Freight trains and limousines have one thing…and only one thing…in common: they are long. And that is only a matter of scale. A freight train has thousands of horsepower on tap, weighs in in the ten thousand tons range depending on load, and requires either a boulder at least the size of the main engine or an act of God to stop in less than a quarter-mile. If you happen to be in the path of the train and think you’re safe…you are not. That’s where this Chrysler 300 limousine found itself on July 18, 2015, near New Paris, Indiana. According to the publisher of the video, the car had been carrying “teenagers celebrating a birthday” when the Chrysler high-centered on the train tracks. Like any beached vessel, the call was given to abandon ship, which was the wisest decision the limo driver made that day. In short order a Burlington Norfolk freight train came through and drilled into the Chrysler in a perfect T-bone accident, shoving the limo along as the conductor did his best to stop the train. Nobody was hurt in the accident.
(Courtesy: Carscoops)
Charlene the Blow-Job Queen sure picked the wrong place to entertain Hicksvilles junior soccer team……
kinda stunned that there wasnt a hell of a lot more damage…I witnessed one when I was about 11 or 12, I was on my bike and a Holden Torana in front of me got stuck on the tracks. Everyone was shouting `get out, get out’ but he just kept cranking it trying to get it to start…but he didnt…We rode up the tracks to get a look, something I regretted doing for years after. It looked like they’d vinyl wrapped the front of the train in green and red. ( car was green… driver provided the red) Needless to say he did not survive. Provided many a childhood nightmare witnessing that incident…
I’m just glad that nobody was injured, that could’ve been much much worse of a situation. I also admire the folks trying to get the engineer’s attention down the line, I’m sure that’s part of what helped slow the train down so quickly.
Four young women were killed on Long Island last week when a pickup truck broad sided them in their stretch limo. It was torn in half. The truck had nowhere near the mass of the train. It’s hard to believe the NTSB has NO rules governing their construction.
I’m surprised it didn’t snap in half like a bread stick from Olive Garden. That one must have been built tough.
As a former specialty Bus builder I can say what a great frame structure and welding job. That Limo should have snapped in half like an ice cream stick.
Great job to the custom limo builder….. You should be proud of your design…
Except for the “high center” problem.
Me too – I’d expected that limo to be scattered all over the crossing, not dragged mostly intact down the tracks.
Love the “didn’t you see me telling you to stop” comment. Do they teach Physics anymore?
The train belongs to Norfolk Southern. There is no company known as Burlington Norfolk. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe operates west of Chicago. There should have been a phone number on the crossing lights to alert the railroad.
Wow Norfolk Southern sue have fancy hood ornaments on their trains