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  1. thepowerofblue says:

    Optimus Fail.

  2. FailedOnce says:

    Shortcut home . . . bad idea

    • Not Me says:

      Offroading semis…not so great, either.

      • Wrongway says:

        It’s a P E T E R B I L T…..not a POLARIS Sportsman 800 for Chripes Sake! You’d need quite a big lift kit for that badboy. ha, ha.

        (Oh, and yes I noticed, it’s a Freightliner Columbia, not a Pete. I’m a KW girl myself.)

  3. laubo says:

    Now how the f*** did that happen?!

  4. just4internetfame says:

    Is that a convict standing by the truck? What’s with the blaze orange outfit?

    • BondFan4518 says:

      FIFTH!

    • Random Person says:

      Railroad maintenance, maybe? I’d for sure want to be easily visible if I worked railroad maintenance.

      • thepowerofblue says:

        How much railroad maintenance do you need to do out in the middle of nowhere? “Um, lesse here…rails still nailed to the ground with spikes…check. Rails still made of steel…check. Looks good to me.”

        • Brandon says:

          “Tractor trailer still firmly embedded onto tracks… check.”

          • thepowerofblue says:

            So you’re saying that the RR company hires people to check if 18-wheelers randomly get stuck on the tracks in the middle of nowhere?

            • Brandon says:

              No, I’m suggesting that emergency situations arise all over the world(even in “the middle of nowhere”). If people were not prepared to handle said emergencies, even greater emergencies would arise, now wouldn’t they? Maybe like, say, a train crashing into a tractor trailer stuck on a set of railroad tracks. Those people also need to be able to do their jobs as safely as possible, which would explain the bright orange suits. Dumbass.

              • thepowerofblue says:

                Emergency response is not the same as maintenance…most of us wouldn’t call the cops to come fix a leaky pipe. Smugness FAIL.
                Oh, and I never questioned the neccessity of the bright orange suits, so you get a reading comprehension FAIL too.

                • Brandon says:

                  Wow, so you’re the official distributer of “FAIL”, are you? So nice to make your aquaintance. Answer something for me, oh enlightened one… was that me who whipped out the sarcasm at the notion that a set of railroad tracks might need maintenance? I don’t think so. I try to stand up for people who are attacked by mean spirited people… especially idiotic ones. So, in response to your “double fail”, I won’t be doling out any “FAIL”s. And, for the record, there are people who work in railroad maintenance… try looking up the NRC. Dumbass.

                  • thepowerofblue says:

                    Lighten up, Francis.
                    I was in no way being mean spirited towards Random Person. I wasn’t saying that there wouldn’t be such a thing as railroad maintenance workers, I was saying that because it was out in the middle of nowhere, there might not be a lot of maintenance that would need to be done on this particular section of track. But you would have known that if you had a reading comprehension level higher than that of a fruit fly. (And yes, I am very much being mean spirited towards you now.) Clearly, the “dumbass” at the end of your comments is not an insult to me, it’s simply you signing your comment.

                    • Brandon says:

                      Please, point out where I said that there wouldn’t be emergency response workers. I was questioning the need for maintenance workers.

                      -thepowerofblue

                      change stories much?

                      • thepowerofblue says:

                        Random Person
                        August 27th, 2008 at 4:26 am
                        Railroad maintenance, maybe? I’d for sure want to be easily visible if I worked railroad maintenance.

                        Reply to this Comment
                        thepowerofblue
                        August 27th, 2008 at 5:08 am
                        How much railroad maintenance do you need to do out in the middle of nowhere? “Um, lesse here…rails still nailed to the ground with spikes…check. Rails still made of steel…check. Looks good to me.”

                        Reply to this Comment
                        Brandon
                        August 27th, 2008 at 5:27 am
                        “Tractor trailer still firmly embedded onto tracks… check.”

                        Reply to this Comment
                        thepowerofblue
                        August 27th, 2008 at 5:37 am
                        So you’re saying that the RR company hires people to check if 18-wheelers randomly get stuck on the tracks in the middle of nowhere?

                        Reply to this Comment
                        These are all the comments from Random Person’s first mention of maintenance workers up to the post where you get your panties in a twist. No mention of emergency response workers.

