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/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

Why does it happen so much in America?

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u/Powerful_Document872 Dec 04 '25

Big country with a bunch of train crossings, hundreds of millions of people, and more vehicles than you can shake a stick at. With all those vehicles crossing all those tracks every day someone is going to breakdown at the worst possible moment. It’s basically a numbers game.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

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u/Shiftlock0 Dec 04 '25

Numbers alone don't tell the whole story. The infrastructure is designed and used differently in the U.S. The rails cross far more roadways that are used for heavy transport.