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 started going outside the tracks and watching trains and he got interested and started filming and 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