                        But by all means, please continue this little crusade. I absolutely do not mind helping you make a complete jackass out of yourself.

                        • Brandon says:

                          Perhaps you’d like to view your response to k8 before making more of a jackass out of YOURself…?

                        • Loz says:

                          “How much railroad maintenance do you need to do out in the middle of nowhere? “Um, lesse here…rails still nailed to the ground with spikes…check. Rails still made of steel…check. Looks good to me.””
                          You clearly have no idea of the importance of railroad maintenance. It’s more than just nails.

                        • Tero says:

                          Yeah, there is gravel and turtles too!

                        • thepowerofblue says:

                          Well, I admit I know next to nothing about railroad maintenance, but I was oversimplifying things a bit for humor’s sake.

                        • Brandon says:

                          Loz had a typo! I don’t know if I should correct… I’m sure she could easily hurt me…. Plus then she’s correct every single typo i ever commit….

                        • Brandon says:

                          Like my “i”…. *quivers*

                        • Shadow says:

                          And your “correct”.

                        • Shadow says:

                          (The second one, not the first)

                        • Brandon says:

                          And the “she’s”? What the heck was THAT?!

                        • Avis says:

                          I take the train all the time for traveling and let me tell you, there are lots of reasons for maintenece in the middle of nowhere. Take amtrack through Iowa sometime, you’ll see what I mean.

                        • Loz says:

                          What typo, Brandon? I won’t hurt you… promise ;)

                        • Brandon says:

                          I fail to know proper terminologies here, so I’ll just give an example….

                          “Brandon said ‘Loz made a typo!’”, instead of, “Brandon said “Loz made a typo!”

                          Notice the quotation marks… it’s very minimal and I’m sure you copied and pasted, which is why you didn’t notice… I’m just proud of myself for noticing.

                        • Brandon says:

                          Grr… I made a quotation typo in my explanation of the quotation typo…. There should have been two quotation marks after the second “typo”.

                        • Loz says:

                          Well yeah, but I only copy and pasted thepowerofblue’s comment so it’s not really my responsibility lol.

                        • Brandon says:

                          But you put the whole thing into quotes… so you obviously were making an effort to make it a grammatically accurate as possible… I’m just saying….

            • k8 says:

              I’d call the friggin’ railroad company if my semi were sprawled across the tracks like that. They gotta stop the oncoming traffic–No need to make it two fails.

              • thepowerofblue says:

                Please, point out where I said that there wouldn’t be emergency response workers. I was questioning the need for maintenance workers.

                • Glory says:

                  do you perhaps believe that large animals, such as deer, cows and bears only cross the tracks in the middle of large cities? or that land slides, snow, flooding, trees that can fall over, and rust only happen in cities? What about loose bolts, ties that need replacing etc? Who do you think cares for these issues? The boogy man? questioning the need for maintenance workers in the middle of nowhere means you are either very special or under the age of 12. or both. So are you special or under age?

            • wally says:

              as they should

        • NH says:

          When an accident like that has happened it is very likely that the tracks got misaligned. Therefore it is necessary to have someone from the railroad company to assess the damage and also plan for correction of the tracks before any traffic is allowed on the tracks again.

          The precision needed for a railroad track is a lot higher than for an average road. Especially important is this for high speed tracks. Local tracks where the speed is just about walking speed may be twisted and uneven, but they still need the correct spacing.

          A railroad accident may make that truck accident look like a holiday.

        • Railbuff says:

          FAIL! No maintence means derailed trains! thepowerofblue, you FAIL!

      • chez says:

        that would be stupid since the train couldn’t stop even if it saw the truck. this is just asking for disaster.

      • bunnyfoofoo says:

        What’s the train engineer gonna do if he sees you, swerve?

    • Aeternus says:

      That’s called a safety suit… prolly a railroad worker checking the damage to the tracks. Come to think of it… Add a cargo train to this picture and the fail goes epic.

  5. Grave says:

    I think that’s optimus prime..!!

  6. stormo says:

    Why is it going over a railway? O_O?

  7. Brandon says:

    Is that a power line under it? I’m really curious what happened here… was it dropped somehow? Who knows the source for this?

  8. WolvenSpectre says:

    GPS: Turn left at next intersection

    Billy Bob: Huh… der haint no intertasections here girl in the box… wez in da country

    GPS: Turn Left in 20 Meters.

