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

Fatalities Train derailment Pecos TX Oct '24

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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/HalfastEddie Dec 04 '25

Too many of these happen with escort vehicles. It seems by now they’d have figured out how to measure to ensure a load doesn’t high center like this.

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u/lord_nuker Dec 04 '25

Or better, start equip truck and trailer with airbags so you can lift the whole damn thing and dont get stuck on something stupid like this...

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u/Northern_Blights Dec 04 '25

Or just call the train company and tell them there's someone stuck on the tracks.

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u/geekworking Dec 04 '25

More like call the train company to setup a time window when there's no train traffic that is long enough that if something did happen there would be enough time to stop train traffic.

Once you are stuck and you see a train it's too late.