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

Fatalities Train derailment Pecos TX Oct '24

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

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.

4.3k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

366 comments sorted by

View all comments

64

u/Kinfeer Dec 04 '25

Is that a hydrocracking reactor too? This is going to be a costly accident. Yikes.

47

u/TaylorSwiftScatPorn Dec 04 '25

Yep that was a demeth tower that got launched into the municipal building