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Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨eyekaytee@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨videos@lemmy.world⁩

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  • eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Filming in landscape mode is for PIMPS and COOLS. 😎

    Right on.

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    • QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Just say no to Verticle Video Syndrome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dechvhb0Meo

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  • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s a very Canadian stereotype accent. 😂

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    • FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh yeah no for sure bud, very canadian eh

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    • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sounded like a deleted scene from Letterkenny.

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  • TomMasz@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is terrifying. I would not want to be in that cab with fire all around me.

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    • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      IDK, it seems better to me than the alternative, being outside that cab with fire all around you.

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    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’d be afraid it’d become a literal oven

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      • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Just turn on the AC and you would be fine. Wouldn’t be the first time a locomotive ran down a track while on fire. Lol

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Holy shit. I’m surprised those rails haven’t been warped beyond usable

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    • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That happened 20 years ago but it doesn’t matter as long as shareholders get value.

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      • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Rotflmfao

        You are definitely running trades.

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  • ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I am humbled by their complete lack of panic

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    • thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This is probably hour 9 of their 16 hour shift so they might be hoping it takes em lol

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      • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Image

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      • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        If that were a few years ago you probably wouldn’t be wrong. Rest rules are more restrictive now and twelve hours is max on duty while operating.

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    • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They are not panicking because they are professionals but if you listen to their voices you can hear how scared they are. I know because I do what they do for a living.

      Trust me they are panicking very much so; that is why the locomotive engineer tells the passing train to “notch up” or add more power to the traction motors. They have no options but to stay in the cab, why would they freak out at this point? Cool minds have better outcomes in times of stress.

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    • dontpanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Same here!

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  • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I thought he was being sarcastic when he was like “you guys got a light now or what?” until I realized he was radioing the other train about the signal 😅

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  • orlyowl@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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.

      lemmy.zip/comment/27668336

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      • orlyowl@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Thank you!

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What’s a meet and a half?

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    • albbi@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think it’s meeting another train going the other direction. The headlights coming through the inferno was a crazy sight.

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      • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That’s a message and a half.

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      • eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        We have the same idiom in British English too.

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      • Acklavidian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        “and a half” literally translates to “extra”

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    • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Can you imagine? Im good with my dinky little assignment thank you. 😊

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.

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  • Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It looks like a train driving through hell

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  • Dana@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Reminds me of the “The Lost Bus”…

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  • nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Standing still to record the flames around you, either you are way too addicted to social media dopamine rushes or you know you are not going to make it.

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    • lettruthout@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Or they had to wait until the other train passed.

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    • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You know they’re in a train and not a car right?

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      • RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Counterpoint: Traincars.

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      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah that other train passed and did not give a fuck. I have a feeling that those levels of trains are more fire resistant than in movies. Still get out of there asap, but flames still take a while to heat giant metal industrial vehicles up.

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    • YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You have heard of side lines to let other trains pass, right?

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      • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Excuse me they’re called “sidings” 🤓

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So where is the media hunting down Doug Ford and asking him to explain his cuts to the firefighting budget?

    Let’s talk to the rural Ontario hicks to elect Ford.

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