1: Barrier arms were down
All barriers were down. All traffic stopped on line
2: Vehicle stops on the tracks
Annoyed truck driver tries to go around down gates
3: Dumptruck (heavy - can easily derail a train), not a car or small object
Engine was derailed…. The engine in the pics is at REAR of train
4: Truck driver dies, did not (or could not) get out of truck before impact
Driver was driving …. bad judgement, tried to sneak around gate.
Gate not damaged, truck pushed to left, away from gatepost
5: Hit by a passenger train, not a freight train,
6: Not a normal passenger train but one carrying a lot of GOP politicians
7: GOP flying high after successful SOTU 12 hrs earlier (polls confirm)
8: Ask yourself, who gains?