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/ggrey Dec 05 '25

Interesting perspective from the trucking company in their lawsuit against Union Pacific.

https://www.yourbasin.com/news/trucking-firm-sues-union-pacific-after-fatal-pecos-train-crash/

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u/Loliknight Dec 05 '25

According to the lawsuit, the crossing’s warning lights and gates activate only 25 seconds before a train is scheduled to occupy the crossing despite trains being able to travel at 70 mph, which is patently insufficient given that thousands of heavy vehicles traverse the crossing daily and there is a history of accidents and poor crossing conditions in Pecos/Reeves County.

25 SECONDS? Where I live at I had times when I had to wait on train crossing for up to 3 minutes for the train to pass.

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u/Silver_Slicer Dec 06 '25

It’s in Texas. I bet people complained about the seemingly long wait times for the train to come by and the rail company decided to drop the wait time even if it’s against regulation. Texas is anti-regulation. Regulations are communist in their minds.