Train driverâs âamazing jobâ to save snake A Savannahlander train driver stopped just in the nick of time to avoid hitting a 3.5m scrub python which was sunning itself on the track. Pets & Animals by Mattea Kearney Premium Content Subscriber only A SAVANNAHLANDER driver braked just in the nick of time to stop from hitting a 3.5 metre female scrub python on Wednesday. Driver and guide Wil Kemp noticed the snake just before Surprise Creek on the MacAlister Range when he alerted Anthony Cooper who was driving the train. Mr Kemp said Mr Cooper did an "amazing job" of stopping the train less than a metre away from the snake.