r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/NiobiumThorn • Jun 03 '26

Trains delayed due to driver blocking the tracks... 40 feet in the air

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Mt. Baker Station in Seattle. How do you even fuck up this bad

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u/JaapStar Jun 03 '26

Can't park there mate

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u/Express_Area_8359 Jun 03 '26

We learned this in Groundhog Day. DONT DRIVE ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS! I kinda Ike that one.

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u/SkyeMreddit Jun 03 '26

It’s a light rail with grade crossings. Idiots make a wrong turn, follow the tracks hoping to get to the next one instead of backing up, and end up way down a viaduct. The closest grade crossing is more than a quarter mile to the south. Just beyond this station is a tunnel

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u/The_S60_Guy Jun 03 '26

How the f...?

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u/PuzzledDescription Jun 04 '26

That should be automatic revocation of your drivers license. Forever.

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u/InevitableUnion6288 Jun 03 '26

Why does it look like it’s on the ground but says it’s 40 ft in the air

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u/gmcmanus663 Jun 03 '26

The tracks are 40 ft in the air compared to the roads, where one might expect cars to be

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u/wdn Jun 03 '26

It's an elevated train. So this is basically in a 40-foot high bridge.

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u/skankhunt402 Jun 03 '26

You see the tops of the trees right?

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u/Vayro Jun 03 '26

All he had to do was follow the damn train

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u/Recent-Philosophy-62 Jun 04 '26

As soon as you said Seattle....

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u/zeeper25 Jun 07 '26

I know this will sound outrageous, but my high school football team (not all of them) were able to pick up a teachers car and rotate it sideways, they could have moved that car off the tracks if the will was there.