That’s a very Canadian stereotype accent. 😂
Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario
Submitted 3 weeks ago by eyekaytee@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
https://files.ikt.id.au/14dumh.mp4
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JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah no for sure bud, very canadian eh
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Sounded like a deleted scene from Letterkenny.
TomMasz@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
This is terrifying. I would not want to be in that cab with fire all around me.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
IDK, it seems better to me than the alternative, being outside that cab with fire all around you.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I’d be afraid it’d become a literal oven
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Holy shit. I’m surprised those rails haven’t been warped beyond usable
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
That happened 20 years ago but it doesn’t matter as long as shareholders get value.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Rotflmfao
You are definitely running trades.
ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I am humbled by their complete lack of panic
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is probably hour 9 of their 16 hour shift so they might be hoping it takes em lol
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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.
dontpanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Same here!
4am@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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 😅
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What’s a meet and a half?
albbi@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
I think it’s meeting another train going the other direction. The headlights coming through the inferno was a crazy sight.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a message and a half.
eleijeep@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
We have the same idiom in British English too.
Acklavidian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“and a half” literally translates to “extra”
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Can you imagine? Im good with my dinky little assignment thank you. 😊
orlyowl@piefed.ca 3 weeks 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.
Cronization@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
It looks like a train driving through hell
Dana@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Reminds me of the “The Lost Bus”…
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
lettruthout@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or they had to wait until the other train passed.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You know they’re in a train and not a car right?
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Counterpoint: Traincars.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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.
eleijeep@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Filming in landscape mode is for PIMPS and COOLS. 😎
Right on.
QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Just say no to Verticle Video Syndrome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dechvhb0Meo