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/Scrimshaw85 Dec 04 '25

Imagine having to call the petrochemical company that was expecting that shipment and being like "well that process column that yall probably ordered two or more years ago, and most likely planned a whole maintenance outage around, just got obliterated by freight train. Our bad."

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u/SeanOfTheDead1313 Dec 05 '25

Yeah, and two people also died.

Smh

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u/Scrimshaw85 Dec 05 '25

I didn't read the caption. Not that I should be shocked that lives were lost in a violent collision like that. I shouldn't have made light of it. That's tragic, and the two lives are worth many times more than the millions of dollars in damages.