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And once he started getting a little bigger and we started going outside the tracks and watching trains and he got interested and started taking pictures of them. >> on the day of the collision, father and son head to one of their favorite spots to train watch. a railroad crossing by a recycling transfer station. while dad waits in the car, the young train buff walks to the other side of the tracks and starts recording a tractor-trailer that stops right in the middle of the crossing. as the gates start to close, he quickly realizes he, too, is in danger. he makes a split second decision to run...

>> the train lifts the 18-wheeler off the grund and sheers off the rear axle. >> the trailer was split in half. the trailer went through the air like a frisbee, there was stuff going everywhere. >> the massive collision is caught on camera by benjamin, who also videotapes trains as a hobby. preddy inherited his love of trains from his father, jim preddy jr., who in turn got it from his dad. >> when i was small, my father and grandfather would take me to the train tracks in greensboro and once he started getting a little bigger and we started going outside the tracks and watching trains and he ...

>> the train hit the trailer pretty much dead center in the middle of the trailer. >> the train shears off the rear axle. >> the trailer was split in half, and tandems went through the air like a pris frisbee. stuff was going everywhere. >> the massive collision is caught on camera by benjamin, who also videotapes trains as a hobby. he inherited his love of trains from his father who, in turn, got it from his dad. >> when i was small, my father and grandfather would take me to the train tracks in greensboro and once he started getting a little bigger and we started going outside the tracks and...

>> the train hit the trailer pretty much dead center in the middle of the trailer. >> the train lifts the 18-wheeler off the ground and shears off the rear axle. >> the trailer got split in half. it went through the air like a frisbee. stuff was going everywhere. >> the massive collision is caught on camera by benjamin, who also videotapes trains as a hobby. he inherited his love of trains from his father jim who, in turn, got it from his dad. >> when i was small, my father and grandfather would take me to the train tracks in greensboro and once he started getting a little bigger and we starte...

>> on the day of the collision, father and son head to one of their favorite spots to train watch. a railroad crossing by a recycling transfer station. while dad waits in the car, the young train buff walks to the other side of the tracks and starts recording a tractor-trailer that stops right in the middle of the crossing. as the gates start to close, he quickly realizes he, too, is in danger. he makes a split second decision to run to a safer location. >> i noticed that there was about to be a bad day so i took off running with my camera farther away from the tracks. i didn't want to get hit...