at one time.My pilot said 12,but I think 10.

 And when they say nothing runs like a deer,well the saying is close.Several times when going 45mph,I've had a deer run in the middle of the tracks at 45mph for several yards.

 But it's not fun to hit anything.And where I have a liking for animals,makes it even more worse   .

[Anonymous]

''Get outta there ya ***'' LOL bet it made quite a mess.

[CaptainChuck]

In some places they extend the wings on Russell plows to make way for Animals

[Anonymous]

Ive seen Moose up near the Canada Border up in Vermont and I gotta tell ya, those things dont shoo like deer or other animals would. Just dont use the airhorn during rutting season.

The ones I feared were the very large OXen that had gunmetal grey skins blending in perfectly with the pavement at night along the Red River south of Oklahoma. If they were in the road because of someone's bad fence. I would not see em in time.

Animal Strikes were necessary from time to time. Particularly when there isnt sufficient time to exercise other options to try and save it.

Some of those locomotives sounded pretty good.

[tree68]

Since I rode the locomotive last night I got the front seat view of the tracks ahead.  A couple of deer crossed the tracks just ahead of us (in time), and I never saw the rest of the animals whose tracks I saw, but it was interesting to see how they followed the tracks, sometimes walking down the rut over the rail (the snow was higher than the rail), sometimes just a bit off to the side of the rail.  I suspect the walking was easier on the rail.

Saw a few human tracks, too, right down the middle of the gauge, and during a trail-breaking trip before the actual PE runs, we had to keep an eye on a couple of snowmobiles trackside, not to mention reminding them that there were more trains to come.

[csmith9474]

When I was up in Anchorage, I heard tales of moose charging trains. After seeing what a bull moose is capable of, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

I also heard something about the crews having to report each "strike", and something about fines (not the crew, but the ARR). Does anybody know any more about this?

[Railfan1]

Here it is.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q4fxXiyWqrI

[Railfan1]

Have you seen the video of the camel getting hit overseas?

[eolafan]

Hey Rock, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat...or is that a locomotive out of my a-- ?

[chefjavier]

I guess the moose is a hard charger!

[Murphy Siding]

     I was born in Alaska, and lived there until I was 11 (1972).  The story we were always told, was that the snow crusted over and was sharp on the moose's ankles.  They preferred railroads and highways in the winter for that reason.  We had never heard of a cow catcher on a locomotive.  To us, the little snowplow on the front was called a moose gooser.  My Dad belonged to a group of hunters that would cut up moose hit by trucks or trains, if the carcass was accesable of course.  The meat was given to the poor.  Moose meat is awful!

     For the most part, a moose is just a belligerent, dumb, over-grown cow.  It wouldn't surprise me, if a moose turned and charged at the train.

[BaltACD]

Poor Bullwinkle....

[WSOR 4025]

The animals are like "Hey look someone cleared a path for me! Ill go this way!"

heres more

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrSY62IcfE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCdT1K6iyxs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UCzoj6nN2s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_oHRtJ0_k&NR=1

 

Here's another one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfY91cFiGMw 

[chefjavier]

You snooze you loose!

[Mr_Ash]

The animals are like "Hey look someone cleared a path for me! Ill go this way!"

heres more

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrSY62IcfE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCdT1K6iyxs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UCzoj6nN2s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_oHRtJ0_k&NR=1

[baberuth73]

This reminds me of an incident with a human being doing the same thing the moose is doing. With his back to the train, completely unresponsive to the wildy blowing horn he kept on walking. He now walks on prosthetic legs paid for by the railroad, lucky (I guess) to be alive.

But, yes I have seen a beaver and a possum do this same thing while walking on a rail heading toward the train, seeming to be mesmerized by the headlight.

[Zwingle]

Do animals often try to outrun?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2oUSJ7R69Y&feature=related