this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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I assumed that this was the doing of a rookie or someone having a laugh.
I just texted my cousin that works as a firefighter to ask about details, but the picture itself was staged by firefighters, and isn't what they would use to run hose across tracks.
I edited in a link about the staging, and I'll ping you if/when my cousin responds
It's hilarious that they knew about the pic, lol
Ikr? The text I sent was along the lines of "hey, I saw this pic of a hose and wanted to ask you about it"
That's all he needed lol
My guess was that they were hazing a rookie, but the real answer is funnier!
What do firefighters use to run hose across tracks? I would have just assumed that they didn’t do it at all.
They would contact the rail companies and ask travel be stopped, if possible. Otherwise they just run it across and hope. There are devices that can do the job, but my cousin says he's never seen any on an engine.
If you really must you can run the hose under the rails just after the level crossing. All kinds of cables are already installed like this. You may need two or three people shoving the ballast with shovels to fit a big hose like that but it should work.