    Billy Bob: Is that like a yard?

    GPS: Turn left NOW…

    Billy Bob: well, mmm… hokay…

    (Truck turns down a set of railroad tracks at a crossing)

    Billy Bob: This better be some shortcuts because its being murder on my tires.

    Train: WHAAAA… WHA-WHAAAAAAAAAAA!

    GPS: Turn Right Now…

    Billy Bob: No shit sherlock… whoa… WHOOOOOOA!

  9. butplugje says:

    Did the truck fall out of the sky? There’s no crossing or even a road anywhere near.

  10. Psychopoak says:

    And now let’s wait the train to have an other tragic fail…

  11. thedark-knight says:

    How the f… did he manage to get there with his truck ?

    • shortandcurly says:

      Maybe he used the railroad as a short cut by driving along the tracks and jackknifed. I can’t see why anyone would even think they could clear that embankment by driving over it.

  12. Playing@Work says:

    Would like to see what the whole area looks like.. Looks like this guy was going for a Darwin Award.. haha!

  13. Raz says:

    It’s winnipeg motor express Inc who own the truck – but not a clue as to how.. and what is the horizontal line?

  14. jinx says:

    How in the hell… there isn’t even a road near the truck!

  15. rob chris says:

    may be fake

  16. jer_redhair says:

    There seems to be no possible way for the truck to get into that situation… I’d like to believe it’s real though

  17. JOHNZ says:

    Definitely a FAKE!!! Look behind the track and see everything but rails. Also if the hill is this steep, that truck wouldn’t even climb it. Posting fake fails on the fail blog is definitely a fail.

    • malfeasant says:

      no way the truck could climb the bank? your lack of faith in the power of momentum is most disturbing

    • ratblogger says:

      Have you ever though the truck may have been backing up? o_O

    • Kanchou says:

      Not as big a fail as crying FAKE when it isn’t. Hear that snickering in the background? It’s all the people who have researched this and seen the original, in which the rails are clearly visible between the cab and the trailer. And all the other views of this scene from other angles.

  18. someone says:

    I got fired cos of that.

  19. Brandon says:

    Apparently, the trucker missed his turn and decided to hop what he thought was merely a hill to rejoin his rig with the road. He also was apparently unaware that a set of railroad tracks resided at the top of said hill. He estemated that he needed to go at least 55mph in order to clear the grade. If you’ll kindly call your attention to the second set of rear tires you will see that the trailer actually pinched the truck tire to a halt, pinning it in place. Regardless of whether the tracks were there, this truck was not clearing that hill. Upon personal reflection, I have to believe this story because I can’t conceive of a way in which an epic failure of this magnitude could occur without some sort of determined effort.

  20. proteus says:

    HEY NUMBNUTS! THAT ISN’T THE NASCAR STORE! MOVE YOUR FRIGGIN’ TRUCK YOU FRONTAL LOBE DEFICIENT ASSTARD!

  21. Funn says:

    WTF? hows that posible?!

  22. jerredhair says:

    Reckon he has one of those “how’s my driving” bumper stickers that loads of truckers have?

  23. proteus says:

    perhaps he was distacted by the glowing ethereal “23″ hovering above the track. Being a trucker and all it’s not completely out of the question to assume that his momma was abducted by a E.T. (extraterretrial twenty three) when hes was just a boy in the backwoods of west virginia. You know, before he went all hollywood and left us behind to persue the glitzy, glamourous life of taking 18 wheelers and beaching them on railroad tracks.

  24. chez says:

    license revoked in 3..2..1..

  25. WhyBother says:

    wow, it has been photoshopped. But why did someone even bother erasing most of the date, only to leave the 23? Full date stamp was “23 3 2007″.

  26. C&C Maniac says:

    They’re so screwed…

  27. Le Steak says:

    How did that happen win!

  28. Bamboozler says:

    I don’t see what the problem is in this picture. Sooner or later a train will come by. To me that spell out a win.

  29. Mr Lucky says:

    The setup:

    There appears to be a road to the right in the photo. (black strip, ditch, telephone poles, and the farm house on the right in the distance)

    I think the photo was taken somewhere in the US or Canadian mid-west or plains. (The name of the trucking company, gague of the tracks, the flatness of the surroundings, farms, and the snow).

