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Bill look in this picture and you will see the crossing sign just behind my tractor. Just the old "x" rail - road. Cross - ing. This may be a factor in this situation not having the updated crossing arms. The driver told me he never heard the train, he looked both ways and eased across the tracks, took his time not to bounce someone else's truck. This is a rough crossing. He thought he was being careful. this train comes through daily and the owner of the dump told us it took 13 seconds from sight of train for it to cross intersection. this is conceivable for me to believe that he eased across the tracks idling in 1st gear after looking. There were a couple of trucks in front of him easing up to the man that gives the dump ticket(no scales flat rate). I also personally know this person, we wouldn't let just anyone take a vehicle for sale out on this type of "test drive". He is a cautious and very respectful of other's property.

The highway patrolman's report stated that the engineer saw the truck and flipped the train in to emergency braking and laid on the floor bracing for impact. Now how can he blow the horn from the floor. The driver said he never saw or heard the train he got knocked back and to the left, thought what the hell and looked out the back window to see the trailer was gone and a train was right behind him speeding by. after the train passed he noticed the trailer up on the hill and figured out what just happened. I plan on leaving this for the insurance companies to fight out.