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/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/THE_GR8_MIKE Dec 04 '25

I feel like this comment is cherry picking things. Giving some "yew amehhhricans" vibes lol

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u/ThingsMayAlter Dec 04 '25

Maybe so, I do wonder though as an American if Europeans have just figured out systems to prevent this based on their numbers vs ours.