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I watched with sound off so apologies if this was mentioned, but why the F are they not getting out of dodge? Is the train disabled in some way - guessing it’s not or the guy wouldn’t be taking the time to get a video on his phone.

I’d only be videoing that horrifying up close fire as we drove away from it.

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Cronization@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

That other train that passed had a clear track, and they were waiting their turn on a side rail to use the track the other train was coming the opposite way on. Many many places only have one set of rails, there ain’t two-way traffic everywhere. You probably don’t want two million-ton vehicles to smash into each other in the middle of a wildfire.

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- orlyowl@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Thank you!
  
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  - Typotyper@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I had the sound on and watched it a couple of times and had no clue either.
    
    The vial (passenger trains in Ontario) get bumped all the time for freight trains )
    
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    FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    During the video you can hear them mention a few times that they really need to get going and right at the end the other train passes thus allowing them to finally get out of there.
    
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