In the past, plows were called "cowcatchers". Today I think "idiot scoops" would be more appropriate. . . . .

The guy yanks him away from the tracks and he just keeps right on filming like nothin even happened.

As a lifelong railroader I can't count the number of times I've seen this happen....have fun, take photos, just look over your shoulder and stay clear of the track foul line please!

This is the textbook definition of a "foamer". Someone who will do everything and anything to get a photo of a train even if it means getting hit by one.

I love the fact that some people are still passionate about the old steam locomotives. But being mesmerized and forgetting where you are, is just plain irresponsible.

The boy got real lucky someone watched out for him!

Jesus! When you hear another horn behind you, for most people that would be a bit of a RED FLAG and get the HELL out of the way!

"HEY DUMBASSES! YOUR GONNA GET KILLED!" I swear I laughed so hard at that part

LOL!!!!!!!!! love how the guy just picks him up!!!!!

My friend is an Amtrak engineer and killed a little girl this way. She was sitting on the track on her bike watching a passing freight, he was coming the other way, on the horn, but she just thought it was the freight and didn't look around until it was to late. STAY OFF THE TRACKS.

Not a "thank you"

SD70ACE #8682 was probably thinking; hmmm, a child, time for lunch!

Sorry I'm late to the party. The only thing I can't believe is that as the guy picked him up, and afterwards... he just kept taking video. That is what confuses the hell out of me, because if something like that happened to me, I'd be balling my eyes out crying because my life could have ended in a flash, because I'm HUMAN. You know... some steel in the spine might've taught that little brat a lesson.

Man it's just so awesome seeing those large beasts working. Damn freight locomotives are humongous!

I like how at one point they blow up 4014's whistle with the diesels

She doesn't know how close she came to biting it.

I always wonder why people drive onto tracks when a train is about to come. This is no different. But this time I can actually see the persons face to get a glimpse of what they might be thinking. Absolutely nothing. They see nothing. They feel nothing. They perhaps don't care to live or die. Nothing means anything to them. Not even being tapped on the shoulder, yelled at, or physically moved. I don't understand it. But some people are just destined to die by train. They just don't care. Maybe there is just no explaining it and it's that simple, no more complicated than that. They literally just don't care if they die.

People like this are NOT usually genuine rail photographers who know how to behave around moving trains. They're the Mums, Dads & kids who go "to see the steam train" and I'd say there's quite a few of them in that shot (e.g. Mum waving to the train).The kid who almost gets hit is only filming with a phone and what sort of shot does he get when the intermodal moves right in front of him but he keeps on shooting. Whenever you get the general public around moving trains there will be idiots like this but unfortunately as others have said they give all railfans a bad name. What is amazing is his lack of reaction to almost getting injured - which only indicates that he has absolutely NO idea of how dangerous a train is or how much it overhangs the track.

A frequently used phrase: "He never knew what hit 'im."

Luckily the guy pulled him away but everyone must be careful on the rails especially active ones.

Let the natural selection do his job.

This is not railfanning. This is just stupidity.

HOLEY HECK! THAT HAS TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL K5LLA HORN IVE EVER HEARD FROM THAT SD70ACE!!!

So apparently a picture if more important than her life

Never thought of the kid being deaf, which I suppose is a possibility, and would explain his actions. Still he could have been hit, none of this would have happened if he wasn't standing that close to the tracks. I know that you can get kind of "zoned out" focusing on the train you're recording, but you should always make a few quick glances around as you're filming to make sure nothing else is coming.

I want to see the awesome cell phone video from the kid who almost got hit, it must be epic.

I don't think the train was trying hard enough.

Should've slapped his phone out of his hands

Jeez I have shared that experience of almost getting hit by a train except I did not have someone pick me up I actually had common sense to turn around toward danger

If it were me I probably wouldn't have been as gentle. Maybe "accidentally" knocking the phone down in the process. Ooops, sorry. At least you're alive.

That guy in the black coat deserves a medal

I was taught to keep my head on a swivel and out of my rear end. Situational Awareness! Too many kids keep their noses in their video games and ear buds in their ears, and they put themselves in a self-imposed solitary confinement. They never wise up. If that guy in the black coat hadn't intervened, we would have had two Darwin Award winners.

