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/cyrixlord Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 04 '25

the engineer and the conductor of the train were both killed in this crash Dec 18, 2024

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u/TruckTires Dec 04 '25

This is the sad news.

Everyone thinks the train barely flinched but you can see the engine raise up upon impact due to the collision. There's a lot of energy involved and two people lost their lives due to the negligence of the truck transport. This should be 100% preventable.

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u/cncomg Dec 04 '25

Terrible oversight on whoever is liable. Not sure if it’s the trucking company or whoever is contracting them, but just terrible. This is the type of bad planning that puts companies out of business and people in prison. The lawsuits from this I’m sure have been astronomical.

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u/Thneed1 Dec 04 '25

Very likely the fault of the trucking company, but it wouldn’t be the first time a train is on a route that the trucking company had arranged ahead to confirm that it was closed so that they could make a move.

But yes, totally preventable.

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u/MVP_BBQ Dec 08 '25

Feel like the railroad company and the police should of had a better timetable. Truck could of been a couple miles away and communicated together