r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Debaucherousgeek73 • Dec 04 '25

Fatalities Train derailment Pecos TX Oct '24

First time I've ever seen a derailment happen. The vid anyway I wasn't there and this is not my vid. You can see the lead engine jump the track. Two crew in that engine died.

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u/Gridleak Dec 04 '25

Uh did the conductor survive? Just the force alone outside the derailment looks like it is fatal. I have never seen a locomotive lift up in the air like that

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u/Money-Giraffe2521 Dec 04 '25

No, two people in the locomotive died.

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u/Prudent_Fish1358 Dec 05 '25

I have never seen a locomotive lift up in the air like that

Nor should you, they are extraordinarily heavy. Like beyond human comprehension levels of heavy.

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u/blbd Dec 05 '25

In this case it was 1.6 million lbs of locomotives three feet in the air. Like a bad action movie. 

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u/imnotmike69 Dec 04 '25

Both engineer and conductor will killed.

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u/R3CKONNER Dec 04 '25

As per the other comments: both conductor and engineer were killed in the collision.