The foam is strong with this one

One rule no matter where you are next to tracks: DO NOT STAND TOO CLOSE! If you have been around any kinds of trains, you should know that trains can come by anytime - and without you being aware of it, especially in this situation where the two guys were transfixed on 4014 and the horn accompanying it. Probably did not realize that another train could come behind them and be just as loud... Glad nobody got hit, but sad to see the one guy just continuing to film as if nothing happened... THINK!

Apparently, if he can't see it in his screen, it doesn't exist. That fool would have gotten the Darwin Award if he had gotten hit.

If that guy wasnt there, that kid would certainly have gotten hit by that locomotive

Enjoying a day out watching Bigboy and guess what comes along.

That's stupid! Doesn't anyone teach that kid to look and listen?!?

Legends say that he is still recording.

Wow. I can't believe that they almost got hit. To busy getting pics. Funny how the one guy had to pull him out of the way. How could that not hear that horn? A sd70ace K5LLA has one of the loudess horns on a train I think

This is what Ruins It for Rail-Fans. Form a Photo-Line, a Safe Distance from the Track.

And yet people are the smartest beings on the planet somehow.

They probably think the horn is from 4014 and the SD70MACs.

As a retired NS employee, I was amazed at the antics of railfans, especially around the steam trains. They seemed to go stark ravin' mad around 'em. Once when SOU 4501 was in Charlotte (NC) Yard, the super had to shut down the yard to shoo people out because they were trespassing in there, stepping in front of trains, even swiping anything they could get their hands on. They seem to treat railroads as a "game", a "toy" there for their amusement alone! We used to mock them, making high fun of their striped overalls, red bandanas and wannabe pocket watches. Called 'em "The National Railway 'HYSTERICAL' Society!~ Some real wierdos out there. But the sad part is, when we were aboard engines and someone raced us to a crossing..........and LOST! That HURTS! The most helpless feeling when a car disappears under the nose of your engine!

Ahh Millennials...

Why couldn't they just let natural selection take it's course

Makes me wonder if the guy blew the Big Boy's whistle to get the guy's attention.

That was crazy, glad to meet you there!

I'm just loving the thought of this kid watching this video for the first time, and upon realisation of his idiocy his head will bow, his joy of getting his precious photos has been snatched and that's when he knows his sense of surroundings has lost and that public humiliation via social media has won.

If this happened when 4014 was dead-in-tow, how bad will things be when it's operational. I can't wait for it, but if I was going to see it, I'd be more careful

the dude litterally looked at the cow catcher that was right next to him and didnt move before the person picked him up and dragged him out the way.

Shoutout to the dude who moved the idiot. But damn, can't say I'd blame him if he let Darwin figure it out instead.

Engineer was laying on that horn for at least 20 seconds and foaming morons still didn't move. Really hard to watch.

How the hell do you not hear that? That was an especially loud horn too the camera couldn’t pick the sound up right when the train went by.

Oh Yeah sure, Just dont pay attention to the other train coming up right behind you.

And that person STILL kept on FILMING?? What a STUPID person!! Probably very young -- much too young to get it about death. That person should have been reported to the UP police,and, if a minor, his/her parents contacted, and appropriate consequences imposed.. Thanks to whoever it was that yanked that dumb-cluck off the tracks!!

And people wonder why I generally railfan alone..

I think the dummy's a woman and it's a good thing she's small and the guy who saved her is big...

Who is starting the pool for the date of the first fatality from the operation of 4014?

He's already dead inside the smartphone

That guy must’ve been in a trance or something. To be completely unaware of a loud K5LLA indicating an approaching train and then keep filming like nothing ever happened when that other guy made a spilt second decision to prevent him from getting run over

He's an example of what can and often does happen while railfanning. While watching one train. Another can sneak up on you outta no where Btw he probably couldn't hear you yelling at him over the sound of the horn thos K5LLAs are extremely loud

Folks I operate a bus for the NY CITY TRANSIT authority. People hang their toes off the curb as I pull up blasting my horn. I blast my horn and people are so used to hearing horns they don't react, It's crazy.

I'm going to say it since nobody else will...the person who continued to film after being saved from being turned into a pancake should have had the phone camera slapped out of his/her hands, maybe that would have gotten their attention.