    What likely happened:

    The truck slipped off the road on the ice/snow, and fishtailed the trailer over the tracks. If you’ve ever seen one of these things wipe out at highway speeds on ice, this scene in this photo isn’t a stretch at all.

  30. Vaevictus says:

    There is damage to the front fairing of the tractor. I’d wager that the road visible to the right has a T intersection directly behind the semi. Trucker falls asleep, wakes up to discover he’s offroad with a large train track embankment in front of him.

  31. laurenelmo says:

    Maybe, just maybe, he was driving, backed up without realizing the land dipped, and fell in.

    WHOA. lmaooo.

  32. BondFan4518 says:

    PENIS!

    Ha! Didn’t see that coming, didja?

  33. Juasman says:

    Probably Poland?

  34. Bo says:

    I think it was crossing the railroad and was then hit by a train and dragged along for some distance before the train came to full stop.
    That’s the only reasonable explanation.

    • Not Me says:

      I think it was rolling along in Soviet Russia and then your mother bent over and it was trop trad to avoid the failboat that then delivered the fail truck to the fail train depot where it got hit (and by hit I don’t mean “had sex”) and ended up across the tracks.
      .
      That’s the only possible explanation. Unless you’re a terrorist.

  35. WilliamCA says:

    All aboard the FAILtruck!!. I propose a new FAIL vehicle! FAILtruck! And we should have more pictures of FAILtruck!

  36. Mephiles says:

    It’s been a while since we’ve had a classic fail. ;)

  37. jimthebrit says:

    If you go to snopes.com and search for “truck tracks”, click the 1st search result for more pictures of this fail.

  38. Wolfram says:

    Your delivery of fail has arrived.

  39. Dan says:

    It reminds me of the Little Red Engine… “I think I fail, I think I fail”

  40. f00by says:

    Truck driving license test fail.
    Vision fail.
    Possible hallucinogenic fail (Driver thought truck was a train)
    Possible suicide attempt fail.

  41. dolt says:

    penultimate comment

  42. abstract says:

    I’ll bet you anything the jackass driver was just driving on the train tracks and slipped.

  43. Kathleen says:

    How did he even manage that?!

  44. jafosnafubar says:

    I used to have to work with that trucking company to carry loads – contract set up by someone before me – and I can assure you that every driver I met from there was just about as competent as the one shown here.

    No wonder they are now heading quickly into Business Fail.

  45. Bob says:

    WAIT, I HAVE GOT IT…. the short cut was down the train tracks, and when he saw the train coming, he decided to advertise the trucking company for the train engineer……I mean, thats a real sport, advertising until the very end.

  46. Daniel says:

    just like to add that the truck is “Winnipeg Motor Express Inc.” and i am from winnipeg and have experienced the dumb drivers in this city

  47. Randall says:

    and the little truck said,
    ” i think i can, i think i can!”

  48. BaileysB-DayParty says:

    uhhhh wtf? how would that even work?

    how would that even work?

    • Joe says:

      The driver had only been in Canada a few months. This is what you get when Truck Driving Schools are allowed to “sell” drivers licences
      to people who have no respect for the equipment they are driving. Keep this in mind next time you see a big rig with a turban behind the
      wheel passing all those passenger vehicles.
      Seeking a job as an oilfield operator, the driver known to the author of this piece, was new to the country. ‘Mujibar’ paid his money, “trained”, and
      abracadabra is given a 16 wheel operator’s licence in a few short weeks. There has to be an instructor out there that should be reprimanded.
      If one examines the second photo, one can discern the telephone posts in front of the cab off in the distance. This is the road for traffic in the
      opposite direction. ‘Mujibar’ had missed his turn near Brandon, Manitoba and figured he could go over the hill and continue back in the other direction. Apparently, he was not aware of the rail tracks on top of the grade. He figured he had to hit the angle at over 55 miles an hour in order to make
      it to the top. Examine some of the pictures and you will see that it is only when the large reefer trailer pinched the rear tires of the trailer, that
      the truck stopped. You have to love the third photo that clearly shows how the “professionally” trained ‘Mujibar’ had the forsight to approach the
      incline at less than a 90 degree angle.

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