Comment on How do trains save fuel when they literally park on the tracks and block multiple intersections, with over a hundred vehicles steady burning gas all around waiting for the train to fucking move?

• Jtee@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That wouldn’t have anything to do with the train and would have everything to do with drivers.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Including our police and fire department?

    Fuckall with that, there’s no good reason for a freight train to fucking park on the tracks and block multiple intersections for over half an hour.

    Like fuck, the train finally moved and is clear now for the past 10 minutes or so, but they still haven’t raised the caution gates, so everyone is just driving around the lowered arms right now.

    Shit’s fucked up yo.

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    • Jtee@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I imagine the rail system existed before firetrucks were a thing, though, not sure where you’re from. You have to hope they’d have a contingency plan for things like trains. Maybe a comms platform that told them not to go that way? (kinda like how Google maps will route you around a slower section of road)

      I get it’s frustrating, but it’s definitely better than a hundred transport trucks

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Oh, funny you’d compare it to just rerouting traffic.

        The parked train literally and completely blocked off our entire community, for over half an hour. No detour whatsoever, if an actual emergency would have happened during that time, they would have had no other option than to send in a helicopter.

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        At least the transport trucks are moving and not fucking literally parked on the tracks and blocking all traffic…

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