Can't believe the engineer lay on the horn on that irresponsible kid for 18 seconds flat he could've almost been killed on the spot

My question is, how on earth could they either: A. Hear the sounds of a massive horn being sounded right behind them and NOT think that maybe they should get out of the way? Or B. Just straight up not hear the sounds of a massive horn being sounded right behind them? Like seriously, I get it, you don't get to see such a magnificent locomotive like the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014, but honestly people, if you're on railroad tracks, always be aware of your surroundings as if you're on the tracks or on the wood planks holding the rails up, you're in the path of any trains that could be coming down the tracks

The non-moving idiot looked like a 1/1 scale Preiser figure there for a while. In fact, Preiser should release a sculpt of this exact person in every model railroad scale, simply calling this figure, "The Idiot".

What a Plonker,A Term We Use in England.

I just posted a video of someone coming close to fatality walking in front of a train, had a K5LLA to. Great video that was intense!

U.P. has said time and again to be safe while photographing or videoing trains. People just don't listen.

Good thing the Special Agent was there otherwise the guy or gal would probably want to sue the railroad.

First off how did he not hear the horn which is a k5lla, one of the loudest train horns there is

If people continue to do stuff like this, UP might just decide to end their steam program, and you could hardly blame them.

Completely unfazed by a near death experience.

She does a little two-step in mid-Air when the guardian angel yoinks her off the track; otherwise, no reaction.

that person who was standing next to the tracks was Horsey Girl I seen her videos she and Eric R are known to get videos even it it means getting very close the other one who does this type of stuff is Skip he is known to hold up traffic to get pacing shots.

I have no idea how he (or she) didn't hear that horn...

When 4014 blows the whistle everyone flocks back to the tracks

Lol that last one didnt even give a fuck... To step aside.

And this years Darwin Awards nominees are...

Maybe “idiot nearly hit by train” for the title is a bit harsh he looks about 11 years old

The funniest thing is that that person was dragged by the friend and hasn't stopped recording the video.

some people whine ad complain how noisy the train horn is . the train horn is not there to amuse u. it is for reasons like this .i am glad that the other fellow had common sense to pick up the person who was so engrosed in his shot and not paying attention to his own saftey.

Person on tracks: filming Bro: literally picks up person, pulls them off tracks Person on tracks: literally doesn’t even turn around and keeps filming

Probably he was deaf and could only was concentrated looking at the BIG BOY

Yep, dumbassery is running around free as a bird and other people have to risk their lives to save them.

"Idiots you will have with you always".

The engineer of the UP 8682 was kinda keeping a pace so that he won’t block people view of Up 4014

Did anyone see how much the trailers on the intermodel were wobbling, what if one of them fell and crushed him.

Nice video!

Thank god for the guy that physically picked the person up wtf

She could have hurt the train!

The train likely wouldnt have killed him because of the speed, just severely injured. He would've learned not to be a dumbass and move nextime

How could that person not hear that Union Pacific freight train (I don't know the exact detail about the locos as I'm British) come towards him? One possible factor of this near miss could be that he had the hood up on his coat over his head which would limit the amount of noise he will hear (e.g. the horn of the approaching UP 8682). This is why I believe people should have to have their hood of their coat not around their head when around the railway (or railroad). Another factor which lead to this near miss is that the person was standing right next to the tracks of the approaching loco (which itself is absolutely fucking ridiculous!) Who would stand on the track just to get a shot of a special move? Its is simply idiotic! Finally, another factor was that the kid (or person) appeared just to be concentrating on the UP 4014 'Big Boy' move taking photos (or filming it) and is not aware of his surroundings and cannot see his surroundings easily (due to the hood of his coat) so he cannot see anyone or anything to the left, right or behind him which is a safety risk as it increases the chance of injury. If that man wasn't there to place him into safety that person will possibly be injured severely or killed turning a great event into a crime scene.

Ed Dickens is telling you in whistle code that you need to get out of the way 6 toots is the emergency signal you hear a Locomotive blowing his horn 6 times you get out of the way they heard the horn they didn't listen.

Could this be the same person that - DID GET HIT & KILLED - by UP844 this past weekend July 22/18 in Co?

What a ding dong

I think its funny how the big boy is as long as both of the diesels put together. As for the person that almost got hit, common sense goes a long way. 😒

That person should have been escorted off the RR property!

The real idiot is the person who blocked your shot twice