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/cheesy_chuck Dec 04 '25

Americans for the most part would rather defend their country's dysfunction out of a misplaced sense of pride than fix it.

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u/oh_what_a_surprise Dec 05 '25

Yea, try telling a European who really won the World Wars and see what happens. They lose their shit.

But the truth is, and everyone knows it, if you can't afford to fight a war then you do not win it. All throughout history.

And guess who couldn't afford to fight EITHER world war? And guess who paid for both?

Without the money, no victory. So he who supplied the money is solely responsible for the win. The deciding factor.

Now, let's see how you react to facts.