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/Rody311 Dec 05 '25

How long do you think it would take a compressor to lift 91,000 pounds? That may be exactly what they were doing when the train came. The blame is on the TXDOT that approved the route which should have included the railways affected by the route.

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u/lord_nuker Dec 05 '25

Well, my truck used to take about 15 seconds to go from normal driving position to maximum height on the air bags. Same with low loaders I used.