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Right, most people need clearance from the tower but if you're More Important like those fire trucks, then that's not necessary.
by puffoflogic 4y ago
Right, most people need clearance from the tower but if you're More Important like those fire trucks, then that's not necessary.
- toast0 4y agoBeing more important doesn't change the laws of physics. Trains always have the right of way, then large boats, then aircraft, vehicles with flashy lights come after that. From what I've seen around me, firefighters tend to be pretty careful drivers even when running with flashy lights, but there was an unfortunate break down here. Condolences to those involved.
- Xylakant 4y agoI’m fairly certain that large boats win over trains. Their stopping distances are measured in kilometers, there no such thing as an emergency brake on water (except throwing your anchor, but that doesn’t help much in most cases either)
- jfk13 4y agoFortunately, large boats and trains aren't often competing for the exact same place. Either it's too wet for the train, or too dry for the boat.
- zach_garwood 4y agoI'm trying to figure out how a boat and a train would even cross paths.
- kube-system 4y agoA railroad bridge
- efitz 4y agoL. Ron Hubbard’s ship, the Apollo, was struck by a train while in port. The train derailed/jumped the track, plowed through a concrete barrier and impacted the ship. Now arguably this was not a right-of-way situation; but I guess you could argue that stationary objects have right-of-way over vehicles.
- selimthegrim 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bayou_Canot_rail_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bayou_Canot_rail_accident
- kingofpandora 4y agoIt almost happened: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/02/825897966/train-engineer-says-he-crashed-in-attempt-to-attack-navy-hospital-ship-in-l-a https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...
- toast0 4y agoFreight trains have stopping distances measured in kilometers too. Even with lots of brakes. Passenger trains can stop shorter, but not that much. Light rail, subways, and some commuter rail is a lot less massive and can stop relatively quickly of course. But, large boats can turn if the channel allows and trains can't, and boating tradition is clear that vessels restrictred in their maneuverability have priority, so trains win. ;p
- kube-system 4y agoI think the above comment was sarcasm. All vehicles on the ground need clearance to enter a runway.
- Symbiote 4y agohttps://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/59446/do-any-airports-have-runways-or-taxiways-that-cross-active-rail-lines-at-grade https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/59446/do-any-ai... There are roughly four airports with railways crossing the runway, although three of them seem out of use. (I'd guess the train takes priority in normal use, as the schedule is probably less flexible, but given notice of an emergency the train could be asked to stop.)
- throwaheyy 4y agoThere is at least one occurrence of a collision between a plane and a train crossing the runway: https://spiritsofansett.com/history/train.html https://spiritsofansett.com/history/train.html
- 1letterunixname 4y agoGibraltar airport road crossing is worth mentioning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B8LEjK6UN4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B8LEjK6UN4
- abstrusemoose 4y agoNot true. They still definitely require clearance. -A320 Captain